Multifaceted saxophone star Branford Marsalis has achieved just about every jazz accolade a musician can and is arguably the most famous and accomplished player of the instrument of his generation.

In the past four decades, saxophonist Branford Marsalis has traversed vast musical territories. His multi-Grammy Award–winning Branford Marsalis Quartet has become a standard-bearer of modern ...

World-renowned saxophonist Branford Marsalis grew up in a family of musicians, yet shockingly, wasn't sure that playing music was what he would do for his career. "I was majoring in history and [my ...

Jazz great Branford Marsalis plays a game called "I don't care what it is, get me something for the little brats ...STAT!" Three questions about the worst toys of all time taken from a list in Radar ...

When the muse is elusive, the artist has to be mobile, like a moth chasing down a flash of light. For local composer marc faris, it meant a solitary stay in a mountain cabin. For Branford Marsalisa ...

Branford Marsalis doesn’t like music categories, like jazz, classical, R&B, show music, hip hop, rock, movie music, etc. He plays it all. Marsalis prefers to call himself, simply, a musician. And most ...

Branford Marsalis has been at this for more than four decades now: playing tenor, alto, baritone and soprano saxophone, fronting an enduring quartet, composing songs both swinging and adventurous, ...

It appears to be that time of year when all musicians with ties to New Orleans unveil their latest albums. This time, we are graced with a release from one of the most illustrious members of the ...

The oldest of the Marsalis family sons, saxophonist Branford Marsalis, is releasing a new album on a new label, Blue Note, this spring. The quartet applied Marsalis’ previous approach to classics by ...

On his fourth release for his own Marsalis Music label, Branford Marsalis shows why his quartet is among the best small groups currently active. With pianist Joey Calderazzo, bassist Eric Revis and ...

Saxophonist Branford Marsalis can serve as living proof of the jazz world's enduring infatuation with The Next Big Thing, the young player who will dazzle audiences while pushing the music in a new ...