Branford Marsalis: Braggtown
Branford Marsalis: Braggtown
Jazz | 2006 | Flac 474 Mb | Mp3 320k 178 Mb
PT 74:06 | Size: 474 Mb | Art: Front | Label: Marsalis Music
Jazz | 2006 | Flac 474 Mb | Mp3 320k 178 Mb
PT 74:06 | Size: 474 Mb | Art: Front | Label: Marsalis Music
Tenor/soprano saxophonist Branford Marsalis is a master of the "burnout"–an intense but deliberate and focused style of jazz that has its roots in John Coltrane. Unlike many Trane-ologists, however, Marsalis uses Trane's concepts instead of the master's notes. On Braggtown, named for a neighborhood in Durham, North Carolina, Marsalis delivers a virtual clinic on how to play 21st-century jazz, with drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts, pianist Joey Calderazzo, and bassist Eric Revis. The pieces range from the uptempo "Jack Baker" and "Blakzilla"–Watts's polyrhythmic props to Godzilla–to the reverent rendition of the 17th-century composer Henry Purcell’s "O Solitude," and Revis's intense, long-form composition, "Black Elk Speaks," complete with his impassioned, Mingusian bass solo, with references to Star Trek: The Next Generation. On all of the tracks Marsalis's tone is impossibly brilliant and burnished, and for my money, this recording is the worthy successor to his 1990 masterpiece, Crazy People Music. –Eugene Holley Jr.
Tracklist:
1. Jack Baker
2. Hope
3. Fate
4. Blakzilla
5. O Solitude
6. Sir Roderick, The Aloof
7. Black Elk Speaks
Branford Marsalis Quartet:
Branford Marsalis: soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
Joey Calderazzo: piano
Eric Revis: bass guitar
Jeff "Tain" Watts: drums