An Evening with Branford Marshalls - The Lyric Theatre
A revolutionary jazz musician and Grammy-winning saxophonist, Branford Marsalis is in a league of his own. He is an NEA Jazz Master and Tony Award nominee for the original score for the revival of August Wilson’s Fences. The New Orleans native, eldest son of pianist and educator Ellis Marsalis and the brother of Wynton, Delfeayo and Jason Marsalis, the musician began his career as a youngster, picking up the clarinet first. He eventually settled on the soprano sax and worked with Clark Terry and his brother, Wynton, in Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers while in college. In 1986, he formed his own quartet, which has become one of the most widely respected groups in jazz. In 2015, Marsalis and his quartet received a rare invitation to join Kurt Elling in a weekend performance at the New Orleans Snug Harbor. Elling and Marsalis recorded their collaboration, which can be heard on the 2016 release Upward Spiral, which was nominated for a 2017 Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album.
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