Branford Marsalis

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bandleader composer human jazz musician saxophonist

Branford Marsalis is an American saxophonist, bandleader, and composer known for his influential work in jazz and his collaborations across classical, film, and popular music.

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Label Occurrences
Branford Marsalis canonical 21

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz musician ⓘ
saxophonist ⓘ
activeYearsStart early 1980s ⓘ
associatedAct Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers ⓘ
surface form: Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers

Miles Davis ⓘ
Sting ⓘ
The Tonight Show Band ⓘ
Wynton Marsalis ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award ⓘ
childOf Ellis Marsalis Jr. ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1960-08-26 ⓘ
educatedAt Berklee College of Music ⓘ
Southern University and A&M College ⓘ
surface form: Southern University
employer The Tonight Show ⓘ
surface form: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
familyName Marsalis family ⓘ
surface form: Marsalis
fieldOfWork classical performance ⓘ
film music ⓘ
jazz performance ⓘ
founderOf Branford Marsalis Quartet ⓘ
Marsalis Music ⓘ
genre classical music ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
mainstream jazz ⓘ
post-bop ⓘ
givenName Branford ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.branfordmarsalis.com/ ⓘ
instrument alto saxophone ⓘ
soprano saxophone ⓘ
tenor saxophone ⓘ
memberOf Marsalis family ⓘ
name Branford Marsalis self-link ⓘ
notableWork Braggtown ⓘ
Branford Marsalis Quartet ⓘ
Contemporary Jazz ⓘ
Crazy People Music ⓘ
Eternal ⓘ
Four MFs Playin’ Tunes ⓘ
I Heard You Twice the First Time ⓘ
Metamorphosen ⓘ
Royal Garden Blues ⓘ
The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul ⓘ
occupation bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
musician ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
positionHeld bandleader of The Tonight Show Band ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
Marsalis Music ⓘ
Sony Classical ⓘ
sibling Delfeayo Marsalis ⓘ
Jason Marsalis ⓘ
Wynton Marsalis ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom → composer → Branford Marsalis ⓘ
Wynton Marsalis → sibling → Branford Marsalis ⓘ
Sonny Rollins → influenced → Branford Marsalis ⓘ
John Coltrane → influenced → Branford Marsalis ⓘ
Super Bowl XXIV → anthemPerformer → Branford Marsalis ⓘ
Branford Marsalis → name → Branford Marsalis self-link ⓘ
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers → notableMember → Branford Marsalis ⓘ
Never Die Young → performer → Branford Marsalis ⓘ
Black Codes (From the Underground) → hasPerformer → Branford Marsalis ⓘ
Think of One → performer → Branford Marsalis ⓘ
Marsalis family → hasMember → Branford Marsalis ⓘ
Wynton Marsalis (debut album) → featuresMusician → Branford Marsalis ⓘ
subject surface form: Wynton Marsalis (album)
Delfeayo Marsalis → sibling → Branford Marsalis ⓘ
Delfeayo Marsalis → associatedAct → Branford Marsalis ⓘ
Jason Marsalis → sibling → Branford Marsalis ⓘ
Ellis Marsalis Jr. → child → Branford Marsalis ⓘ
Ellis Marsalis Jr. → notableStudent → Branford Marsalis ⓘ
Angelique Kidjo → performedWith → Branford Marsalis ⓘ
subject surface form: Angélique Kidjo
Eve's Bayou → starring → Branford Marsalis ⓘ
Kurt Elling → associatedAct → Branford Marsalis ⓘ
Mulgrew Miller → associatedAct → Branford Marsalis ⓘ