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Grammy Award-winning jazz saxophonist Branford Marsalis will bring his mesmerizing musical program, “Marsalis Brasilianos,” to the Cohan Center stage of the Performing Arts Center at Cal Poly on Thursday. Presented by Cal Poly Arts, “Marsalis Brasilianos” features Marsalis in a unique collaboration with the Philarmonia Brasileira, under conductor Gil Jardim...
Saxophonist Branford Marsalis will be joined onstage by conductor Gil Jardim and Philarmonia Brasileira for a special performance, featuring the work of Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, as well as French composer Darius Milhaud. The performance will take place on Friday, October 3, at 8 p.m. and tickets are still available...
By Jim Harrington The folks at Stanford Lively Arts sure know how to get the party started. Case in point: The arts organization is set to launch its 2008-09 season on Sunday (Oct. 5) with a performance featuring saxophone master Branford Marsalis. The Grammy-winning sax man, the oldest of the three musical Marsalis brothers, has something cool [...]
Marsalis Music is tremendously pleased to congratulate alto saxophonist and composer Miguel Zenon, one of 25 individuals who were named recipients of the 2008 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. The Fellowship, commonly known as the MacArthur "genius grant," will provide "no strings attached" support to Zenon over the next five years...
The Alexander String Quartet with Branford Marsalis will performing Eddie Sauter’s “Focus,” a 1961 composition written for jazz musician Stan Getz, at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Lied Center in Lawrence. Tickets cost $35, or $18 for students. See www.lied.ku.edu or call 785-864-2787.
Everyday I pick my daughter Charlotte up from NOCCA, a special school for kids who are interested in the arts. When I say 'interested' I really mean 'completely dedicated and obsessed' with arts. You may have heard of some of...
Narrated by Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker, BEFORE THE MUSIC DIES is an unsettling and inspiring look at today's popular music industry featuring interviews and performances by Erykah Badu, Eric Clapton, Dave Matthews, Branford Marsalis, Questlove and a wide variety of others. The documentary film has built a passionate following as the most important film a music fan will ever see (XM Radio)...
Last night we had the chance to see McCoy Tyner in concert at Hong Kong City Hall. In my experience, City Hall is the best concert venue for jazz in Hong Kong and last night was a rare priveedge as Tyner is one of the true living legends of Jazz. The concert itself was short. [...]
Chuck Leavell is one of the world's premier blues rock pianists--a veteran musician who has recorded and toured with many of the best-known names in the business. He is perhaps best known for his work with the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, The Black Crowes, and most of all, his legendary years with the Allman Brothers Band in the '70s...
Harmonica player J.D. Hill played a gig at the St. Roch Tavern late into the night and expected a friend to come by Sunday to take his two dogs to a shelter before dropping him at the airport.
This is only tangentially Pistons-related (Zeke makes an appearance at the 7:35 mark), but after putting it on FanHouse, I had to post it here, too. Harry Connick, Jr. and Branford Marsalis did a bang-up job during player introductions last year, but they didn’t even come close to this.
Stanford Lively Arts opens its 2008-09 season on Sunday, October 5 with "Marsalis Brasilianos," a vibrant musical dialogue across the Americas featuring saxophone virtuoso Branford Marsalis with members of the Philarmonia Brasileira, led by Gil Jardim. The performance takes place at 2:30 p.m., at Memorial Auditorium, and will be followed by a Brazilian-themed gala celebration including live music and...
In a tragic case of life imitating art, LeRoi Moore, saxophonist for the Dave Matthews Band, has died from complications stemming from an all-terrain vehicle accident. Personally, I liked him better the first time around…you know, when he was Branford Marsalis.
The Jimmy V Classic after party was Sunday night in Raleigh, and Dave's Football Blog caught ESPN anchor Stuart Scott in action, along with notables Branford Marsalis and Dennis Haskins (aka Principal Belding). Sadly, there was no Charles Barkley this year. Anyway, the Jimmy V thingy is a charitable cause, so this isn't particularly worthy of derision except for Scott's horrific karaoke rendition of...
