Branford has the best interviews, hands down, as far as musicians go
@jaxonellis29952 жыл бұрын
Right?!? Could listen to Branford all day. Wynton as well. Both have incredible histories.
@user-wx7dd9gc6j2 ай бұрын
@@jaxonellis2995true, true 😮😊
@ed.z.5 ай бұрын
Branford Marsalis is one of the most important jazz musicians in the world. He is literally a national treasure.
@benhostetler268 Жыл бұрын
Branford dropped a gold mine of information in a very short time.
@kuumbafranklacy490 Жыл бұрын
Deep, because when I was with Art Blakey 1988-90, we did his 75th anniversary tour.....a long tour .......Bu ( Art Blakey) had 2 bands, his current band, and his Legacy Band ( cats that played with him) and the horn section was Jackie McClean, Curtis Fuller, and Benny Golson, and man, Benny was KILLING ! I went to Bu and said : " Bu, he sounds like Trane" !......Bu said : "Oh no, son......Trade sounds like HIM !"
@guillermosahuquillo44993 жыл бұрын
Thank you Sting for introducing me to the fascinating universe of this man’s music. My First gig ever was the Blue Turtle’s tour in ‘85... made me want to listen to jazz music, and made me an outcast (lol) with my friends (I was 15, and all the music that was fashionable at that time became meaningless to me from that evening on... could not see the point in listening to madonna, jacko, dire straits or U2... even Sting became eventually flat to my ears and I loudly manifested my aversion to it). It made me concentrate more in what I was listening and rejecting top 40 radio pop/rock... now i only listen to classical and jazz in all its genres and hunt for gems in stores and www. The rest just plainly doesnt move me.
@user-wx7dd9gc6j2 ай бұрын
What? You don't like 'Lil Wayne???😮😮😊😅
@Eastpointe3 жыл бұрын
Branford is brilliance!
@esfahan19614 жыл бұрын
Almost the debate about the Mark VI greatness. When they were produced the Reference 36 or 54 didn’t exist. When young John Coltrane shaped his so unmistakable sound, he had to listen to older great players. Then he became the then Mark VI standard of sax players. Great video, thanks.
@lorecpiano2 жыл бұрын
while listening to the interview I got cuaght on the background recording of Brandfords band and at 10:30 minute I hear branford impersonating Wayne Shorter !As he talked about imitating Other musicians, and then come out on your playing !
@davidmaslow3993 жыл бұрын
Branford says such interesting things!
@rmoraespinto Жыл бұрын
Branford mentions Warne Marsh. I am quite happy with that, as Warne is an original, from top to bottom, whose playing I love so much. AMoF Branford and Warne are the one saxophonists whose sound and ideas I enjoy the most.
@QuadriviumNumbers9 ай бұрын
Warne was a great player but definitely not an original! You liking someone's playing doesn't make that player an "original from top to bottom"... whatever that means. He was hugely influenced by the bebop movement, mainly Charlie Parker and the great Lester Young who was the main influence of Stan Getz. He was also greatly influenced by Lennie Tristano.
@danielstainier793 Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much
@guillermosahuquillo44993 жыл бұрын
As David Byrne says, the venue makes the music
@zangsax3 жыл бұрын
I love this mans music. His passion forthe music comes out in so many ways . Sometimes intense andsometimes so subtly nuanced always fully present inthe music..
@johnasti7429Ай бұрын
Great interview...... Great explanation about room size, higher celing, and allow the sound wave to meet its full peak...
@HB-ve4wi Жыл бұрын
No-one has more interesting things to say about Jazz than Branford Marsalis. On the instrument and off.
@JazzFan764 жыл бұрын
I remember back in '97 when I was trying to play trumpet like Louis Armstrong and my friend Carl Winrow told me to not play like Louis Armstrong because the world already had a Louis Armstrong. He said to play like myself. Develop my own sound. He said I can add some Louis Armstrong influence in my sound but not to play exactly like him. So from that time on, I played the way I wanted to without trying to blatantly copy Louis Armstrong.
@oughtssought11982 жыл бұрын
but being able to play just like Louis Armstrong is a mighty fine starting point from which to go your own way
@BlackRootsAcademyOfSoul7 ай бұрын
Fantastic interview. Always a treat listening to B. Marsalis, and his brother too. Fountains of Jazz knowledge. Greetings from Uganda 🇺🇬👊🏿🖤
@raepaul815827 күн бұрын
Great piece , thanks for sharing !
@markauckland6662 жыл бұрын
Eloquent and informed, fabulous man
@St-Dawe9 ай бұрын
Branford, what a great guy, he´s the man.
@da11king3 жыл бұрын
hmmmm no wonder he likes to records in big rooms. I like listenig to Brandford, he s such a straigth shooter
@dennis92422 жыл бұрын
Excellent.
@darrylreeves Жыл бұрын
Yes, Branford is absolutely correct about recording in large rooms. I was touting convolution reverb until Arne Wallander pointed out to me that it was a gimmick. Large rooms produce what he calls the bloom effect, where reverb tails brighten towards the end of the reverb trail. The sound of pizzicato in a real hall vs. a dry sample through convolution reverb sounds totally different. And mic bleed is absolutely important to the sound. It's a very unique sound that has been lost in modern times. But idiosyncratic recording has become a thing now so we might see a resurgence of it in the future.
@edovonvelde31943 жыл бұрын
Great video , lots of info, thanks👍
@kwootamuckbear9294 Жыл бұрын
You really dissed them in the “Woods”! They didn’t see that coming🎶🎵🎷
@santih50433 жыл бұрын
This was a fascinating interview with only one problem: Branford's music playing in the background was just as fascinating so it was a little difficult to focus.
@AnonymousBN3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic interview.
@JerryAttric425 ай бұрын
Marsalis has an interesting mind. he once in rebuttal to what Cecil Tayor said about his fans, that his listeners should do their homework. Bradford countered with: "i'm a baseball fam. when i got out to Shea Stadium, i don't feel it's necessary for me to field ground balls with the infielders before the game."
@chowchichang29223 жыл бұрын
Intriguing interview . Just wish we had the time and resources to delve into this fascinating topic . The beauty about Branford and his group is their sound . I think one develops their sound whilst trying to play / mimic as much of the great voluminous material that has come before .
@jasondavisjazz Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@romeleone94294 жыл бұрын
So true I hate small rooms for recording. The sound of my trumpet bounces off the walls and dies suddenly, small rooms ruin Legato playing as well as dynamics . All acoustic instruments need their proper space to breathe. Acoustic instrument social distance for a safe and effective musical conversation. Thanks BM and Selmer P for sharing
@troldhaugen3 жыл бұрын
Finally, a great jazz musician admitting that he wonders why people like Coltrane's tone so much. Just because Coltrane was a great and pioneering musician doesn't mean that every aspect of his playing was perfect. This is true of all musicians, artists, and other great thinkers.
@jamespartaik88162 жыл бұрын
hmmm... it's not a question of perfection, it's personal taste and style. Coltrane strived for that sound. He obviously liked it, Miles liked it, and other don't.
@troldhaugen2 жыл бұрын
@@jamespartaik8816 I was lumping his tone and his intonation problems together. The former was intentional, but I doubt the latter was. On tunes like Naima and In A Sentimental Mood, it's hard to listen to, even though the performances are great in other respects. It grates against me because I had the same problem in my playing, and for the same reason: clamping with my jaw instead of proper embouchre. I read it was because he had dental problems from eating sweets.
@jamespartaik88162 жыл бұрын
@@troldhaugen Like I said, personal taste, I love the Naima versions and In a sentimental mood. I also love Archie Sheep and his wild intonation, and Harry Partch's microtonal music. Not all music is for everyone.
@troldhaugen2 жыл бұрын
@@jamespartaik8816btw, I'm a huge fan of Coltrane's playing overall. I love In A Sentimental Mood and Naima, which he composed. I love his phrasing on those tunes. There has never been music more exciting than A Love Supreme. I just don't like the unintentional sharp notes that stick out on some ballads. I don't think Coltrane liked them either. I think that's why we hear him struggling to correct them.
@scotttinkler2 жыл бұрын
@@jamespartaik8816 I'm with you 100%, subjective points for sure.
@oooooo-cs6nj2 жыл бұрын
Hello bro Master music powuer feling bendiciones 🙏
@corkymiller2 жыл бұрын
It’s interesting that the soundtrack here is either Jan Garbarek with Keith Jarrett or someone sounding like Garbarek(Marsalis?) while talking about sounding like someone else.
@spacegupta713 жыл бұрын
First backround song is by Keith Jarrett. Tenor on it is Jan Garberek.
@JentschChris3 жыл бұрын
Hmm...it's probably the version that Branford recorded as background music here...
@DanForshaw3 жыл бұрын
@@JentschChris It's Branford's version
@evelioroque37069 ай бұрын
I love both musicians but... WHY IS KEITH JARRETT IN THE BACKGROUND OF BRANFORD TALKING ABOUT COLTRANE? Related because... they all play jazz?
@robertballard8833 Жыл бұрын
Great interview. As a 40 year saxophonist, Its hard for me to listen to Coltrane on many cuts. Often his sound seems thin and harsh to me. I definitely see Hodges influence, but in Tranes case, he often seems out of tune ( Especially on Soprano). He sure knew where to put his fingers, though. As far as my tone, I go all over the place - Rudy Weidoeft to Louis Jordan, Sammy Butera - Clifford Scott to Stan Getz ( who has MANY tones) and Yoursel, of course,Yourself. My advice - listen to everybody YOU like, and make your own sound. Mouthpiece does influence tone a lot. I use everything from stock plastic Ebolin on alto to to metal #7 Barone on Tenor.
@QuadriviumNumbers9 ай бұрын
Branford appeals to people like you who are complimentary about Getz and dismissive of John Coltrane. 🤣Trane's nasal tone on soprano is due mainly to mic placement, his playing was NEVER "out of tune!"
@JimCherwinski2 жыл бұрын
Why, when you have such an experienced and articulate musician revealing his secrets, do you have to put some of his more dischordant music so loud in the mix?!?!?!? Let the man speak!
@nononouh2 жыл бұрын
How did the mouthpiece change someone's sound the first week?
@marcususa2 ай бұрын
12:43 A big reason why I left Berklee.
@ContraMundumPress10 ай бұрын
Branford is interesting enough that it isn't necessary to have music underneath every single thing he says as a background track. It comes across as an irritating nervous tic in terms of 'film composition.' In a way, it is a denigration of the music, and a denigration of his thought.
@rinahall Жыл бұрын
just listened to a 10h European podcast radio show on Sonny Rollins (yes, 10x 1h, covering 1951-2001 !!!). My opinion of Rollins is that it seems very overrated to me. First of all as a player, he does not seem to me better than Johnny Griffin, Stitt, Roland Kirk, Phil Woods, Lateef ... but enjoys a much more important reputation ... and unjustified in my opinion. Ok he plays well, but not better than the musicians I mentioned. In terms of composition, he did not compose anything, everyone knows that St Thomas is a Caribbean folklore already recorded by Randy Weston in 1955 under the title Fire Down There. His other compositions from the 50s ... well, Oleo, Airegin etc ... this can in no way be compared to the compositions of Trane, Bird, Monk or Shorter ... also, his playing and his sound are terribly degraded after 1966 (36 years). It seems that he was traumatized by the arrival of Ornette, Trane, Ayler ... In the 60's he tried to be more free than Ayler, more calypso / blues than Ornette, and more mystical than Trane, but he didn't. did not succeed. Then in the 70s / 80s he tried to be funky, disco ... with really ridiculous and cheesy results ... Did he want to be funkier than James Brown himself? Also, in the radio show they say that he was paid current $ 300,000 for himself to record the Nucleus album (so listen to the result !!!!), and that, for his concerts, his financial claims were unrealistic, only the big festivals could afford it. He played with the Stones but didn't want to go on tour with them because, according to Jagger himself, he wanted too much money! I mean, I'm not making anything up here. In my opinion, he should have remained what he was before, a disciple of Bird at the Tenor, and quit at the age of 40 to leave a quality job, and without trying to follow fashion. Thank you for not insulting me because I have documented myself on Rollins and I like to have constructive discussions without being attacked on my person.