Branford Marsalis
Birthday: 1960-08-26
Place of Birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Biography: World-renowned saxophonist Branford Marsalis, born in 1960, has always been a man of numerous musical interests, from jazz, blues and funk to such classical music projects as his Fall 2008 tour with Marsalis Brasilianos. The three-time Grammy winner has continued to exercise and expand his skills as an instrumentalist, a composer, and the head of Marsalis Music, the label he founded in 2002 that has allowed him to produce both his own projects and those of the jazz world’s most promising new and established artists.
Movies
Motown 40: The Music is Forever
Archival music performances and contemporary interviews cover some of the history of Motown Records ...
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Sting: Live In Berlin
Culled from Sting's critically acclaimed world tour, Symphonicity, this exclusive live CD/DVD compil...
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Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone
From the shifting fault lines of Hollywood fantasies and the economic and racial tensions of Reagan'...
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Brooklyn Boheme
Brooklyn Boheme is a love letter to a vibrant African American artistic community who resided in For...
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Branford Marsalis: A Love Supreme Live In Amsterdam
Branford Marsalis' extended performance of "A Love Supreme" provides his audience with 49 minutes of...
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Throw Momma from the Train
Larry Donner, an author with a cruel ex-wife, teaches a writing workshop in which one of his student...
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The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.
Narrated by Connick himself in a candid look at his own life and career, the program features interv...
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Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
The story of the short film from the beginning of the movies in the 1890s, when all movies were shor...
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School Daze
Fraternity and sorority members clash with other students at a historically black college during hom...
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Eve's Bayou
Summer heats up in rural Louisiana beside Eve’s Bayou, 1962, as the Batiste family tries to survive ...
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Music by John Williams
His unforgettable scores are an essential part of some of the most beloved movies of our time, over ...
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Sting and Gil Evans: Strange Fruit
In this 1987 film from Italy's Perugia Jazz Festival, Sting joins jazz keyboardist Gil Evans for a o...
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Sting - Bring on the Night
Bring on the Night is a 1985 documentary film, that focuses on the jazz-inspired project and band le...
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The Marsalis Family: A Jazz Celebration
Family - The legendary Marsalis jazz family steps into the spotlight with this celebration of their ...
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Branford Marsalis: Steep
Recorded live on 13th November, 1987, at the Spirit Square Arts Centre, North Carolina, USA....
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Before the Music Dies
B4MD tells the story of American music at this precarious moment. Filmakers Andrew Shapter and Joel ...
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Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella
A 1990 PBS documentary around the topic of A cappella music. Artists that performed as part of the d...
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Horn of Plenty
Struggling jazz musician Cecil (Branford Marsalis) busks on a Brooklyn street corner to make some mo...
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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen
Viola Davis, Denzel Washington, George C. Wolfe and more share the heart, soul and history that brou...
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Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
An intimate look at the Oscar-nominated actor’s incomparable artistry, and the acting process which ...
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Mo' Better Blues
Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness abo...
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