A Special Occasion
Branford teams up with long-time friend and peer, Harry Connick, Jr., to record their first ever full-length duo album together. Recorded over a March 2005 weekend in North Carolina, Occasion is the exquisite result of two gifted and versatile musicians bringing out the best in each other. The new disc was released in mid-June 2005 by Marsalis Music. The live premiere of Occasion took place at the 25th Anniversary of the Ottawa Jazz Festival on Friday, June 24, 2005.
Branford Marsalis Quartet releases "A Love Supreme: Live In Amsterdam" DVD
For Marsalis Music’s second DVD release, label founder Branford Marsalis and his quartet were captured in a complete performance of John Coltrane’s 1964 masterpiece “A Love Supreme.” This legendary suite, which tenor saxophonist Marsalis included on his label’s premier release, “Footsteps of Our Fathers,” was performed and recorded at Amsterdam’s Bimhuis during a European tour in March 2003.This legendary suite, which tenor saxophonist Marsalis included on his label’s premier release, Footsteps of Our Fathers, was performed at Amsterdam’s Bimhuis during a European tour in March 2003. This legendary suite, which tenor saxophonist Marsalis included on his label’s premier release, Footsteps of Our Fathers, was performed at Amsterdam’s Bimhuis during a European tour in March 2003.
Branford Marsalis Quartet releases Eternal, the third release from Marsalis Music. The album went on to earn a Grammy-Award nomination.
Branford Marsalis Quartet releases Romare Bearden Revealed
Jazz musicians have frequently inspired and been inspired by visual artists; but the interchange has never been more direct and intense than on Romare Bearden Revealed, which was released by Marsalis Music on September 9, 2003. This disc, comprised entirely of newly recorded music, was produced by saxophonist Branford Marsalis in celebration of The Art of Romare Bearden, the major retrospective that opened at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. on September 14, 2003 and subsequently traveled to museums in San Francisco, Dallas, New York and Atlanta during 2004 and 2005.
BMQ Performs A Love Supreme at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Recorded in Hi-Def and later released on DVD, this marks the second time the bandleader has recorded a version of Coltrane's seminal work, A Love Supreme.
The Marsalis Family embarks on a tour of Canada and the United States to support their release “A Jazz Celebration”
For the first time ever, the Marsalis Family joined together to perform a series of concerts in support of their newly released album, A Jazz Celebration. Beginning the tour in Toronto, Ontario, the group also performed in cities including Montreal, Quebec, Syracuse, NY, Newark, NJ, Philadelphia, PA and Boston, MA.
Branford Marsalis Quartet releases Footsteps of Our Fathers, the first release for newly formed label Marsalis Music. On it Marsalis pays homage to past and present jazz immortals, performing compositions by Ornette Coleman, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane, and John Lewis.