Branford Marsalis Eric Ryan Anderson/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis Quartet On JazzSet
Branford Marsalis spoke with NPR about modern jazz, his family, and his new album, Four MFs Playin' Tunes. Courtesy of Marsalis Music. hide caption
Branford Marsalis On Sensitive Musicians And The First Family Of Jazz
Branford Marsalis (left) and Joey Calderazzo. Stephen Sheffield/Marsalis Music hide caption
Branford Marsalis (left) and Joey Calderazzo. Stephen Sheffield/Marsalis Music hide caption
The 2011 NEA Jazz Masters. Top row (L-R, from second left): Delfeayo Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Ellis Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Jason Marsalis. Bottom row (L-R): Hubert Laws, Orrin Keepnews, Johnny Mandel, David Liebman. Also pictured are NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman (top row, left), NEA Director of Music and Opera Wayne Brown (top row, right), and Executive Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center Adrian Ellis (bottom row, right). Frank Stewart/Jazz at Lincoln Center/NEA hide caption
Listen Now: The 2011 NEA Jazz Masters Ceremony And Concert
Sidney Bechet was the first jazz musician to use soprano saxophone extensively. Hulton Archive hide caption
Claudia Acuna, Branford Marsalis On JazzSet
3 Cohens includes siblings Anat, Avishai and Yuval Cohen. Osnat Rom hide caption
Folk Art is Joe Lovano's 21st recording for the Blue Note label. He gives a generous nod to Cameroonian saxophonist Manu Dibango on the stand-out track, "Dibango." Jimmy Katz/Courtesy of the artist hide caption