Branford Marsalis
| Born | August 26, 1960 |
| Hometown | Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, United States |
| Net worth | $5 million |
| Spouse | Teresa Reese, Nicole |
| Parents | Ellis Marsalis Jr. |
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Branford Marsalis Boards Broadway’s Louis Armstrong Musical To Create New Arrangements & Orchestrations, Replacing Original Team
- EXCLUSIVE: Tony-nominated composer Branford Marsalis (Fences) is joining a revised music team for the upcoming fall Broadway production of A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical to create new musical arrangements and orchestrations, producers said today. The new team, which also includes music supervisor Daryl Waters, dance music arranger Zane Mark and music director Darryl …
- Green Bay Press-Gazette
Branford Marsalis, movie music, Victor's return highlight Peninsula Music Festival season
- The Columbus Dispatch
Jazz icon Branford Marsalis to perform in New Albany
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Musician Branford Marsalis to perform in Springfield for April's Gillioz Jazz Festival
Award-winning saxophonist and band leader Branford Marsalis will headline the festival with the Missouri Jazz Orchestra.
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Must-See Documentary, Free to Stream: ‘Champion of the Race,’ the Story of Major Taylor
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- EntertainmentThe Santa Fe New Mexican
Delfeayo Marsalis schools his audience on the key to good jazz
Feb. 9—The Art + Sol Santa Fe Winter Festival February 9-19 is a convergence of music performances, dance, visual arts, plays, and other happenings that feed the city's appetite for arts events during the winter season, traditionally a quiet time for performance venues and stages. Highlights of this year's festival are on the following two pages. Visit artsolsantafe.org for a complete listing ...
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Branford Marsalis named new artistic director of New Orleans’ Ellis Marsalis Center for Music
Branford Marsalis has been named the artistic director the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music on Tuesday, Jan. 30.
- USAssociated Press
Branford Marsalis is the new artistic director at New Orleans music center named for his father
Branford Marsalis, the jazz saxophonist and composer acclaimed for his movie scores, Grammy-winning recordings and his stint as the leader of The Tonight Show band, is taking on the role of educator in a return to his hometown of New Orleans. Marsalis was named Tuesday as the new artistic director for the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music, a donor-supported education and community center and the cornerstone of the Musicians' Village, a Habitat for Humanity housing development that benefited displ
- EntertainmentSouth Florida Sun Sentinel
Weekend things to do: Tina Fey & Amy Poehler, sake night in Flagler Village, Jazz Fest Pompano Beach
Getting around downtown Fort Lauderdale will be a different experience this weekend with construction work on the Henry E. Kinney Tunnel closing all lanes of U.S. 1 through 5 p.m. Saturday. This chapter in the long-running, civil-engineering facelift (the tunnel is nearly 65 years old, so it was time) will be, uh, inconvenient for residents in the city’s core: Your favorite restaurant, lounge ...
- EntertainmentThe Herald-Times
Branford Marsalis Quartet to ignite IU Auditorium stage with jazz this month
Attention jazz lovers: Branford Marsalis and his quartet are performing in Bloomington this month.
- EntertainmentGold Derby
Film composers roundtable panel: ‘Migration,’ ‘Rustin’ and ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ [Exclusive Video Interview]
When a composer gets hired to score a movie or a show, what is step one? Do they read the entire script, page by page? Or do they start writing music based on images or ideas? These are just some of the topics discussed by three top composers when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet …
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Colman Domingo Says ‘Rustin’ Movie, Produced By The Obamas, “Was A Great Calling” – Contenders Film L.A.
Colman Domingo plays civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, an organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, in the Netflix film Rustin. Domingo said he felt a responsibility to introduce Rustin to modern audiences. “It was a great calling honestly,” Domingo said at Deadline’s Contenders Film: Los Angeles event. “History put him in the darkness because …
- EntertainmentThe Columbus Dispatch
Blues icon Buddy Guy's Nov. 15 show at the Palace rescheduled to April 2
Octogenarian blues legend Buddy Guy has been sidelined by medical issues. Tickets for the original show will be honored at his April 2 concert.
