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Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis
American Musician
Born: Aug 26, 1960
Jazz Me Music Musicians People You
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What is jazz? It, It's almost like asking, What is French? Jazz is a musical language. It's a musical dialect that actually embodies the spirit of America. Branford Marsalis
Language Jazz Musical Embodies Spirit Almost Like French Dialect America Asking Actually
If you listen to a lot of the songs that are popular now, there's very little melody in there. People love the beat. But to musicians, it's melody, because we understand how elusive it is and how hard it is to hold. Branford Marsalis
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The whole point is, give me a break with the standards. You go to the average jazz label and suggest a record and they want to know which standards you're going to play. I'm saying let's break the formula. Branford Marsalis
Saying Me You Jazz Record Give Give Me Point Know Go Label Going Want Break Which Formula Average Standards Whole Play Suggest
If you're going to use standards as criteria for signing musicians, you can sign thousands. If you're going to use some sort of conceptual interpretation that's based on the tradition of those standards, but is trying to move away from it, you're down to about 10 people or so. Branford Marsalis
You Musicians People Down Interpretation Those Sign Criteria Signing Thousands Some About Conceptual Sort Tradition Trying Going Move Use Standards Based Away
My dad was a musician, it was just what he did, like another guy's dad drives a meat truck. Our house was normal. We weren't taken with the fact our dad was a musician. Branford Marsalis
Our Musician Guy Fact Drives He Taken Truck Like House Another Were Normal Did Just Meat Dad
The lion's share of what I hear right now are people who, intentional or accidental, have avoided all jazz prior to 1960. And all the musicians who were successful in the '60s spent their entire lives, prior to 1960, listening to all the musicians these people avoid. Branford Marsalis
Lion Musicians People Listening Jazz Spent Entire Entire Lives Share Prior Accidental Were Hear Intentional Successful Avoid Avoided Who Now Lives Right
The piano is the X factor. People have a tough time following the structures when there's no piano there, spelling it out. It makes it more easily understood, particularly to people who don't know as much about music. Branford Marsalis
Music Time People Tough Spelling Easily Out Following About More Structures Factor Tough Time Piano Know Particularly Makes Understood Much Who
A lot of musicians have a tough time hearing what we're doing in a trio format. Branford Marsalis
Time Musicians Tough Trio Tough Time Doing Hearing Lot Format
You hear it in your brain. Whatever makes sense. Some songs work well as quartet songs, sometimes they don't. Branford Marsalis
Work You Sometimes Whatever Sense Some Songs Well Makes Quartet Hear Brain Your
Jazz fans love Miles and I love him for a myriad of reasons, but the overviews are always too simplistic. Branford Marsalis
Love Fans Jazz Too Myriad Simplistic Him Always Miles Reasons
If I were like a lot of other people, then it wouldn't be fun; but since I'm like me, it's okay. Branford Marsalis
Me People Other Okay Since Like Were Lot Then Fun
I think that one of the problems that jazz has is that it's so incestuous that it's starting to kill itself. Branford Marsalis
Problems Jazz Think One Of The Problems Itself Starting
One of the things that's clear to me from interviews that I've read is that the more popular successful jazz musicians had audiences above and beyond the music community. Branford Marsalis
Music Me Musicians Jazz Community Music Community Interviews One Of The Things Above More Had Clear Beyond Read Audiences Successful Jazz Musicians Popular Things
I think that if you keep banging at the door all you need is a little foothold, a little tiny foothold, and then the rest will take care of itself. Branford Marsalis
You Care Will Rest Think Take Take Care Itself Banging Tiny Door Little Then Keep Need
I like to make records sound good. I'm more like a reducer than a producer. If an artist cannot produce themselves, what's the point? Branford Marsalis
Good More Records Point Like Make Sound Than Artist Cannot Themselves Produce Producer

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