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...explores seemingly diverse musical traditions and integrates their various elements into a revolutionary style of music that moves comfortably from the elegant melodies of a string quartet to the rolling bluegrass lines of the banjo. Highlighting the album is a trio of distinguished musicians--Bruce Hornsby, Chick Corea, and Branford Marsalis--who add their respective talents to already enlightened compositions...
Another musical collaboration on the album, "Backwoods Galaxy," the eighth track, pairs Fleck's banjo with Chick Corea's piano and Branford Marsalis' tenor saxophone. The three musicians establish the song's complicated tone by first hammering out a funky, amorphous wall of sound. The banjo then sets up a background for the improvised doodlings of Marsalis' smooth horn and Corea's tight piano solos...
...team will compete at Long Beach, Calif. from May 30 to June 1. Harvard qualified for the event for the first time in many years by placing second out of nine teams in the New England Team Championships this past weekend, held at the Yale College Yacht Club in Branford, Conn...
...Ellis and brother of Wynton, Branford Marsalis comes from a family of jazz greats. He is as well-trained and experienced as any saxophone player today, but unlike the rest of his family, he does not believe that "jazz" music is determined by whether or not it swings, bops or adheres to any general notion of "canonical jazz." That's why you hear him playing alongside Sting, Bruce Hornsby and The Grateful Dead, and in front of "The Tonight Show" band and now Buckshot LeFonque...
...room, mirrors on the walls, and nice carpeting (except for the hardwood dance floor stuck right in front of the stage), it's completely opulent and a great place to see a show. The only bummer is that with tickets at $21.50, it's no cheap date. Then again, Branford Marsalis is no cheap name...