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 60saccidentalavoid share on social
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 artistgoodmake Change image and share on social
A lot of musicians have a tough time hearing what we're doing in a trio format. Branford Marsalis formathearlot Change image and share on social
It's hard to get into Newsweek because, as more of our former intellectual magazines take on a pop focus, if there's no buzz, there's no interest. Branford Marsalis buzzfocushard Change image and share on social
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 beatelusivehard share on social
Pop doesn't really look back. It can't. What makes pop work is simplicity. Branford Marsalis backmakepop Change image and share on social
When you're dealing with music without words, titles are more a means of identification than anything else. What's the point of getting lofty? Branford Marsalis dealidentificationlofty Change image and share on social
There's a certain kind of motion and pacing that our music has, and this just doesn't have that. We just kind of rushed to the conclusion of most of the songs. I just would've preferred to done them over. Branford Marsalis conclusionhavekind share on social
We played it as long as we could play it on that CD and I think it might be 50 minutes, maybe. What you have to do is play a couple of songs and then get off the stage because everything that trails it sounds stupid. Branford Marsalis couplelongminute share on social
It's something that jazz has gotten away from, and it's unfortunate. Players aren't physical anymore. Branford Marsalis anymorejazzphysical Change image and share on social
