announcements

Congratulations to the Branford Marsalis Quartet with special guest Kurt Elling for their 2017 Grammy nomination in the category of Best Jazz Vocal Album! The project has many upcoming US and European concert dates, beginning in January 2017, so please visit Branford’s website to see if the group will be performing in a location near you.

Available now in the U.S. is a reissue of the historic Marsalis Music DVD which includes a full live performance of John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme suite by the Branford Marsalis Quartet at Amsterdam’s Bimhuis in 2003. The package also includes interview footage and an audio-only disc. 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of the release of Coltrane’s masterpiece. Pick up a copy of the Branford Marsalis Quartet’s live interpretation of the suite today at your favorite local music store, download the audio-only performance from your preferred digital retailer, or order a copy online.

Music on Vinyl has made this release available on vinyl for the very first time. Learn more about the vinyl package via their website or order it online today.

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From now through January 1, please visit the Marsalis Music online store and receive 25% off of your entire purchase with the discount code MMHOLIDAY. Whether you are decorating holiday cookies to the jolly music of Harry Connick, Jr.’s Music From The Happy Elf, or celebrating the bond of family and friends while listening to Music Redeems from the Marsalis Family, or being reminded of the holiday traditions from your cultural homeland of Puerto Rico with the music of Miguel Zenón or of New Orleans with Bob French’s interpretations of Crescent City standards, Marsalis Music can provide you with your holiday soundtrack, or the perfect gift for a loved one.

Please visit the Marsalis Music store for specially priced bundles of merchandise available now through January 1 to help you celebrate the holiday season.

We are featuring a bundle of Marsalis Family CDs that come with a poster signed by Ellis, Branford, Wynton, Delfeayo & Jason Marsalis.

Our store is the only place where you can purchase Harry Connick, Jr’.s Music From The Happy Elf CD together with The Happy Elf children’s book written by Harry himself.

Also featured is the opportunity to purchase the Branford Marsalis Quartet’s Four MFs Playin’ Tunes CD together with a poster signed by all four members of the band.

In addition to our special packages, you can enter Discount Code MMCHEER at checkout to receive 20% off of your entire order!*

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Unfortunately, tonight’s (Saturday’s) BMQ shows at Scullers have now also been cancelled due to the road conditions following the storm. Tomorrow’s (Sunday’s) shows at 4 PM & 7 PM are still on, but we’ll continue to keep you updated if things change. We’ll be rescheduling this weekend’s cancelled shows to a later date and again, are very sorry for the inconvenience. - The BM Team

Tonight’s BMQ shows at Scullers have been cancelled due to the weather. There will be an added show at 4 PM on Sunday. Please call the club for more information. 617-562-4111 We are very sorry for any inconvenience this causes.

Iconic New Orleans drummer and Marsalis Music Honors Series musician Bob French passed away on Monday, November 12. Some words from Branford Marsalis about Mr. French:

 “Bob was an amazing musician, with very strong opinions. When it comes to music, he was always more right than he was wrong; and because I had the mentality that focused on the message, regardless of the delivery, I am a better musician because of him. I will miss the man, and the musician greatly.”

Tickets are now on sale for the WORLD PREMIERE of Branford Maralis & Joey Calderazzo’s duo project, Songs of Mirth and Melancholy, at the 2011 TD Toronto Jazz Festival. The performance takes place at The Royal Conservatory’s Koerner Hall in Toronto, Ontario on June 29. For more information and to purchase your tickets today, please visit the jazz festival’s website! We hope to see you there.

Born of an evolving love of music and set in the deep focus of serious listening and learning, Songs of Mirth and Melancholy, is full of virtuosity and joy, touching the listener with its expressiveness, melody, emotion; those elements of music that transcend genre and period and speak to us of inspiration and beauty. Comprised primarily of original compositions from each musician, a Wayne Shorter tune paying tribute to that great man and a nod to Brahms, the duo presented here provides the listener with a glimpse into their ever deepening musical journey.

The album is being released on June 7, 2011.
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Publication: MusicalFoster.com
Author: Randall Foster
Date: October 26, 2010

MARSALIS MUSIC NOTE: We wanted to share this interesting piece with you simply as “food for thought.” We hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

Today we are inundated with noise.  Noise of every kind. Conversation, traffic, dogs barking, music, commercials, noise.  We are constantly bombarded with this noise until we are desensitized to it.  After thinking quite a bit on this subject I turned to Google to see what others had said about this. It turns out that this is a hot-bed topic.  The majority of the results I found were scholarly and business-management types of articles but nonetheless I think I may have found what I was looking for.
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