Chicago Tribune — A Symphony Center debut by Dr. John, a collaboration between the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and a high-profile appearance by Chicago cellist-composer Tomeka Reid will highlight the 2016-17 Symphony Center Pres... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Branford Marsalis can be a beguiling saxophonist, whether as a jazz player, a pop musician or, increasingly, in the classical repertory. more info

Mercury News, California — Performing at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz, saxophonist Marsalis and his group engaged a strategy of virtuosity and cockiness, clarity and clout. It covered a lot of territory -- bebop and 1970s Keith Jarrett rubato, as well as a tune associ... more info

Mercury News, California — Bill Cosby headlines an Aug. 26 fundraiser, then the season takes off. Among the stellar headliners are trumpeter and film composer Terence Blanchard; Wynton Marsalis with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra; saxophonist Wayne Shorter's quartet; and... more info

USA Today Music — Marsalis' latest offering from his tightly-knit band is up to its usual high standards. more info

USA Today Music — The accessible yet talented jazzman returns with a joyful, jamming quartet. more info

Guardian Music — (Marsalis Music)It's often observed that this fine saxophonist's studio recordings rarely catch his live-show fire. There's a relaxation about this one, however (Branford Marsalis suggested the title to his manager as a joke, but it reflects the unse... more info

Guardian Music — The multi award-winning graduates of Berklee College in the US have expanded the scope of rock, jazz and popRoger Brown, 55, has presided over the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, since 2004. Reputedly the world's top school for "mo... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - Phil Lesh & Friends, Primus, Bob Weir & Bruce Hornsby with Special Guest Branford Marsalis, Mickey Hart Band, Sound Tribe Sector 9 & The Avett Brothers Set have signed on to perform at the Gathering of the... more info

Mercury News, California — The quartet -- which you can see through Sunday at Yoshi's-San Francisco -- played two sold-out shows at the Kuumbwa, the little Santa Cruz club, where Marsalis's group always plays as if it's just won the lottery. more info