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

Detroit Free Press — Tain's Domain: At 51, festival artist-in-residence Jeff (Tain) Watts is one of the leading post-bop drummers of his generation, best known for long tenures with Wynton and Branford Marsalis. He performs three times: His Drum Club percussion ense... more info

Mercury News, California — Marsalis' quartet gets this writer's vote as the cockiest, and maybe the best, working band in jazz. It performs at Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz and Yoshi's San Francisco. more info

Mercury News, California — Despite some great performers in the lineup, year after year the defining artists of jazz's mainstream -- Roy Hargrove, Christian McBride, Branford Marsalis, Nicholas Payton, Brad Mehldau, Joshua Redman (who lives in the Bay Area) and many others -- ... more info

Detroit Free Press — There's a lot to admire about "Songs of Mirth and Melancholy" ( * * * out of four stars, Marsalis Music), the rewarding new duet album by saxophonist Branford Marsalis and pianist Joey Calderazzo. Calderazzo has been a mainstay of Marsalis'... more info

All About Jazz — Jazz vocalist and multi Grammy nominee Nnenna Freelon joins hip-hop quartet The Beast release Freedom Suite: a 10-track collection of creative reflections on jazz and hip-hop. Freedom Suite is available for FREE download, digitally released on Okaypl... more info

Guardian Music — (Intuition)If stars were given out for consummate mastery of a musical instrument, Jerry Bergonzi would score five every time he picks up the sax. The American virtuoso stuns his fellow practitioners, without necessarily always engaging the hearts an... more info

All About Jazz — Jazz season at the Orange County Performing Arts Center begins this month. The schedule includes international jazz stars, such as Chick Corea, Gary Burton, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard, as well as up-and comers Sara Gazarek and Sachal Va... more info

All About Jazz — public conversation between saxophonist Branford Marsalis and JLP director Sam Stephenson has been confirmed for the evening of February 10, 2011 at Hayti Heritage Center in Durham, N.C. in association with the Center for Documentary Studies and the ... more info

All About Jazz — The Detroit Jazz Festival runs through the Labor Day weekend, with an impressive array of musicians including Roy Haynes, Maria Schneider, Terence Blanchard and Branford Marsalis. The festival's artist-in-residence, Mulgrew Miller, received advance a... more info