JamBase — One of the most memorable and successful collaborations the Grateful Dead facilitated happened on this date in 1990 when Branford Marsalis sat-in in Uniondale, New York. The post Grateful Dead Welcomes Branford Marsalis In 1990 appeared first on J... more info

Chicago Sun-Times, IL — The New Orleans-born singer toured with Sammy Davis Jr. and jazz musician Branford Marsalis. more info

JamBase — Watch and listen to saxophonist Branford Marsalis collaborate with the Grateful Dead for the first time on this date in 1990 at the Nassau Coliseum. more info

Detroit Free Press — Branford Marsalis and conductor Andrey Boreyko join the DSO this weekend             more info

Chicago Tribune — Saxophonist Branford Marsalis has done a great favor for singer Kurt Elling. Not so much in the form of their recent recording, "Upward Spiral," its moments of exuberant music-making counterbalanced, alas, by many stretches of torpor. But in concert ... more info

Guardian Music — Bath AbbeyFilling the Abbey’s natural echo chamber with low booms, fluting trills and birdlike peeps, Marsalis explores jazz’s deep connection with the churchThe jazz saxophonist’s lexicon of swagger, sermonising and private intr... more info

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