I always enjoy the utter authenticity of Branford. This is a man who thinks for himself. Be damned to whether I agree with him, I know he got to each thought himself, he didn't adopt it because someone else said it.

Brilliant watching you guys hang …obviously very tight relationship..the most relaxed I’ve seen Branford..love his solo in Decoy even though he probably hates it 😊

He is damn right on the importance of understanding the audience's body language and temperament. Many people who attend these concerts are not bona fide fans of the music but mere joy riders and fun seekers. I once attended a Manu Dibango concert back home in Zimbabwe where he ended up playing Louis Armstrong's standard When The Saints Go Marching In a record three times! The audience went crazy and kept requesting for an enco instead of listening to vintage Makossa-jazz which was Dibango's specialty. Another such concert was Courtney Pine's Harare performance on a freezing winter night when three quarters of the audience prematurely left the show before the official end because they could not stomach avante guarde jazz which was completely alien to their unsophisticated taste.

SOO LOVED this interview! Marshall-especially when you asked about time feel, and Branford’s time feel explained relative to jazz history. Branford’s take on music today is so real, and so “spot on” without being bitter-more “it’s the way it is now”. Branford’s knowledge and explanations of everything relative to jazz history is terrific. The discussion of Sanborn was revelatory and so fun to listen to. Wonderful.Thanks for a terrific interview.

All these years I didn’t know he was so funny!

Branford, and most guys from New Orleans, see, hear and feel the music differently! Not better but deeper. IMO it's because music is a constant part of the culture in NOLA. There might be other similar cities but you can feel really feel it down there.......

After I watched this a Timex sponsored all-star jazz concert from 1958 featuring Lionel Hampton himself showed up on my KZfaq feed! Looking forward to seeing what Gallo wines has to offer next.

Outstanding conversation 👏🏿

Hello Marshall ! Cool interview!

@quadrivium - I have heard live Branford Marsalis on 2 occasions in London. In the 80s he and Wynton played at the Royal Festival Hall Miles Quintet repertoire with Herbie Ron and Tony - one of the greatest live performances I've ever heard so deeply did they embody spirit of Miles and Wayne ineractint with that sublime rhythm section. I next heard Branford at Ronnie Scott's with Joey Calderazzo at Ronnie Scott's in a project where they played the entire Love Supreme album - another gig I will remember all my life because of the sheer depth of soul with which he explored and brought to life that hallowed the Coltrane territory. It is a big mistake to go down the path of dissing Branford because he 'played with Sting' blah blah ( besides which his fills in a hit like 'If You Love Somebody set them Free' are an object lesson in how to accompany and serve a great song as a sideman). Rethink your judgements quad - And celebrate the fact that he embodies in his playing just as deep an intuitive and hard won grasp of the soul of jazz traditions as his brother but from his own perspective and imprimatur.

Lol.I drank ripple and bali hi. “This wine good boy” that’s a line from the commercial. Md20/20. White port and lemon juice.

Haha remembering those fine 1970s wines.

20s pops and 40s bird knew the importance of the song

2:30, 6:30, who's gates?

Soloist do play too long, everyone plays the same standards no one writes any new swing songs with modern day subject matter. Need more singers this is a vocal tradition let's not forget. Play the song make the people dance and keep those solos short .

Interesting how Marshall seems to concur with every opinion, anecdote and critique told by Branford. I appreciate Branford's frank take on Jazz but it is still, just his relentless and immutable opinion. It seems to be rooted in his RnB beginnings and leanings, he is still a Sanborn fan and it cannot be easy to fake it for this long, hence the skewed outspoken narrative. He is staunchly opposed to intelligence in music and cannot be bothered to hear the musical weight of John Coltrane's exemplary 'Countdown'..... and Marshal says..._ 'that's right brotha.'_ _"I know harmony... relatively...decent..... but that ain't the thing for me, the thing is the thing that moves people."_ ** insert yet another sports analogy here.** Branford Marsalis is no Joshua Redman by any stretch of the imagination, a true exponent of this craft and a master improviser! The passive aggression in Branford's speech is due to the fact that he never really has been a true Jazz musician at all but exploits the fact that his own fans wouldn't know good from bad. He speaks about "continuum and yet he still cannot accurately and convincingly modulate from one chord change to the next. He was most definitely in his brothers shadow in the early eighties and he has carved a sort of copycat career paying homage to the European art continuum Classical music in the devout way in which African Americans wanting to 'tie into the vine' worship the European cultural evolution. Branford, the Jazz musician that is also a Classical musician. He's more Sting than Lionel Hampton Big Band. That's clear. What he is, is a name... Marsalis! So he opines that Armstrong or other musicians of 100 years ago are where it's a in the 21st centuryt! He simply cannot play John Coltrane's exemplary composition (as succinct a musical statement as Einstein's famed equation) 'Giant Steps' which one has to be able to circumnavigate if one is going to carry the mantle of being a 'Jazz musician.' Or, if his poorly executed narcissistic attempt would suggest, the Love Supreme Suite in its entirety. Jazz is way more than "creating sound." Why would it matter if James Brown knew harmony or not?.........Total silence from the interviewer (again!) has been duly noted. _"Ya diiiiiig brotha man?"_ (No disrespect meant to Marshall McDonald, but a person like Branford needs to be fearlessly challenged on his assertions, this would appease his intellect more). _"It's about creating sound, it's not about knowing shit!"_ Branford Marsalis 🤣🤣🤣