Music
A few hours after NBC announced it had fired “Tonight Show” executive producer Helen Kushnick, jazz demigod Branford Marsalis was riffing on camera with Jay Leno about some lost luggage.
Oct. 18, 1992
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April 3, 2011
In the Music Recital Hall at Cal State Northridge, stagehands were trying mightily to perfect the lights, the sound--anything to please saxophonist Branford Marsalis and his father, pianist Ellis Marsalis.
March 21, 1996
Because his two-night engagement was booked at the last minute, only a handful of fans showed up on Wednesday night at Vine St.
March 19, 1993
Branford Marsalis, resplendent in chartreuse pants with a gray and yellow plaid jacket to match, stands next to a bookcase and spins out a brief, warmup flourish on his soprano saxophone.
March 23, 1996
Branford has the “Tonight Show” and Wynton gets tons of ink as an unofficial spokesman for a new generation of jazz players.
Nov. 6, 1992
Entertainment & Arts
High profile is the name of the game for “Jazz at the Center,” the three-concert, 1992-93 series announced this week by the Orange County Performing Arts Center.
Aug. 8, 1992
Saxophonist Marsalis--fronting a piano-less trio featuring bassist Bob Hurst and drummer Jeff Watts--fully embraces the loosely structured, highly spontaneous music made popular by Ornette Coleman in the late ‘50s and early ‘60s.
Oct. 20, 1991
Jazz: Jason Marsalis, drummer brother of Wynton and Branford, is more than happy to learn from his elders.
Oct. 29, 1997
Among the young lions that have roared onto the jazz scene during the last couple years, Branford Marsalis is the best-known of the saxophone prodigies.
Aug. 24, 1991