“Learning how to play with a big band is very, very important. It teaches you how to blend, and it teaches you how to link up with other people.”

About Branford Marsalis

Musician • American

Branford Marsalis is a renowned American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader from a prominent New Orleans musical family. Initially rising to fame in the early 1980s with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and his brother...