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Branford Marsalis
August 26, 1960 -
Nationality: American
Category: Musician
Subcategory: American Musician

There's a certain kind of motion and pacing that our music has, and this just doesn't have that. We just kind of rushed to the conclusion of most of the songs. I just would've preferred to done them over.

   

I suspect that we might actually start selling some records with these artists in about 10 years. Some the people who invested, they're a little tight-because it's a lot of money to start up a company.

   

The whole point is, give me a break with the standards. You go to the average jazz label and suggest a record and they want to know which standards you're going to play. I'm saying let's break the formula.

   

One of the things that I loved about listening to Miles Davis is that Miles always had an instinct for which musicians were great for what situations. He could always pick a band, and that was the thing that separated him from everybody else.

   

The biggest problem with American music right now, is that kids don't listen. They come by it honestly, Americans don't listen anyway. When people go to concerts, they say I'm going to see... not, I'm going to hear.

   

What is jazz? It, It's almost like asking, What is French? Jazz is a musical language. It's a musical dialect that actually embodies the spirit of America.

   

If you listen to a lot of the songs that are popular now, there's very little melody in there. People love the beat. But to musicians, it's melody, because we understand how elusive it is and how hard it is to hold.

   

It's something that jazz has gotten away from, and it's unfortunate. Players aren't physical anymore.

   

I think that one of the problems that jazz has is that it's so incestuous that it's starting to kill itself.

   

If I were like a lot of other people, then it wouldn't be fun; but since I'm like me, it's okay.

   

I like to make records sound good. I'm more like a reducer than a producer. If an artist cannot produce themselves, what's the point?

   

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