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Branford Marsalis quotes

American Musician August 26, 1960

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Branford Marsalis quote: "Jazz fans love Miles and I love him for a myriad of reasons,..."
Jazz fans love Miles and I love him for a myriad of reasons, but the overviews are always too simplistic. Branford Marsalis
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. Branford Marsalis
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. Branford Marsalis
Humans are imperfect. That's one of the reasons that classical and jazz are in trouble. We're on the quest for the perfect performance and every note has to be right. Man, every note is not right in life. Branford Marsalis
One of the things that's clear to me from interviews that I've read is that the more popular successful jazz musicians had audiences above and beyond the music community. Branford Marsalis
The lion's share of what I hear right now are people who, intentional or accidental, have avoided all jazz prior to 1960. And all the musicians who were successful in the '60s spent their entire lives, prior to 1960, listening to all the musicians these people avoid. Branford Marsalis
The piano is the X factor. People have a tough time following the structures when there's no piano there, spelling it out. It makes it more easily understood, particularly to people who don't know as much about music. Branford Marsalis
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. Branford Marsalis
We played it as long as we could play it on that CD and I think it might be 50 minutes, maybe. What you have to do is play a couple of songs and then get off the stage because everything that trails it sounds stupid. Branford Marsalis
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. Branford Marsalis
If you're going to use standards as criteria for signing musicians, you can sign thousands. If you're going to use some sort of conceptual interpretation that's based on the tradition of those standards, but is trying to move away from it, you're down to about 10 people or so. Branford Marsalis
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? Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis quote: "That's kind of like how jazz is sometimes. You're out there..."
That's kind of like how jazz is sometimes. You're out there predicting the future, and no one believes you. Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis quote: "You hear it in your brain. Whatever makes sense. Some songs..."
You hear it in your brain. Whatever makes sense. Some songs work well as quartet songs, sometimes they don't. Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis quote: "A lot of musicians have a tough time hearing what we're doing..."
A lot of musicians have a tough time hearing what we're doing in a trio format. Branford Marsalis

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