Branford Marsalis

A lot of musicians have a tough time hearing what we're doing in a trio format. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#format #hearing #lot #musicians #time

Coltrane came to New Orleans one day and he was talking about the jazz scene. And Coltrane mentions that the problem with jazz was that there were too few groups. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#came #coltrane #day #few #groups

I gave up my base in popular culture when I left the Tonight Show. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#culture #gave #i #left #popular

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

#cannot #good #i #like #make

I think that if you keep banging at the door all you need is a little foothold, a little tiny foothold, and then the rest will take care of itself. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#care #door #foothold #i #i think

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

— Branford Marsalis

#i think #incestuous #itself #jazz #kill

I'm not going to play funk licks on a jazz album. That makes no sense. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#funk #going #i #jazz #licks

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

— Branford Marsalis

#i #like #lot #me #okay

If it's not going to sound like Terrapin Station, what's the point of playing Terrapin Station? ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#like #playing #point #sound #station

It's hard to get into Newsweek because, as more of our former intellectual magazines take on a pop focus, if there's no buzz, there's no interest. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#buzz #focus #former #get #hard