Braggtown

Braggtown
Studio album by Branford Marsalis Quartet
Released September 12, 2006
Recorded March 13–16, 2006,
Hayti Heritage Center, Durham, NC[1]
Genre Jazz
Length 74:00
Label Marsalis Music
Producer Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis Quartet chronology

A Love Supreme Live
(2004)		 Braggtown
(2006)		 —
Professional ratings
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Allmusic [2]
Music Box [3]

Braggtown is an album released by The Branford Marsalis Quartet in 2006.

The album, following the 2004 Grammy-nominated Eternal, draws upon a world of inspirations, including John Coltrane, a 17th-century English composer, an American Indian Warrior and a Japanese horror film. Marsalis chose some of the new songs from the band's current repertoire, with an emphasis on what he describes as "that kind of high-energy music we've been playing in live performance."

This album was named after Braggtown, a neighborhood located in the northeastern corner of Durham, North Carolina, as Marsalis has been a resident of the Durham area for the past few years.

The cover of the album shows the four musicians in a locker room in the baseball stadium Durham Bulls Athletic Park.[1]

Track listing

  1. "Jack Baker" (Branford Marsalis) - 14:12
  2. "Hope" (Joey Calderazzo) - 11:01
  3. "Fate" (Marsalis) - 08:24
  4. "Blakzilla" (Jeff "Tain" Watts) - 12:40
  5. "O Solitude" (Henry Purcell) - 07:48
  6. "Sir Roderick, the Aloof" (Marsalis) - 05:45
  7. "Black Elk Speaks" (Eric Revis) - 14:10

Personnel

Charts

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Menconi, David (September 11, 2006). "Branford's bragging rights". The News & Observer.
  2. ↑ Allmusic review
  3. ↑ Music Box review

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