Artist-In-Residence: Branford Marsalis

Thursday, January 12, 2017 | 6:00 pm

A Conversation with Branford Marsalis & Wayne Winborne

The evening prior to the start of a two-night stand at Baldwin Auditorium with pianist Joey Calderazzo, jazz saxophonist and educator Branford Marsalis will speak with Wayne Winborne, Executive Director of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University, Newark, home to the country’s most extensive jazz archive and library, about Marsalis’ wide-ranging career, the history of great duos in jazz, and his nearly two decade collaboration with Calderazzo.

Marsalis and Calderazzo will perform on Friday, January 13 and Saturday, January 14 at Baldwin Auditorium. Info below and tickets available HERE.

Thursday, January 12, 6 PM – 7:15 PM
The Shed (at Golden Belt), 807 E. Main Street #130, Durham
Directions
Free & open to the public

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Jazz titan Branford Marsalis is a famous son of New Orleans, and scion of that city’s first family of music. For the last fifteen years this definitive American saxophonist, who plays “with the technical mastery and emotional maturity that produces great music” (San Francisco Chronicle), has called Durham home, teaching at NC Central University and recording albums here. Virtuoso pianist Joey Calderazzo first met Marsalis almost thirty years ago, when the young prodigies worked together in Michael Brecker’s combo. Calderazzo also lives in Durham, having spent two decades as a featured artist in GRAMMY-winner Marsalis’ quartet and releasing his own acclaimed albums on Marsalis’ label.

These two longtime collaborators return to Duke Performances, bringing a sly irreverence to their hometown concerts in a presentation perfectly sized to Baldwin Auditorium. Together, they play everything from blues to ballads, excelling in both swinging standards and angular experimentation. JazzTimes said of their 2011 duo album Songs of Mirth and Melancholy, “both musicians shine, but there’s no strutting going on here, no cutting contest, only a singular vision.”
Presented in collaboration with The Shed.