New Branford Marsalis solo album and Quartet tour dates
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Acclaimed American saxophonist Branford Marsalis has announced the release of a new solo album, In My Solitude – Live in Concert at Grace Cathedral, which will be available in the UK from 20 October 2014 on the OKeh label.
The record comprises 11 tracks, including music by Steve Lacy and Ryo Noda, ‘Sonata in A Minor for Oboe: I. Poco adagio’ by C.P.E Bach and Hoagy Carmichael’s ‘Stardust’, interwoven with passages of spontaneous improvisation. It was recorded on 5 October 2012 when Marsalis became one of an elite group of jazz musicians to have performed at San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral since its consecration in 1965, conducted to the soundtrack of Duke Ellington’s Concert of Sacred Music.
Shortly after the album’s release, Marsalis will lead his quartet on a European tour, with two sets at the EFG London Jazz Festival (one evening performance and a second later than night) now confirmed for Friday 14 November 2014. The group, which features Joey Calderazzo on piano, Eric Revis on bass and the 23 year old Justin Faulkner on drums, will also play dates in Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia, Spain and Poland before returning to the USA. Marsalis also appears on a new Grateful Dead live three CD set, Wake Up To Find Out, recorded at Nassau Coliseum on 29 March 1990, which is released on Rhino Records this week.
– Thomas Rees