Branford Marsalis
Sunday 20 November 2005 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Michael Berkeley talks to the acclaimed American saxophonist and composer Branford Marsalis, who is in London for the Jazz Festival.
Though best known for his jazz performances and recordings, he has also given classical concerts with leading American and European orchestras, and three years ago he founded his own record label to promote both jazz and classical music. Marsalis is also closely involved with educational initiatives in the US, shaping the future of jazz in the classroom.
Playlist
Sig: M Berkeley: The Wakeful Poet (from Music from Chaucer) (Berkeley/OUP)
Beaux Arts Brass Quintet
Sidney Bechet: 'China Boy'
ASV CDAJA5107 1 - TRACK 10
Stravinsky: 'Birth of Apollo' from 'Apollon musagète
STRAV BALLETS VOL 2 SONY SM3K46292 CD1 - track 1
Columbia Symphony Orchestra/Stravinsky
Brahms: 'Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen, Herr Zebaoth'
ERATO 4509 92856 2 - TRACK 4
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Daniel Barenboim
Billie Holiday: 'Stormy Blues' (1954)
COLUMBIA GCD67294 - TRACK 1
Mahler: 'Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
NAXOS 8110871 - TRACK 1
Kathleen Ferrier; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Bruno Walter
Messiaen: 'Regard de la Vierge' from 'Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant Jesus
(TELDEC 3984 26868 2) - CD1 TRACK 4
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
John Coltrane: 'Pursuance' part 3 from 'A Love Supreme'
VERVE 5899452 1 - CD1 - TRACK 3
