Braggtown is an album released by The Branford Marsalis Quartet in 2006.
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| 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 | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Music Box | [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [4] |
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
edit- "Jack Baker" (Branford Marsalis) - 14:12
- "Hope" (Joey Calderazzo) - 11:01
- "Fate" (Marsalis) - 08:24
- "Blakzilla" (Jeff "Tain" Watts) - 12:40
- "O Solitude" (Henry Purcell) - 07:48
- "Sir Roderick, the Aloof" (Marsalis) - 05:45
- "Black Elk Speaks" (Eric Revis) - 14:10
Personnel
editCharts
edit- 2006 Top Jazz Albums # 14
References
edit- ^ a b Menconi, David (September 11, 2006). "Branford's bragging rights". The News & Observer. Archived from the original on 22 May 2008.
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Music Box review
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 948. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.