What is jazz? It, It’s almost like asking, What is French? Jazz is a musical language. It’s a musical dialect that actually embodies the spirit of America. Branford Marsalis Read Quote
One of the things that I loved about listening to Miles Davis is that Miles always had an instinct for which musicians were great for what situations. He could always pick a band, and that was the thing that separated him from everybody else. Branford Marsalis Read Quote
I like to make records sound good. I’m more like a reducer than a producer. If an artist cannot produce themselves, what’s the point? Branford Marsalis Read Quote
It’s hard to get into Newsweek because, as more of our former intellectual magazines take on a pop focus, if there’s no buzz, there’s no interest. Branford Marsalis Read Quote
Coltrane came to New Orleans one day and he was talking about the jazz scene. And Coltrane mentions that the problem with jazz was that there were too few groups. Branford Marsalis Read Quote
I think that if you keep banging at the door all you need is a little foothold, a little tiny foothold, and then the rest will take care of itself. Branford Marsalis Read Quote
One of the things that’s clear to me from interviews that I’ve read is that the more popular successful jazz musicians had audiences above and beyond the music community. Branford Marsalis Read Quote
I think that one of the problems that jazz has is that it’s so incestuous that it’s starting to kill itself. Branford Marsalis Read Quote
I suspect that we might actually start selling some records with these artists in about 10 years. Some the people who invested, they’re a little tight-because it’s a lot of money to start up a company. Branford Marsalis Read Quote
