Braggtown
| Braggtown | |
|---|---|
| Studio album by | |
| 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 |
| Branford Marsalis Quartet chronology | |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [2] |
| Music Box | [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
Braggtown is an album released by The Branford Marsalis Quartet in 2006.
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
[edit ]Charts
[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.