AN EVENING WITH BRANFORD MARSALIS

Branford Marsalis - Photo by Eric Ryan Anderson — Branford Marsalis – Photo by Eric Ryan Anderson

AN EVENING WITH BRANFORD MARSALIS
Saxophonist Branford Marsalis and the Branford Marsalis Quartet with opening act Veronica Swift
Friday, April 24, 2020 at 8 p.m.
Knight Concert Hall

Saxophonist BRANFORD MARSALIS is one of the most influential and revered figures in contemporary music. The NEA Jazz Master, GRAMMY® Award winner and Tony Award nominee is equally at home performing concertos with symphony orchestras and sitting in with members of the Grateful Dead, but the core of his musical universe remains the BRANFORD MARSALIS QUARTET. After more than three decades of existence with minimal personnel changes, this celebrated ensemble is revered for its uncompromising interpretation of a kaleidoscopic range of both original compositions and jazz and popular classics. After the GRAMMY®-nominated Upward Spiral, in which guest vocalist Kurt Elling was seamlessly integrated into the group, the Quartet has followed up with The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul, its most emotionally wide-ranging and melody driven collection to date. John Zeugner captured the impact of the Quartet in live performance in a recent concert review, calling it “casually confident, professional, cerebral, and supercharged with energy. The Branford Marsalis Quartet…was all of those adjectives and more.”

Branford Marsalis Quartet - Photo by Eric Ryan Anderson — Branford Marsalis Quartet – Photo by Eric Ryan Anderson

JAZZ ROOTS 2019-2020 series subscriptions, which include tickets to all six performances, are on sale to the public beginning Thursday, April 18 at 10 am with seating priority given to renewing subscribers. Subscribers can save up to 29% with six-show packages ranging in price from $220- $724*. Subscriptions can be purchased by calling (305) 949-6722 or online at arshtcenter.org/jazz. Single tickets, if available after the subscription campaign ends, will go on sale later this summer.

JAZZ ROOTS 2019-2020 is presented by the Arsht Center with generous support from EFG Capital, Baldwin Richardson Foods, Quint Family Foundation, Steinway & Sons, the official piano of the Adrienne Arsht Center, Sterling Vineyards and EAST Miami. WLRN 91.3 and JAZZIZ Magazine are media sponsors.