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New: See part 4 African Music / Super
Bowl
It was impressive to spend an hour with the "Big
B." before being exposed to his charismatic stage
presence.
And instead of some regular 15 minutes his patience
had even lasted long enough to enable an excursion into
the American culture and lifestyle including what he
calls a fake war down in Iraq.
"Big B" has a reputation for being a little
candid at times and "being gentle" is a certainly
not an image, that he seems to be striving for.
Nevertheless, his kind of being critical, harsh, provocative
and demanding is more like caring, pushing or inspiring
to make things better is possible.
And of course provocation is a fine tool to combat
one of his biggest enemies in life, boredom.
"Give me a few weeks and I will be able to speak
German..."
At this point in his career he seems to focus on the
highest possible quality and not just on avoiding boredom
by spanning a range from classical music to Public Enemy,
Jazz, African and French Music and much much more provides
him now with almost unlimited options, solidly built
on commitment to talent, learning and practice.
Branford Marsalis had even sounded annoyed about himself
when looking at not enough practice at his younger age,
though now playing with Symphonic Orchestras seems to
provide him with an additional push towards further
musical refinement.
Besides some serious knowledge in arts, history and
most likely another variety of passions he also seems
to be very familiar with the NFL and American Football,
where most likely some deep Marsalis Saxophone might
have been the better choice for Super Bowl rather than
just another MTV Jackson & Timberlake playback hype,
which had even been flat in comparison to some regular
Lil`Kim, Foxy Brown or Beyoncè.
Branford Marsalis videos
African Music & Super Bowl
Youssou N'Dour has emerged as his highly favored African
musician and African drumming is called very intriguing.
Instead and despite all the love for American Football
the overall note on this mega event remains also slightly
critical.
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About Graffiti
Interesting also his comment on Graffiti and arts alongside
BFBS Reggae DJ legend David Rodigan and ATP CEO Mark
Miles.
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Branford Marsalis about education and going abroad.
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