Branford Marsalis Quartet [Vid of The Week]

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Bass Guitar, Classic Modern Jazz, Drums, Jazz, Piano, Saxophone

Today we’re delighted to present the swinging bop sounds of the Branford Marsalis Quartet featuring the top tier players in today’s jazz.

• Branford Marsalis – tenor

• Kenny Kirkland – piano

• Robert Hurst – bass

• Jeff “Tain” Watts – drums

Bobbi Humphrey, Fancy Dancer [Revisited]

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African American, Classic Modern Jazz, Jazz, Music

Bobbi Humphrey, Fancy Dancer

With lots love and admiration from music enthusiasts everywhere flutist, Bobbi Humphrey was considered one of the premier instrumentalist in the early seventies [1971 respectively]. But, it wasn’t until her “Blacks and Blues,” album emerged in 1973 that her credibility as a female artist begin to ascend to brake the barriers in jazz were men only reign as kings.

Ironically, while I was looking for something enticing to listen to. So I decided to not only revisit Ms. Humphrey’s “Blacks and Blues, and Satin Doll” records but her poignant attributes as a player echoed repeatedly in my head to listen to more music by her. And what do you know, I stumbled across her 1975 release called “Fancy Dancer,” which was, also on Blue Note Records and produced once again by the fabulous Mizell Brothers.