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| Branford Marsalis Quartet - Metamorphosen **** |
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EmArcy 4600110 Branford Marsalis (ts, ss), Joey Calderazo (p), Eric Revis (b) and Jeff “Tain” Watts (d). Rec. 2008 Currently one of the finest groups in jazz, the Branford Marsalis Quartet is celebrating its tenth year together. It is a significant anniversary since during that time, the group has refined a collective identity that is more than just the sum of its component parts. The group members have developed an integrated group sound. It means their music assumes a powerful focus and intensity that is nowhere better demonstrated than on ‘The Return of the Jitney.’ A combination of shifting meters within an ad hoc compositional form, the group has internalised the complexities of the composition that allows the quartet to bring nuance and expressive depth to a piece that could easily end up being an exercise in complexity for complexity’s sake. Equally, there is a vigour and swagger to Monk’s clever line over the rhythm changes on ‘Rhythm-A-Ning,’ where they succeed in placing the composition in a fresh light by imposing their collective musical personality upon it. Yet the group has a wide emotional range, their treatment of the original ballads ‘The Blossom of Parting’ and ‘The Last Goodbye’ indicative of artistic growth from their Grammy-winning debut as a group on Contemporary Jazz in 2000, yet also displaying enormous potential for the future. Stuart Nicholson
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