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Interviews with leading musicians on today's scene presented by KIOS music hosts.

An Interview with Branford Marsalis

Acclaimed saxophonist Branford Marsalis will bring his quartet to the Holland Performing Arts Center on Friday evening, November 9th, at 8pm.

Branford Marsalis is a National Endowment for the Arts master, renowned three time Grammy Award®-winning saxophonist and a Tony Award® nominee composer. Instrumentalist, composer and bandleader, he is also the head of Marsalis Music, a record label founded in 2002.

Branford Marsalis has been active on the jazz scene for several decades,  creating a library of music that stimulates the listener on many levels. Getting his start working in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers,the saxophonist went on to record and perform with a "who's who" in jazz including Dizzy Gillespie & Miles Davis,  as well as pop superstar Sting.  On his latest effort,   Four MFs Playin’ Tunes, Branford Marsalis leads his quartet through 8 engaging numbers which vary from the stimulating "Teo" from the more subduded "Maestra". The band, led by Marsalis includes pianist Joey Calderazzo, bassist Eric Revis, and drummer Justin Faulkner.

Jazz in the Afternoon host Chris Cooke recently caught up with Branford Marsalis via phone. In a wide ranging interview, Marsalis openly discusses his views on the approaches to creating jazz music, his new recording, his band's new drummer, and more.

Recording Engineer: Mike Hansen 

Recording Assistance: Katie Knapp Schubert

For more information, you may visit  http://www.branfordmarsalis.net/

Chris Cooke has been a voice on public radio in Omaha since 1989. Working at KVNO-FM during college, Cooke hosted a weekend progressive jazz show on the station in addition to working as an on-air announcer. In November 1992, Cooke signed on at KIOS-FM and has been there ever since. He has hosted the Tuesday and Thursday editions of Jazz in the Afternoon since 1996 and has hosted Last Call since that year. A long time fan of jazz music, Cooke enjoys talking with the musicians who make jazz music and presenting those conversations with listeners. When not hosting or listening to jazz, on record or in person, Cooke maintains a busy schedule as a self-employed web design consultant.