Among the most celebrated musicians of the past quarter century, three-time Grammy Award winner Branford Marsalis has appeared with jazz giants such as Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Herbie Hancock and Sonny Rollins. Born into one of the country’s most distinguished musical families, he gained initial acclaim with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers and his brother Wynton’s quintet before forming his own ensemble. Equally at home on the stages of the world's greatest jazz clubs and classical music venues, he is known for his innovative spirit and broad musical scope.

He performs here with our own hard-hitting North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra led by James Ketch, UNC-Chapel Hill director of jazz studies.

“…keeps getting more impressive.”
- The New York Times