Braggtown

Braggtown is an album released by The Branford Marsalis Quartet in 2006.

Braggtown
Studio album by
Branford Marsalis Quartet
ReleasedSeptember 12, 2006
RecordedMarch 13–16, 2006,
Hayti Heritage Center, Durham, NC[1]
GenreJazz
Length74:00
LabelMarsalis Music
ProducerBranford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis Quartet chronology
A Love Supreme Live
(2004)		 Braggtown
(2006)		 American Spectrum
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Music Box[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

The album, following the 2004 Grammy-nominated Eternal, draws upon a world of inspirations, including John Coltrane, a 17th-century English composer, an American Indian Warrior and a Japanese horror film. Marsalis chose some of the new songs from the band's current repertoire, with an emphasis on what he describes as "that kind of high-energy music we've been playing in live performance."

This album was named after Braggtown, a neighborhood located in the northeastern corner of Durham, North Carolina, as Marsalis has been a resident of the Durham area for the past few years.

The cover of the album shows the four musicians in a locker room in the baseball stadium Durham Bulls Athletic Park.[1]

Track listing
  1. "Jack Baker" (Branford Marsalis) - 14:12
  2. "Hope" (Joey Calderazzo) - 11:01
  3. "Fate" (Marsalis) - 08:24
  4. "Blakzilla" (Jeff "Tain" Watts) - 12:40
  5. "O Solitude" (Henry Purcell) - 07:48
  6. "Sir Roderick, the Aloof" (Marsalis) - 05:45
  7. "Black Elk Speaks" (Eric Revis) - 14:10

Personnel

Charts

References
  1. Menconi, David (September 11, 2006). "Branford's bragging rights". The News & Observer. Archived from the original on 22 May 2008.
  2. Allmusic review
  3. Music Box review
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 948. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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