Jazz As Sacramental Sonance: BMQ!

BMQ!

Published Friday, June 09, 2006 by Robert | E-mail this post

Last night, thanks to Greater Houston Interfaith Ministries, $15 got myself a ticket to see The Branford Marsalis Quintet. Or:

Branford Marsalis (saxes)
Joey Calderazzo (piano)
Eric Revis (bass)
Jeff "Tain" Watts (drums)

The event was Interfaiths annual fundraising gala. The BMQ only played one set, so I would say that $15 was "just OK" price. The set list as I remember was as follows:

Citizen Tain
The Ruby and The Pearl
It Don't Mean A Thing
Bullworth
Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans?
Blue Tain
When the Saints...

(It's weird that I remember that off the top of my head.) All in all, not a bad week for music listening. Brice Winston last weekend and Bran last night. I think I like Brices playing a little better than Brans as far as creativity goes. Bran is still one of the most stylistically diverse musicians on the planet.

As far as the BMQ performance goes, it was pretty much what you expect with Jeff "Tain" Watts playing drums. It was the Jeff "Tain" Watts quintet. And the funny thing is, it doesn't seem to bother Bran at all.

Labels: Jazz

5 Responses to “BMQ!”

Anonymous on Tuesday, June 13, 2006

i'm jealous - sounds like a great (though brief) show! K & I listened to BMQ "Love Supreme" last weekend and it still sounds so amazing...
Anonymous on Wednesday, June 14, 2006

The concert I went to last night was even better! ...and it was only $10.
Anonymous on Thursday, June 15, 2006

$15??? We paid about $45 each to see Branford Marsalis w/ the Lincoln Center Orchestra at the Stephens Center last year.It was AWESOME, but that's expensive. I would have paid $25 for one set!

Su
Anonymous on Sunday, June 18, 2006

Su... I think that was Wynton. Bran doesn't play with the LCJO.
Anonymous on Wednesday, June 28, 2006

It wasn't Wynton. Maybe I'm wrong about the LCJO part...or maybe there were just members of the LCJO in Branford's band?

Su