Sons and Brothers

Jazz family products Ravi Coltrane and Branford Marsalis are musicians for the times

June 11th, 2009 · No Comments

Those princes of jazz, Ravi Coltrane and Branford Marsalis, spring from different lineages and represent differing heritages. Yet despite their pedigrees, they’re a breed apart. Both were born in the tumultuous ‘60s, both have struggled with their musical identities and in the intervening years have arrived at a place where…

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Dave Brubeck Undercover

June 11th, 2009 · No Comments

In gathering information for Cold War Cool: Jazz at the Front Lines of American Diplomacy, we contacted Darius Brubeck, keyboardist and son of Dave Brubeck, about his experiences traveling to Poland and elsewhere with his father, mother and brother in 1958. Darius has gained an international reputation for his South…

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