Belonging (Branford Marsalis Quartet album)

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Belonging
Branford Marsalis Quartet - Belonging.jpg
Studio album by
Branford Marsalis Quartet
ReleasedMarch 28, 2025 (2025-03-28)
RecordedMarch 25–29, 2024 [1]
Studio Ellis Marsalis Center for Music (New Orleans) [1]
Length62:50
Label Blue Note
Producer Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis Quartet chronology
The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul
(2019)		Belonging
(2025)

Belonging is a studio album by Branford Marsalis Quartet. It was released on March 28, 2025, through Blue Note Records, in CD, LP and digital formats. [2]

Contents

Background

Consisting of six tracks with a total runtime of approximately sixty-three minutes, the album is a reinterpretation of Belonging by Keith Jarrett. [2] [3] It is Branford Marsalis' first album released through Blue Note as a leader. [4] He had previously released a collaborative project with Everette Harp titled Common Ground in 1993 on Blue Note Contemporary, a subdivision of Blue Note. [2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]

AllMusic compared the album to Jarrett's Belonging, stating it encompasses "a fresh intensity, as well as a gregariousness to the material," also noting it taps "into Jarrett's more introspective qualities." [2] Hank Shteamer, writing for The New York Times , remarked, "Marsalis has tackled imposing jazz masterworks before, covering the entirety of John Coltrane's A Love Supreme in the studio and onstage in the early 2000s, but at its best, his Belonging goes deeper." [5]

The Observer rated the album four stars and noted, "It remains a towering piece, with Marsalis faithfully following Garbarek's mid-solo acrobatics, though his tone is a tad less abrasive, pianist Joey Calderazzo's chords less pummeling." [4] Glide stated, "the granular detail of the arrangements and performances is readily discernible throughout Belonging." [6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Keith Jarrett.

Belonging track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Spiral Dance"8:20
2."Blossom"11:01
3."Long as You Know You're Living Yours"8:55
4."Belonging"7:35
5."The Windup"12:40
6."Solstice"14:19
Total length:62:50

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [1]

Branford Marsalis Quartet

Additional contributors

References

  1. 1 2 3 Belonging (Media notes). Branford Marsalis Quartet. Blue Note Records. March 28, 2025.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Collar, Matt. "Belonging – Branford Marsalis". AllMusic . Retrieved June 6, 2025.
  3. ↑ Martin, Michel (March 28, 2025). "Keith Jarrett's Belonging revisited by jazz legend Branford Marsalis". NPR . Retrieved June 6, 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 Spencer, Neil (March 29, 2025). "Branford Marsalis Quartet: Belonging review – a virtuosic take on Keith Jarrett's seminal 70s album". The Observer . ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved June 6, 2025– via The Guardian.
  5. ↑ Shteamer, Hank (March 25, 2025). "Branford Marsalis and Steve Lehman Rethink the Jazz Cover Album". The New York Times . ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved June 6, 2025.
  6. ↑ Collette, Doug (March 27, 2025). "Branford Marsalis Quartet Makes Blue Note Debut with Dynamic Belong (Album Review)". Glide. Archived from the original on April 21, 2025. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
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