| Braggtown | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 12, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | March 13–16, 2006, Hayti Heritage Center, Durham, NC [1] | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 74:00 | |||
| Label | Marsalis Music | |||
| Producer | Branford Marsalis | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Music Box | [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [4] |
Braggtown is an album released by The Branford Marsalis Quartet in 2006.
Contents
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]
