| Scenes in the City | ||||
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| Released | 1984 | |||
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| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Columbia [1] | |||
| Producer | Thomas Mowrey | |||
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Scenes in the City is the debut album by American saxophonist Branford Marsalis, released in 1984. [2] It was his first album as leader, having previously recorded the album Fathers and Sons in 1982 with his father and brothers. [3]
Scenes in the City was produced by Thomas Mowrey. Bassist Ron Carter contributed to three tracks on the album. The title track was composed twenty years earlier by Charles Mingus. Marsalis composed three tracks on the album, while pianists Mulgrew Miller and Kenny Kirkland composed one track each. [4] The album features much of the same lineup as his brother Wynton Marsalis's albums of that time period, including Black Codes (From the Underground), recorded the next year. [5]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [6] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [7] |
Scenes in the City was given four out of four stars and included in the Penguin Jazz Guide's list of 1000 Best Jazz albums, the only Branford Marsalis album of the list. [7] Scott Yanow of AllMusic called it "ambitious yet consistently successful" and "an impressive start to a notable career." [8]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "No Backstage Pass" | |
| 2. | "Scenes in the City" | |
| 3. | "Solstice" | |
| 4. | "Waiting for Tain" | |
| 5. | "No Sidestepping" | |
| 6. | "Parable" |
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