Branford Marsalis's 'Requiem' is an album recorded with Eric Revis, Jeff 'Tain' Watts and Kenny Kirkland and released in March 1999 by Sony Music.

Wynton Marsalis's 'Black Codes (From the Underground)' is an album recorded on January 7, 11 & 14, 1985 with Branford Marsalis and released on June 9, 1985 by Columbia.

Branford Marsalis' 'Trio Jeepy' is an album recorded on January 3-4, 1988 with bassist Milt Hinton and released in June 1989 By Sony Music.

Art Blakey's 'Keystone 3' is a live album recorded in January, 1982 with the Jazz Messengers featuring Wynton Marsalis and Branford Marsalis and released in 1982 by Concord Jazz.

Branford Marsalis' 'Contemporary Jazz' is an album recorded in December 1999 with Eric Revis, Jeff 'Tain' Watts and Joey Calderazzo and released in August 2000 by Sony Music.

Branford Marsalis' 'Eternal' is an album recorded at Tarrytown Music Hall in Tarrytown, New York in October 2003 and released on September 14, 2004.

This day (August 26, 1960), in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, is born Branford Marsalis, an American saxophonist, composer and bandleader.

Shirley Horn's 'You Won't Forget Me' is a studio album recorded on June 12 & August 13, 1990 and featuring Miles Davis' last appearance as a sideman and released in 1991 by Verve.

Miles Davis ' 'Decoy' is an album recorded on June 30, July 7 and September 5, 10 & 11, 1983 with Robert Irving III, John Scofield and Branford Marsalis and released in In June 1984 by Columbia.

Branford Marsalis' 'The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born' is an album recorded with Jeff 'Tain' Watts and Robert Hurs on May 16-18 and June 24, 1991 and released in October 1991 By Sony Music.

Wynton Marsalis' 'J Mood' is an album recorded between December 17 and 20, 1985 and released in 1986 by Columbia Records.

Dave Liebman, Wayne Shorter, Jack DeJohnette, Michael Brecker, Joshua Redman, McCoy Tyner, Ravi Coltrane, Christian McBride, Roy Haynes, Bobby Hutcherson, Marcus Miller, Wynton Marsalis, Marcus Roberts, Branford Marsalis, Raul de Souza, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Wes Montgomery, Carlos Santana, John McLaughlin, Pat Metheny, etc

Michael Buble & Blake Shelton, UB40 & Chrissie Hynde, Clarence Gatemouth Brown & Canned Heat, Branford Marsalis & Grateful Dead, Elvin Bishop & Jim McCarty, Carl Perkins & George Harrison, Rihanna & Elton John, Michael Jackson & Slash, Aerosmith, Run Dmc & Kid Rock, AC/DC & Axl Rose, David Bowie & Arcade Fire, Pink Floyd & Frank Zappa

Branford Marsalis, Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, Joe Henderson, McCoy Tynerr, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Herbie Hancock, Return to Forever, Stan Kenton, Jimmy Smith, Maynard Ferguson, Gerry Mulligan, Modern Jazz Quartet, Martial Solal, Toots Thielemans

Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Arturo Sandoval, Branford Marsalis, Dexter Gordon, Thelonious Monk, Joshua Redman, Sonny Rollins, Mal Waldron, Woody Shaw , Pharoah Sanders, Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, Andy Sheppard, Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack Dejohnette, Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow, Antonio Sanchez

To celebrate Herbie Hancock, who turns 83 today - Happy Birthday BTW - we have put together four of his Eighties (and acoustic) concerts (Tokyo, Lugano, Munich and Hambourg).

Public Enemy's 'Fear of a Black Planet' is their third studio album featuring 'Fight the Power' and produced by The Bomb Squad and released on April 10, 1990, by Def Jam / Columbia

Stevie Wonder's 'Conversation Peace' is his twenty second album released on March 21, 1995 by Motown.

Sting's 'Mercury Falling' is his fifth studio album released on March 8, 1996 by A&M.

This day (February 23, 1997), in Daly City, California, died Anthony Tillmon 'Tony' Williams, an American drummer and pioneer of jazz fusion.

Sting's 'The Soul Cages' is his third studio album dedicated to his recently deceased father and released on January 22, 1991 by A&M.

Chucho Valdes, Michel Camilo, Tania Maria, Hiromi, Michel Legrand, Ben Sidran, Marcus Roberts, Dave Grusin, Bill Evans, Alice Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Tommy Flanagan, Big Tiny Little

Dr. Lonnie Smith, James Carter Organ Trio, Chris Potter, Michel Petrucciani, David Sanborn, Grover Washington Jr., Art Blakey ＆ The Jazz Messengers, Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Charles Mingus, Mccoy Tyner, Erroll Garner, The Timex All Star

This day (November 15, 1957), in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is born Kevin Eubanks, an American jazz guitarist and composer.

November 5, 1985 - you do not want to miss Sting (with Branford Marsalis) promoting his first solo album "The Dream of the Blue Turtles" at "Late Show with David Letterman" on CBS

Sting's '…Nothing Like the Sun' is his second solo album ( with a title borrowed from from Shakespeare's Sonnet #130) released on October 13, 1987 by A&M.

Jean Luc Ponty, Weather Report, Miles Davis, Marcus Miller, The Crusaders, Tom Jobim, Sarah Vaughan, Betty Carter, Ralph Towner, Gary Peacock, Baden Powell, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, Astor Piazzolla, Gerry Mulligan, Clark Terry, Phil Woods