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He began his professional career in the early 1980s playing with Art Blakey's big band, Clark Terry, and Blakey's Jazz Messengers. From 1982 to 1985 he played with his brother Wynton Marsalis's group, then left to play in Sting's backup band. He also toured with Miles Davis in one of the latter's last bands. In 1986 he set up his own group. From 1992 to 1995 he was musical director of the Tonight Show Band. He then set up the Buckshot LeFonque project which intended to combine jazz with rhythm and blues, hip hop, and rockRock and roll also called rock is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony backing), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. As a cultural phenomenon,.

He is the oldest of the four Marsalis brothers, who are all jazz musicians, as is their father Ellis MarsalisEllis Marsalis is the name of father and son jazz musicians, patriarchs of the Marsalis clan. Ellis Marsalis, Sr. died September 2004, was a New Orleans, Louisiana businessman. Ellis Marsalis, Jr. is a jazz pianist..

Works:

• Trio Jeepy - an album of standards featuring Milt Hinton (bass) and Jeff Watts (drums)
• Mo' Better BluesMo' Better Blues is a 1990 drama that stars Denzel Washington and Spike Lee. 1990 films. - soundtrack to the movie
• I Heard You Twice The First Time - Branford's quartet pairs up with some Jazz and Blues greats (including B.B.King, Rip Tip Johnson) for a romp through the history of African-American music
• Buckshot LeFonque
• Crazy People Music
• The Dark Keys
• Requiem - recorded days before the death of and dedicated to pianist Kenny Kirkland, this album is undeniably one of The Branford Marsalis Quartet's greatest and most immediate works
• Contemporary Jazz
• Footsteps of our Fathers - Branford again revisits the works of past masters, interpreting the tunes from his own angle

Branford also appears as a sideman on:

• Dream of the Blue Turtles - StingSting can mean: In biology a sting is the part of a number of animals, such as wasps, bees and scorpions, that delivers a poison when used to pierce the skin of another animal. In law enforcement a sting operation is an operation designed to catch a perso
• Bring on the Night - StingSting can mean: In biology a sting is the part of a number of animals, such as wasps, bees and scorpions, that delivers a poison when used to pierce the skin of another animal. In law enforcement a sting operation is an operation designed to catch a perso (live album)
• You Won't Forget Me - Shirley Horn. Branford appears on the track "It Had to be You"