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Branford Marsalis was born in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana on August 26, 1960. He’s the oldest son of Ellis Marsalis and Delores Ferdinand Marsalis. Marsalis started playing the piano when he was 4. A few years later he started playing the clarinet. When he was 15, he started playing the alto sax. When he was 16, [...]

Benjamin Golson was born on January 25, 1929, in Philadelphia. He started playing the piano when he was 9. He liked playing the piano a lot and had ambitions of being a concert pianist. Then when he was 14 he heard Arnett Cobb play “Fly Home.” That’s the moment when he decided he had to [...]