Branford Marsalis & Joe Calderazzo - Songs Of Mirth And Melancholy (2011)

01.One Way 7:13

02.The Bard Lachrymose 4:28

03.La Valse Kendall 7:40

04.Face On The Barroom Floor 4:31

05.Endymion 6:02

06.Die Trauernde 1:42

07.Hope 8:49

08.Precious 6:02

09.Bri's Dance 8:04.

Branford Marsalis - saxophones

Joey Calderazzo - piano.

Given the history that saxophonist Branford Marsalis and pianist Joey Calderazzo have, the end results of Songs of Mirth and Melancholy should not be surprising, yet they are. Calderazzo replaced the late Kenny Kirkland in Marsalis' band in 1998 and the rapport between them is seamlessly intuitive as revealed here. Cut in three days in Durham, North Carolina, the set contains compositions by both men, as well as a surprising pair of covers.