Branford Marsalis @ The Ridgefield Playhouse: Saxophonist and band leader for “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”, Branford Marsalis is a NEA Jazz Master, Grammy Award winner and Tony Award nominee. Marsalis is equally at home performing concertos with symphony orchestras and sitting in with members of the Grateful Dead and Sting, but the core of his musical universe remains the Branford Marsalis Quartet.

His celebrated ensemble is revered for its interpretation of original compositions and jazz and popular classics. After the Grammy-nominated Upward Spiral, featuring vocalist Kurt Elling, the Quartet has followed up with The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul, its most melody driven collection to date.

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About the Ridgefield Playhouse

We like to call The Ridgefield Playhouse the hardest working venue around. With a seating capacity of 536 seats, compared to 1,8oo for The Capitol Theatre or 1,500 for Paramount Hudson Valley, they can’t rely on a couple of “good gates” a week to pay the rent. Instead, they’re booking every day of the year, except Christmas.

In fact they book 200-225 live shows a year. And they fill in with on-screen events (art house movies and documentaries, Metropolitan Opera, Bolshoi Ballet or National Theatre on screen HD presentations) on the days when they don’t have a live show. But their size may be a blessing in disguise. For them and their patrons. Because it enables them to tap into a wide range of musical talent. And serve up the best lineup.