Don Braden

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Review:

This is the two hundred thirty-first in a series of special Jazz on the Tube reviews of live stream performances.

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A major tenor-saxophonist for the past 30 years, Don Braden was born in Cincinnati, raised in Louisville, and was playing professionally by the age of 15.

After studying at Harvard, Braden moved to New York City in 1984 and has since worked with a long list of notables including the Harper Brothers, Betty Carter, Wynton Marsalis, Roy Haynes, Tony Williams, Freddie Hubbard, J.J. Johnson, the Mingus Big Band and countless others, leading 19 albums of his own since 1991.

Pianist Oscar Perez also has a long resumé including working with Wycliffe Gordon, Virginia Mayhew and Phoebe Snow.

During their relaxed LiveStream of June 29, 2020, Perez and Braden take an equal amount of solo space, swinging their way through lesser-known songs plus “There Is No Greater Love” and “Have You Met Miss Jones” while clearly being inspired by each other’s presence.

-Scott Yanow