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He continued to work with Wynton until 1985, a period that also saw the release of his own first recording, Scenes in the City, as well as guest appearances with other artists including Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie.īranford Marsalis at Monterey Jazz Festival 1992 Other performances with his brother, including a 1981 Japanese tour with Herbie Hancock, led to the formation of his brother Wynton's first quintet, where Marsalis shifted his emphasis to soprano and tenor saxophones. Other big band experiences with Lionel Hampton and Clark Terry followed over the next year, and by the end of 1981 Marsalis, on alto saxophone, had joined his brother Wynton in Blakey's Jazz Messengers. While a student at Berklee, Marsalis toured Europe playing alto and baritone saxophone in a large ensemble led by drummer Art Blakey.

At the encouragement of Batiste, Marsalis later transferred to Berklee College of Music in Boston. Marsalis then attended Southern University, a historically black college in Baton Rouge, where he studied under renowned jazz clarinetist Alvin Batiste. While in high school he played in a R&B cover band called The Creators. Marsalis graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School in 1978.

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