by DSE Live | Nov 13, 2015
Marcus Anderson plays the saxophone, and while his work is rooted in jazz, he incorporates other musical influences, especially pop. For the past three years, Anderson has been working with one of the world’s biggest pop artists: Prince. Anderson plays saxophone in...
by DSE Live | Nov 10, 2015
As a middle-schooler, Marcus Anderson tried basketball and football but quickly realized they weren’t for him. “I wasn’t good at sports, so the saxophone became my sport,” Anderson, 30, said. A Cary resident and Spartanburg, S.C., native, Anderson moved to North...
by DSE Live | Jun 29, 2015
Philly’s own Jeff Bradshaw has been the righthand-horn-man for some of the most highly-touted stage shows the worlds of hip-hop and soul have ever known, backing and arranging horns for the likes of Jill Scott, Jay Z, Erykah Badu and Kirk Franklin. But today it’s time...
by DSE Live | Mar 30, 2015
Few will deny how rewarding a dynamic, new studio album can be musically – it’s something like ‘ear candy.’ An experience just as rewarding, if not more so, is a dynamic live album. Live albums provide a more organic experience, one less concerned with the...
by DSE Live | Mar 29, 2015
It’s the kind of aural utopia for which true music lovers literally salivate: lush, live instrumentation anchoring multiple textures and tempos in each selection, all enhanced by a dream line-up of guest players and vocalists. Such moments are best experienced...