INQUIRER.net: Branford Marsalis headlines jazz festival in Haiti

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Branford Marsalis headlines jazz festival in Haiti Jan 19th 2013, 00:19 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti— Saxophone legend Branford Marsalis is headlining a jazz festival in Haiti.   Marsalis arrived in the impoverished Caribbean nation Friday to perform several shows at the Port-au-Prince International Jazz Festival.   The first show for the Branford Marsalis Quartet will be Friday night in the coastal town of Jacmel. The second show will be Saturday in Port-au-Prince at a concert venue that was once a sugarcane plantation.   Marsalis will also perform a private show Tuesday at the residence of U.S. Ambassador Pamela White.   "It's really cool to be here," Marsalis, 52, said by telephone from an oceanfront hotel in Jac... Keep on reading: Branford Marsalis headlines jazz festival in Haiti Media files: Haitian-national-flag.jpg (image/jpeg)

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