title: Braggtown
text: # Braggtown
  
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  Braggtown is an album released by The Branford Marsalis Quartet in 2006.
  
  The album, following the 2004 Grammy-nominated Eternal, draws upon a world of inspirations, including John Coltrane, a 17th-century English composer, an American Indian Warrior and a Japanese horror film. Marsalis chose some of the new songs from the band's current repertoire, with an emphasis on what he describes as "that kind of high-energy music we've been playing in live performance."
  
  This album was named after Braggtown, a neighborhood located in the northeastern corner of Durham, North Carolina, as Marsalis has been a resident of the Durham area for the past few years.
  
  The cover of the album shows the four musicians in a locker room in the baseball stadium Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  * "Jack Baker" (Branford Marsalis) - 14:12
  * "Hope" (Joey Calderazzo) - 11:01
  * "Fate" (Marsalis) - 08:24
  * "Blakzilla" (Jeff "Tain" Watts) - 12:40
  * "O Solitude" (Henry Purcell) - 07:48
  * "Sir Roderick, the Aloof" (Marsalis) - 05:45
  * "Black Elk Speaks" (Eric Revis) - 14:10
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Branford Marsalis – saxophones
  * Joey Calderazzo - piano
  * Eric Revis - bass
  * Jeff "Tain" Watts - drums
  
  ## Charts
  
  * 2006 Top Jazz Albums # 14
  