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I Heard You Twice the First Time

Studio album by

Branford Marsalis

Released

September 1992

Genre

Jazz

Length

1:19:02

Label

Sony Music

Producer

Dr. George Butler (executive producer); Delfeayo Marsalis and Branford Marsalis

Branford Marsalis chronology

The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
(1991)

I Heard You Twice the First Time
(1992)

Bloomington
(1993)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B−^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

I Heard You Twice the First Time is a jazz album by Branford Marsalis that explores different aspects of the blues,^[4] featuring guest appearances from B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Russell Malone, Wynton Marsalis and Linda Hopkins. It peaked at number 1 on the Top Jazz Albums chart.^[5] The album won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group.^[6]

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Reception

In his AllMusic review, Scott Yanow calls the album "interesting if erratic," specifically identifying the performance by Linda Hopkins and concluding that this is an "intriguing set that is worth picking up."^[1] People praised the album, calling out the "four distinct blues-guitar styles" and the "verve and execution" of the quartet numbers as high points.^[4] Entertainment Weekly characterized Marsalis as "a commanding, even great, saxophonist of the post-hard-bop school, but a wayward conceptualist," and criticized the album as suffering from a "serious identity crisis."^[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Branford Marsalis, except where indicated

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
0.	Untitled	Branford Marsalis, Jeff Watts, Robert Hurst
1.	"Brother Trying to Catch a Cab (On the East Side)"	Robert Hurst	9:05
2.	"B.B.'s Blues"	B.B. King, Branford Marsalis	10:07
3.	"Rib Tip Johnson"		9:19
4.	"Mabel"	John Lee Hooker	6:47
5.	"Sidney In Da Haus"		6:32
6.	"Berta, Berta"	Public Domain	5:28
7.	"Stretto from the Ghetto"	J. Watts	7:15
8.	"Dance of the Hei Gui"		5:32
9.	"The Road You Choose"	Branford Marsalis, Joe Louis Walker	6:23
10.	"Simi Valley Blues"		3:10

Personnel

Branford Marsalis – Tenor, Alto and Soprano Saxophones, Vocals
Kenny Kirkland - Piano
Jeff "Tain" Watts - Drums
Robert Hurst - Bass
B.B. King – Guitar, Vocals
Russell Malone – Guitar
Reginald Veal – Bass
Herlin "Homey" Riley – Drums
John Lee Hooker – Guitar, Vocals
Wessel Anderson – Alto Saxophone
Wynton Marsalis – Trumpet
David Sagher – Trombone
Joe Louis Walker – Guitars
Earl Gardner – Trumpet
Delfeayo Marsalis – Trombone
Bernard Purdie – Drums
T-Blade – Guitar
Linda Hopkins – Vocals
Thomas Hollis – Vocals
Roscoe Carroll – Vocals
Carl Gordon – Vocals
Charles Dutton – Vocals
Dwight Anderson – Musical Consultant, Conductor (Berta, Berta)

References

^ ^a ^b Yanow, Scott. "I Heard You Twice the First Time". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-10-16.
^ ^a ^b Woodard, Josef (1992-09-18). "Review: I Heard You Twice the First Time". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on May 21, 2007. Retrieved 2014-10-16.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 948. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ ^a ^b "Picks and Pans Review: I Heard You Twice the First Time". People Magazine. 1993-03-01. Retrieved 2014-10-16.
^ Allmusic Guide
^ "I Heard You Twice the First Time". Branford Marsalis.com. Archived from the original on 2002-01-07. Retrieved 2014-10-16.

External links

BranfordMarsalis.com [1]

v t e Branford Marsalis Quartet
Branford Marsalis Joey Calderazzo Eric Revis Justin Faulkner Jeff "Tain" Watts Kenny Kirkland Robert Hurst
Studio albums	Random Abstract (1988) Crazy People Music (1990) Requiem (1999) I Heard You Twice the First Time (1992) Contemporary Jazz (2000) Footsteps of Our Fathers (2002) Romare Bearden Revealed (2003) Eternal (2004) Braggtown (2006) Upward Spiral (2016) The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul (2019)

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