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Loved Ones (album)

Loved Ones
Ellis branford marsalis Loved Ones.jpg
Studio album by Ellis Marsalis and Branford Marsalis
Released February 1996
Recorded August & September 1995
Genre Jazz
Length 1:13:35
Label Sony Music
Producer Delfeayo Marsalis
Ellis Marsalis and Branford Marsalis chronology
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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars
Los Angeles Times 3.5/4 stars

Loved Ones is a jazz duo album by Ellis Marsalis and Branford Marsalis. Originally conceived as Ellis's solo record of songs about "unforgettable women," it became a duo project based on his realization that "Branford would sound really good on some of (the songs).". The album reached Number 5 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.

In his AllMusic review, Scott Yanow calls the set "pleasing and thoughtful if not quite essential," noting that Branford's contributions "sometimes (liven) up the selections although mostly playing a subsidiary role to his father." Don Heckman, writing in the Los Angeles Times, called the recording "one of the most appealing CDs of the year," citing "the warm camaraderie of the father-son musical connection."


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