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Renowned saxophonist Branford Marsalis will reunite with trumpeter Terence Blanchard for a special performance at the Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater on Friday, Oct. 1 and Saturday, Oct. 2 at 8 p.m. WQXR music host Terrance McKnight checks in with Marsalis before his Jazz at Lincoln Center show.

Branford Marsalis spoke with Jeff Spurgeon ahead of his performance with the New York Philharmonic in Central Park. Hear his thoughts on working with the Philharmonic and the composers whose music he will be performing and get his take on the difference between the jazz and classical disciplines.

One means John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins and is nicknamed the Devil’s Horn. The other is tied to Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Wynton Marsalis, and also with black masculinity. We’ll debate which instrument had the greater impact in jazz with saxophonist Branford Marsalis and jazz critic Will Layman.

In a jazz world where musical promiscuity is the rule, the Branford Marsalis Quartet has been together for ten years. They celebrate the anniversary with a new album, Metamorphosen, and Grammy award-winner sax player and composer Branford Marsalis joins us to talk about it.