Branford Marsalis grew up in the most prominent jazz family in the country, and although he's made forays into rock (playing with Sting and the Grateful Dead), hip-hop (with his band Buckshot LeFonque), classical music, film scores and TV (as musical director of the Tonight Show with Jay Leno), he keeps returning to his jazz roots. In his recent CDs Footsteps of Our Fathers and Romare Bearden Revealed the saxophonist pays tribute to jazz history. Let's see what this multiple-Grammy-award winning musician has in his survival kit.

His List:

1. A putter and 6 golf balls
2. Glenn Gould playing Brahms Intermezzi
3. Charlie Parker with Strings
4. Rilke on Love and Other Difficulties (Translated by John Mood)
5. The Scent of Green Papaya (movie)
6. An alto saxophone with lots of classical music
7. Sonny Rollins at the Village Vanguard
8. My wife and kids

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