Footsteps of Our Fathers

Footsteps of Our Fathers
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 2002
RecordedDecember 2001
StudioBearsville (Woodstock, New York)
GenreJazz
Length69:28
LabelMarsalis Music
ProducerBranford Marsalis
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Footsteps of Our Fathers is a jazz album by the Branford Marsalis Quartet, featuring Branford Marsalis, Eric Revis, Jeff "Tain" Watts, and Joey Calderazzo, which was recorded December 1–3, 2001 at Bearsville Studios in Woodstock, New York. Marsalis's first recording for his new label Marsalis Music after 18 years on Sony Music, the album features the quartet's recording of four significant works of jazz from the years 1955 to 1964, including works by Ornette Coleman, Sonny Rollins (The Freedom Suite), John Coltrane (A Love Supreme), and the Modern Jazz Quartet.