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| Classically Trained Saxophonist Taking Bold Steps Braxton Cook: A 25-year-old with an old soul. Sunny personality, with homemade qualities, and a love of relationships between music passion, family and friends. Braxton's positivity acts as a way to create a message and theme in his music and overall brand of new jazz music As a recent Juilliard graduate and a classically trained saxophonist, Braxton is now taking bold steps to create his own lane in music - even if that means defying what his schooling and peers may expect of him. In his upcoming single, "Somewhere in Between, " Braxton debuts his vocal talent to show the world you can find balance in who you are, what others expect of you, and ultimately find your own lane. "For me, my sound and musical identity has always been in between the soul music that I grew up on and the jazz that I have studied and grown to love. So I wrote this song to say, that it's okay to be a little different. We should embrace our uniqueness and follow through with it." - Braxton Cook SOUNDS LIKE: "Black American Music": laid back, mellow, soulful, honest, inspired by new jazz music, soul and R&B, singer-songwriters. "I want people to be musically moved like John Coltrane. Moved by the music and spiritual experience." - Braxton Cook write your comments about the article :: © 2016 Jazz News :: home page |