Four MF's Playin Tunes - Branford Marsalis Quartet
Metascore
75 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
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  1. All Music Guide
    Aug 9, 2012
    70
    Rather than offer anything new, they instead focus on re-introducing the band as a creative unit whose capacity for musical excellence is undiminished.
  2. Boston Globe
    Aug 9, 2012
    80
    A tight set of well-slung tunes that show the elements of a classic quartet outing in nice balance.
  3. PopMatters
    Aug 29, 2012
    60
    Where some of their peers have explored the stranger outreaches of afro-tech-jazz, or shown us just how darned dialectically integrated jazz and hip-hop are, Branford Marsalis and his crew have firmly entrenched themselves in a past long gone.
  4. The Guardian
    Aug 9, 2012
    80
    It's often observed that this fine saxophonist's studio recordings rarely catch his live-show fire.There's a relaxation about this one, however that comes very close.
  5. The New York Times
    Aug 9, 2012
    80
    The album is a knockout: hard nosed and hyperacute, tradition minded but modern, defined by the high-wire grace of his working band.

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