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evidence: Requiem is a jazz album by the Branford Marsalis Quartet , featuring Branford Marsalis , Eric Revis , Jeff `` Tain '' Watts , and Kenny Kirkland .. Branford Marsalis Quartet. Branford Marsalis Quartet. Branford Marsalis. Branford Marsalis. Eric Revis. Eric Revis. Kenny Kirkland. Kenny Kirkland. The recording , Kirkland 's last before his death in November 1998 , was dedicated to his memory .. Recorded August 17 -- 20 and December 9 -- 10 , 1998 in the Tarrytown Music Hall in Tarrytown , New York , the album reached Number 8 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart .. Jazz. Jazz. Tarrytown Music Hall. Tarrytown Music Hall. Billboard. Billboard ( magazine ). After several years of recordings in trio and other formats , the Requiem recording reunited Marsalis and Watts with Kirkland , who had been his collaborator on many earlier outings .. After the August recording sessions , the quartet took the material on the road , with the goal of returning to the studio after the material had been honed on stage .. Following Kirkland 's death the remaining players recorded as a trio , capturing the song `` Elysium . ''. In his AllMusic review , Richard Ginell says the album `` an uncompromising , well-played disc of acoustic jazz that leans a bit toward adventure at times ... in what turned out to be the swan song for one of the neo-bop era 's finest lineups . ''. AllMusic. AllMusic. Josef Woodard , in Entertainment Weekly called the album an `` inspiring set that showcases Marsalis ' expressive fluidity and lends a rueful , finalizing punctuation mark to Kirkland 's brilliant and too-brief career . ''. Entertainment Weekly. Entertainment Weekly. Writing for AllAboutJazz.com , Ian Nicolson noted that the album captures `` the sound of a hot , creative musician flourishing in a hot , creative environment , captured largely live on analogue 24-track . ''. James Shell 's review for JazzReview.com called the work `` unquestionably Branford 's best to date , '' noting `` its reliance on the Keith Jarrett quartet of the mid-seventies as a model . ''. JazzReview. JazzReview