Saxophonist and vocalist Braxton Cook on the lessons behind 'Not Everyone Can Go'

By Kyla Marshell

Published October 15, 2026 at 9:00 AM EDT

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Ahead of his performance this weekend at the BRIC Jazz Fest, vocalist, producer and multi-instrumentalist Braxton Cook talks to WBGO's Kyla Marshell about the personal and musical evolution that led to his seventh release, Not Everyone Can Go.

Catch Cook and his band this Saturday, October 17 at the BRIC Jazz Fest at BRIC House in Downtown Brooklyn. Visit BRIC Arts Media for tickets and more info.

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Kyla Marshell

Kyla Marshell is a writer whose essays, poems, interviews and criticism have appeared in The Guardian, The Believer, Kinfolk, Gawker, BuzzFeed, O, the Oprah Magazine, The Ringer, The New York City Jazz Record and elsewhere. She has earned Jacob K. Javits, Cave Canem, UCROSS and MacDowell fellowships; Ebony.com named her one of "7 Young Black Writers You Should Know.

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