Jazz Articles about Michael Marcus

Michael Marcus: Sunwheels

by Jim Santella
July 1, 2001

From the soul. His 8th album as a leader offers more proof that saxophonist Michael Marcus digs down deep every time out. As adventurous as his biggest musical inspiration, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Marcus creates tone poems that swing. He wrote each piece for this album; some are tributes.

Swinging and applying muscular saxophone energy, the leader dedicates homages to John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy and Charlie Parker. Playing tenor on most tracks, Marcus gets his trio involved in the way things ...