Results for "Marcus Elliot"

Marcus Elliot

Wake Up Call

By Rick Roe

Label: Cold Plunge Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Inside Straight; Sunspiration; Wake Up Call; Wide River; The Return of Mr. Pea; Modal Yodel #2; La Canción; The Ringer; Hyperbarity; Double Play.

Rick Roe: Wake Up Call

by Jack Bowers
May 6, 2026

Gregg Hill writes music. Other musicians play--and record--Hill's music. Pianist Rick Roe's latest album, Wake Up Call, marks the 19th time that has happened (and the second in 2026 alone). True, Hill and Roe are both Michiganders, but that is not always the case; Hill's nearly 200 compositions have seen the light of day on albums ...

Taylor Made

By Curtis Taylor

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Kham’s Dilemma; After the Rain; Heightened Awareness; For Her; Indomitable; Hashtagged; Journey.

Curtis Taylor: Taylor Made

by Jack Bowers
May 15, 2024

Trumpeter and composer Curtis Taylor's debut album, he writes in the liner notes, “was over twenty years in the making." Ever since he was a teenager, Taylor confesses, he dreamed of recording his music with a group of stellar musicians and calling it Taylor Made. And now he has. The album's cover mirrors ...

Curtis Taylor: Taylor Made

by Nicholas F. Mondello
April 18, 2024

Taylor Made, from trumpeter, Curtis Taylor, presents seven tracks of fine post hard bop jazz. The music here is intelligent, inviting, and, lathered with superb solos. Taylor composed and arranged all seven tracks. “Kham's Dilemma" opens with a lyrical, yet exotic statement with Taylor's trumpet and Marcus Elliot's sax in unison over an ...

Curtis Taylor: Taylor Made

by Troy Dostert
April 6, 2024

From the classic Blue Note-inspired cover design to the wide range of bop-based jazz influences found within, trumpeter Curtis Taylor leaves no doubt about the vibe he is aiming for with his debut full-length release, Taylor Made. Taylor has been a frequently used sideman by artists such as Gregory Porter, Billy Childs, and Cyrus Chestnut, so ...

Between Two Worlds

By Lulu Fall

Label: Ropeadope
Released: 2019
Track listing: Between Two Worlds; Keep Your Head Up; Do You Love Me?; Now; SHE; Powerful; Runaway; Where Are We Going?

Balance with Gerald Cleaver and Bill Harris at the Detroit Public Library

by Troy Dostert
April 12, 2019

Balance with Gerald Cleaver and Bill Harris Detroit Public Library Detroit, MIApril 7, 2019 Detroit-based jazz fans have become well-acquainted with pianist Michael Malis and saxophonist Marcus Elliot, both of whom are fixtures among the up-and-coming generation of musicians in the city, playing in all kinds of configurations and in wide-ranging, ...

Edgefest 2017: Give the Drummers Some, Part 1-2

by Troy Dostert
October 30, 2017

Part 1 | Part 2 Edgefest Ann Arbor, MI October 18-19, 2017 When mid-October rolls around, many fans of avant-garde jazz and creative music prepare to converge on Ann Arbor, Michigan for their annual pilgrimage to the Kerrytown Concert House, home of the Edgefest festival. Now in its ...