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The Marcus Roberts Trio at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola
The Marcus Roberts Trio with Roland Guerin on bass and Jason Marsalis on drums will perform a six-night run at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center July 21 through the July 26. Roberts and company have a long association with Jazz at Lincoln Center and with Wynton Marsalis, dating back to Roberts' joining Marsalis' ...
Scotty Barnhart: Say It Plain
by Warren Allen
Jazz tradition is a tricky thing. Play too far within it, and there's the risk of being called limited or unimaginative. Venture too far away, and critics worry more about finding a label than hearing the sound. It leads to headaches and debates, which trumpet player Scotty Barnhart avoids completely with a debut album that is ...
Pianist Marcus Roberts Interviewed at AAJ
With a foundation in the church and a passion for America's music, Marcus Roberts is easily one of the most prolific pianists of his generation. Hailing from Jacksonville, Florida and influenced by the early exposure to his mother's gospel singing, he decided that he wanted to be a jazz pianist after listening to the music of ...
Marcus Roberts: Has A Lot More To Do
by Tod Smith
With a foundation in the church and a passion for America's music, Marcus Roberts is easily one of the most prolific pianists of his generation. Hailing from Jacksonville, Florida and influenced by the early exposure to his mother's gospel singing, he decided that he wanted to be a jazz pianist after listening to the music of ...
Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces 2009-2010 Season
Jazz at Lincoln Center and Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis, announced the 2009-10 season. Programming featuring concerts, education events, broadcasts, touring and a line-up of guest music directors. This is the organizations 23rd season of programming and begins the sixth season in its home, Frederick P. Rose Hall. Highlights of the season include the Jazz at Lincoln ...
Pianist Marcus Roberts' New Orleans Meets Harlem, Vol. 1
Renowned pianist Marcus Roberts first album in eight years to be released March 31st. New Orleans Meets Harlem, Vol. 1, to be released via Tunecore and online. Album marks Duke Ellington's 110th birthday. Marcus Roberts' New Orleans Meets Harlem, Vol. 1, his first new album since 2001's acclaimed Cole after Midnight, is set for release on ...
Marsalis Protege Turns Mentor to Jazz Trumpeter's Kid Brother
Two decades ago, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis discovered a young blind piano wizard named Marcus Roberts, took him under his wing and nurtured him to jazz stardom. Now Roberts, 44, is returning the favor, playing mentor to Wynton's kid brother, Jason, a 31-year-old percussionist. Roberts, Marsalis and bassist Roland Guerin make up the Marcus Roberts Trio. (They ...
Marcus Roberts: The Truth is Spoken Here
by Marc Minsker
Wynton Marsalis is one of the most talented trumpet players on the scene today. Unfortunately, he's also one of the most egotistical musicians out there. As an unofficial “spokesman for jazz," Wynton has helped to promote jazz throughout the world, but he's personally done very little to innovate the art form. This is unfortunate because jazz ...
Branford & Ellis Marsalis: The Dawn of Marsalis Music
by Mark Corroto
The first family of jazz, the Marsalis of New Orleans, have seemingly been in the eye of a musical hurricane for the past twenty years. With the news that Saxophonist Branford Marsalis and his father Ellis Marsalis had severed their ties with Sony music, comes the announcement that they have formed the independent label Marsalis Music. ...
Wynton Marsalis Septet: The Marciac Suite
by C. Michael Bailey
Finally...The End. Like a lemming, I dutifully purchased each volume of Wynton Marsalis’ “Swinging Into The 21st Century”, collecting the little stickers and sticking them on the collection card, and finally, mailing that card in. In ten short weeks (two weeks longer than promised), the final installment of Marsalis’ jazz lovefest arrived on my doorstep.
