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Friday, 7 August 2015
52nd birthday of Marcus Roberts
(Born 7 August 1963, Jacksonville, Florida, US)
Virtuoso pianist and composer who has recorded prolifically, especially with his trio and also solo, and earlier on with Wynton Marsalis’s varying ensembles (1985-1991), academic
(Marcus Roberts Trio – with
expanded ensemble, “Deep in the shed” [Roberts,
piano; Roland Guerin, bass; Jason Marsalis, drums; solos from
expanded ensemble: Etienne Charles,
trumpet; Ron Westray, trombone; Wess Anderson, alto saxophone; recorded:
live, Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York, US, 1 February 2008])
(Marcus Roberts
plays “Blue Monk”, classic composition by Thelonious
Monk, on the Wynton Marsalis Quintet
performance [personnel: Marsalis, trumpet; Todd Williams, tenor
saxophone, soprano saxophone; Roberts,
piano; Reginald Veal, bass; Herlin Riley, drums; recorded: live, Michael
Fowler Centre, Wellington, New Zealand, 18 March 1988])
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