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Marcus Belgrave… Be-Bop and Beyond Honorably Designated "Jazz
Master Laureate" for the CITY OF DETROIT !!!!! Tribute to Marcus Belgrave by his Protoges - Kenny
Garrett, Geri Allen, Robert Hurst Marcus Belgrave recorded with, and … considered
by Stevie Wonder’ A true musical Renaissance man - Jazz Master… Educator… Mentor… Marcus Belgrave is one of the Original Ray Charles band members. He was mentored by Ray Charles from a young age. He has performed with the who’s who of jazz, including Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Dinah Washington, toured with Charles Mingus and Max Roach, Aretha Franklin, recorded with McCoy Tyner, David Newman, B.B.King & Art Hodes, just to name a few. Part of the Lincoln Center Motor City Jazz Masters …which included Yusef Lateef, Curtis Fuller, Charles McPherson, and Ron Carter Mentors the "next" jazz generations…..including….pianist Geri Allen, bassist Robert Hurst, alto saxophonist Kenny Garrett, saxophonist James Carter, violinist Regina Carter… Marcus Belgrave continues to
mentor as part of San Francisco States "Generations Jazz Master
Mentors Group" with Jimmy Cobb,
Ray Drummond, Ronnie Mathews, Eric Alexander,
& Andrew Speight Instructor… Oberlin University
"Belgrave sets the mood and tone…. "haunting,
lyrical" "sensual trumpet melodies" "trumpeter Marcus Belgrave, a secret master of
the music." "There was Belgrave…. fluent, inventive,
hard-bop statements…. high
register squeals" .."Mr. Belgrave, well known as a teacher but
still underrated as a On playing with David "Fathead" Newman.
Where: Iridium Jazz Club, New York: Marcus Belgrave Presents A Tribute to New Orleans,
Ray Charles, and the Great Ladies of Song “Joyously putting his own
spin on Pop’s greatest hits ... referencing classic original trumpet
solos with enough sincerity and surprising turns that the music comes
off fresh” "…. to catch Belgrave performing with his touring band….. was to gain new appreciation for his work…Belgrave's easygoing tempos, fervent lyricism”and raspy vocals…. puckish vocal phrasings and mercurial trumpet lines.. Belgrave took pains to share the spotlight with his band, which turned in some of its most exemplary playing in early Duke Ellington" “New Orleans mind-set flows smoothly in heart
of Chicago”
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