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Press Releases Monmouth Road JAZZED by Belgraves - Big Tony's - 06/21/2010 French Magazine SO Jazz article about Tribe,
November 2009 Semja Update Review
of "Excitable" Detroit Trumpeter Marcus Belgrave Is 2009 Eminent Artist
read article Kresge Foundation Names Detroit Trumpeter Marcus Belgrave It's 2009 Eminent Artist Detroit's premier jazz musician and educator receives $50,000 prize from The Kresge Foundation TROY, Mich., Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Master jazz trumpet player Marcus Belgrave -- who has enthralled audiences world-wide with his musical virtuosity and mentored scores of aspiring young musicians -- has been named the 2009 Kresge Eminent Artist by The Kresge Foundation. The award and $50,000 prize recognizes Belgrave's lifelong musical achievements and his personal and professional contributions to music performance and education in Metropolitan Detroit. The foundation, through its Kresge Arts in Detroit initiative, annually supports the Kresge Eminent Artist Award, Kresge Artist Fellowships, and Kresge Arts Support grants. The Eminent Artist Award is administered by the College for Creative Studies... Read entire article Detroit Free Press: Jazz giant awarded $50,000
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article Something exciting: Joan Belgrave
at Kerrytown this weekend Belgrave's new album, a mixture of standards and love-song originals, is Excitable, and it's having its official release with two nights at the Kerrytown Concert House, Friday and Saturday, with shows at 8 p.m. Admission is $25. The crack band is helmed by Belgrave's husband, trumpeter Marcus Belgrave, with Charlie Gabriel on sax, Gayelynn McKinney on drums, Jeff Halsey on bass and Simon Fortner on piano. Followers of the local jazz scene should recognize all of those names, with the exception, likely, of Fortner. Anyone who knows Belgrave should know about his ear for young talent, from Kenny Garrett and Geri Allen, through more recent Belgrave picks, notably Chicago trumpeter Corey Wilkes, now recording as a leader and with the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Belgrave came across New Orleans-born Fortner in his teacher duties at Oberlin, and tapped him to play on Joan's disc and now this gig. He's a name to remember. "Swinging Charles," as we call him, was particularly taken with Fortner's way with backing vocals, an art in and of itself. These two nights of music, btw, are part of the Kerrytown's
25th anniversary celebration. In this economy, seeing a vital institution
like Kerrytown mark such an anniversary is cause for celebration. 2009 Detroit Jazz Festival Jazz Guardian Artistry Award International Trumpet Guild
Journal article: New
CD Available!! Excitable - Joan Belgrave Belgrave,
Gabriel Will Introduce CD at Bert's Posted: 2009-01-15 on ALLABOUTJAZZ
Annual Jazz Event Delights
Crowds - February 26, 2009 Jazz great gives top-grade tribute to Armstrong : Review by Chris Lopez of The Clarion, Citrus College, Glendora, CA - 3/4/09 Interview with
Marcus Belgrave by José A. López of the Pomerado
Newspaper Group, I Dig
Jazz: Charles L. Latimer's Jazz Journal - Monday, January 19, 2009
"Detroit trumpet hero Marcus Belgrave has been
playing with remarkable creativity and strength in recent months, and
because he doesn't play all that many high-profile local gigs these
days, you have to jump on any opportunity -- especially when he's playing
the no-nonense bebop that made his reputation. He's a treasure, producing
a golden tone and lyric bursts of spidery ideas that coalesce in gorgeous
paragraphs of melody."
September 27, 2008 Marcus Belgrave
performed as Special Guest Artist with
Wynton Marsalis' Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra/Detroit Symphony Orchestra. On Thursday, August 14th, Marcus Belgrave received
designation as 'Jazz Master Laureate' for
the City of Detroit via a Testimonial Resolution presented by The Detroit
City Council and the Dr. Charles H. Wright Museum of African American
History! Tribute to Marcus Belgrave by his Protoges - Kenny
Garrett, Geri Allen, Robert Hurst Marcus Belgrave recorded with, and … considered
by Stevie Wonder’ Soon to be released & Produced by .... DJ Carl
Craig..... a project with Legendary Tribe
Members Marcus Belgrave, Wendell Harrison, Phil Ranelin, & Doug
Hammond!!! Marcus Belgrave Octet to perform
at Festival of the Forks 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
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