Marcus Belgrave

Marcus Belgrave June 12 1936 – May 24 2015 Was A Jazz Trumpet Player From Detroit Born In Chester Pennsylvania. He Recorded With A Variety Of Famous Musicians Bandleaders And Record Labels Since The 1950s. Belgrave Was Tutored By Clifford Brown Before Joining The Ray Charles Touring Band. He Later Worked With Gunther Schuller Carl Craig Max Roach Ella Fitzgerald Charles Mingus Tony Bennett La Palabra Sammy Davis Jr. Dizzy Gillespie And John Sinclair Amongst Others. Belgrave Was A Frequent Faculty Member At Stanford Jazz Workshop And A Visiting Professor Of Jazz Trumpet At The Oberlin Conservatory. Among Belgrave's Students Were Rodney Whitaker Kenny Garrett Robert Hurst Regina Carter James Carter Geri Allen Karriem Riggins Kasan Belgrave And Carlos McKinney. Belgrave Died On May 24 2015 In Ann Arbor Michigan Of Heart Failure After Being Hospitalized Since April With Complications Of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease And Congestive Heart Failure. Discography As Leader Gemini II Tribe Records 1974 Reissued Universal Sound 2004 .
Working Together Detroit Jazz 1992 Featuring Lawrence Williams Live At Kerrytown Concert House Detroit Jazz 1995
In The Tradition GHB Featuring Doc Cheatham And Art Hodes You Don't Know Me - Tribute To New Orleans Ray Charles And The Great Ladies Of Song DJMC 2006
Marcus Charlie And Joan...Once Again DJMC 2008 As Sideman With Geri Allen Open On All Sides In The Middle Minor Music 1987 The Nurturer Blue Note 1991 Maroons Blue Note 1992 The Life Of A Song Telarc 2004 Grand River Crossings Motéma 2013 With George Gruntz Theatre ECM 1983 With McCoy Tyner La Leyenda De La Hora Columbia 1985 With B.B. King Let The Good Times Roll 1999 With David Murray Black & Black 1991 With Horace Tapscott Aiee! The Phantom Arabesque 1996 With Joe Henderson Big Band Verve 1997 With Wynton Marsalis And Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra They Came To Swing Live Sony 1994 read less