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Marcus Belgrave

Marcus Belgrave has been played over 10 times on NTS, first on 4 December 2015. Marcus Belgrave's music has been featured on 12 episodes.

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…

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Space Odyssey
Marcus Belgrave
Tribe1974
Space Odyssey
Marcus BelgraveTribe1974
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Space Odyssey
Marcus Belgrave
Universal Sound2004
Space Odyssey
Marcus BelgraveUniversal Sound2004
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Two Ships Passing In The Night
Marcus Belgrave
Michigan Satellite Records1985
Two Ships Passing In The Night
Marcus BelgraveMichigan Satellite Records1985
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Glue Fingers (Part II)
Marcus Belgrave
Tribe1974
Glue Fingers (Part II)
Marcus BelgraveTribe1974
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