Name Marcus Belgrave | Occupation(s) Musician Spouse Joan Belgrave (m. ?–2015) | |
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Birth name Marcus Batista Belgrave Born June 12, 1936Chester, Pennsylvania, United States ( 1936-06-12 ) Children Kasan Belgrave, Marcus Belgrave Jr., Marcia Monroe, Akaua Belgrave Albums Marcus, Charlie & Joan.. Once Again Similar People |
Marcus belgrave detroit s master trumpeter and mentor
Marcus Batista Belgrave (June 12, 1936 – May 24, 2015) was an American jazz trumpet player from Detroit, born in Chester, Pennsylvania. He recorded with numerous musicians from the 1950s onwards.
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- Marcus belgrave detroit s master trumpeter and mentor
- Marcus belgrave is an unsung jazz hero just ask any musician from detroit
- Biography
- As leader
- As sideman
- References

Marcus belgrave is an unsung jazz hero just ask any musician from detroit
Biography

Belgrave was tutored by Clifford Brown before joining the Ray Charles touring band. He later worked with Motown Records, and recorded with Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Gunther Schuller, Carl Craig, Max Roach, Ella Fitzgerald, Charles Mingus, Tony Bennett, La Palabra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dizzy Gillespie, Odessa Harris and John Sinclair, plus more recently with his wife Joan Belgrave, amongst others.

Belgrave was an occasional faculty member at Stanford Jazz Workshop and a visiting professor of jazz trumpet at the Oberlin Conservatory.

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.
As leader

As sideman
With Geri Allen
With Curtis Amy
With Joan Belgrave
With Hank Crawford
With George Gruntz
With Joe Henderson
With B.B. King
With David Murray
With David "Fathead" Newman
With Horace Tapscott
With McCoy Tyner
With Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra