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Because he spent most of his career in Detroit and didn't record enough, Marcus Belgrave was often overlooked. A flexible and talented trumpeter able to play both hard bop and free, Belgrave was tutored by <a href="spotify:artist:1HJHwWck1EY096ea2iPAHO">Clifford Brown</a> a bit when he was 17. He toured with <a href="spotify:artist:1eYhYunlNJlDoQhtYBvPsi">Ray Charles</a> during 1954-1959 and had opportunities to play with the groups of <a href="spotify:artist:1W8TbFzNS15VwsempfY12H">Charles Mingus</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:6jrlNnS5B830kpi40j3S6g">Max Roach</a>. In 1963, Belgrave moved to Detroit, where he became continually active as an educator and a studio player. He recorded with (among others) <a href="spotify:artist:2EsmKkHsXK0WMNGOtIhbxr">McCoy Tyner</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5OPNYwuIto3q4ac46rIIZC">David Newman</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7B2GLsoPPGTRUeNpJ6VbL3">Art Hodes</a> (duets), <a href="spotify:artist:00SOiqZ0YGY2JhjSPxZMZg">David Murray</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0jqAOYfo9ipclW7ATXPhHg">Geri Allen</a> (one of his former students), swing tenor <a href="spotify:artist:2uEvzSO0Cbkv4V0XEzae4X">Franz Jackson</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:0RZKuMC3RozvBOLWhFKIdZ">Sammy Price</a>, mostly beginning in the 1980s. Belgrave was also featured with <a href="spotify:artist:57tcqQ5NpKmaGE9zHMTiez">the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra</a>. Among his other former students are <a href="spotify:artist:398OLP0K6sxmwsYaB7Wnmj">Bob Hurst</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0Vz0vgVrclNJlHBLrgjklY">Kenny Garrett</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:6LxEw44q7vq9M5dQMIDsk3">James Carter</a>, so at least indirectly Marcus Belgrave made a strong impact on jazz. He died of heart failure in May 2015 at the age of 78. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi
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