Michael Marcus, Ted Daniel And Juni Booth at 244 Rehearsal Studios - Black Box Theatre

The House of Improv is delighted to present Duology a duo made up of Michael Marcus and Ted Daniel with tonight's special guest Tyler Mitchell.
Michael Marcus: Since releasing his debut recording as a leader, Under the Wire for Enja Records in 1991, he has appeared on more than 35 records for Soul Note, Justin' Time, Not Two, Boxholder, Ayler, Drimala, CIMP and Qwest/Warner. He has composed over 125 original/recorded compositions. Marcus was a recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Grant. His first professional gigs were with Albert King and Bobby "Blue" Bland. Marcus has recorded and toured with the Saxemble (Frank Lowe and James Carter) and with the great Mr. Jaki Byard. With Sonny Simmons, he is the co-leader of The Cosmosamatics w/ 9 recordings and multiple domestic and international tours. Marcus performed in a duo context with master drum legend Edgar Bateman. Marcus and Ted Daniel comprise Duology, which has collaborated with Andrew Cyrille & Henry Grimes. Marcus continues to record and tour with his own group....

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The House of Improv is delighted to present Duology a duo made up of Michael Marcus and Ted Daniel with tonight's special guest Tyler Mitchell.
Michael Marcus: Since releasing his debut recording as a leader, Under the Wire for Enja Records in 1991, he has appeared on more than 35 records for Soul Note, Justin' Time, Not Two, Boxholder, Ayler, Drimala, CIMP and Qwest/Warner. He has composed over 125 original/recorded compositions. Marcus was a recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Grant. His first professional gigs were with Albert King and Bobby "Blue" Bland. Marcus has recorded and toured with the Saxemble (Frank Lowe and James Carter) and with the great Mr. Jaki Byard. With Sonny Simmons, he is the co-leader of The Cosmosamatics w/ 9 recordings and multiple domestic and international tours. Marcus performed in a duo context with master drum legend Edgar Bateman. Marcus and Ted Daniel comprise Duology, which has collaborated with Andrew Cyrille & Henry Grimes. Marcus continues to record and tour with his own group.
Ted Daniels: Daniels first recorded appearance was on Sonny Sharrock's first album Black Woman. His second recording was with a band he co-led (Brute Force) with his brother, Richard Daniel. The recording was entitled Brute Force on the Embryo label, produced by Herbie Mann. Since then, Daniel has participated in more than 30 published recordings with such artists as: Archie Shepp, Dewey Redman, Andrew Cyrille, Sam Rivers, Billy Bang and Henry Threadgill. Daniel has produced three albums under his own name: The Ted Daniel Sextet on Ujamaa Records, Tapestry on Sun Records, and In The Beginning on Altura recordings. This recording features a twelve-piece ensemble including such artist as Oliver Lake, Arthur Blythe, Charles Tyler and David Murray. Eventually this ensemble evolved into a larger group called "Energy".
Duology has several recordings including:
2006: Duology with Michael Marcus, clarinet (Boxholder Records released 2007
2008: Golden Atoms Duology with Michael Marcus, (Soul Note Records released 2008
2012: Duology with Andrew Cyrille and Michael Marcus (Jazzwerkstatt Records released 2012
Tyler Mitchell is a jazz bassist and has recorded and toured with some of jazz's most respected artists, including: Art Taylor, Jon Hendricks, Shirley Horn, George Coleman and the Sun Ra Arkestra.
Tonight the band is celebrating the new LP on UJAMMA Records: "Duology with Henry Grimes"

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