Todd Marcus Quintet at Dizzy's Club

With clarinetist Todd Marcus, guitarist Paul Bollenback, pianist Bruce Barth, bassist Kris Funn, and drummer Eric Kennedy.
Baltimore bass clarinetist and committed resident Todd Marcus has both feet in his music and his community. No, he doesn't have four feet, but there are days it seems that way for the musically driven and socially justice-driven jazz musician. Marcus’ newest release – On These Streets (A Baltimore Story) – demonstrates how those two influences distill his graceful, yet powerful sound. Marcus’s commitment to his West Baltimore neighborhood comes through in each of the nine tracks on this, his fourth album...

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With clarinetist Todd Marcus, guitarist Paul Bollenback, pianist Bruce Barth, bassist Kris Funn, and drummer Eric Kennedy.
Baltimore bass clarinetist and committed resident Todd Marcus has both feet in his music and his community. No, he doesn't have four feet, but there are days it seems that way for the musically driven and socially justice-driven jazz musician. Marcus’ newest release – On These Streets (A Baltimore Story) – demonstrates how those two influences distill his graceful, yet powerful sound. Marcus’s commitment to his West Baltimore neighborhood comes through in each of the nine tracks on this, his fourth album. Songs such as Ground Zero, with its connection to the community outrage provoked by the 2015 Freddie Gray incident, reflect his imperative to bear musical witness. Marcus goes the extra mile in his life, putting serious time into West Baltimore non-profit organizations dedicated to delivering hope to often mean, generally misunderstood streets.

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