the Todd Marcus Quartet at The Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute And Cultural Center

Contemporary Arts, Inc. Presents “Celebrate Father’s Day with The Todd Marcus Quartet!” at the Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Arts Center, Sunday, June 21st from 5-7PM

Voted “Rising Star” in the 61st and 62nd Annual Critics Poll, composer and band Leader, Todd Marcus is one of the few artists, worldwide, to focus on the bass clarinet as a main instrument in modern jazz with his large and small ensembles. His straight-ahead playing and compositions swing with fiery and introspective intensity, offering a strong lyrical sensibility and often incorporate the Middle Eastern influences of his Egyptian-American Heritage. “Todd Marcus, the virtuoso bass clarinetist and composer, is a master of straight-ahead jazz.” – Baltimore Sun 2014...

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Contemporary Arts, Inc. Presents “Celebrate Father’s Day with The Todd Marcus Quartet!” at the Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Arts Center, Sunday, June 21st from 5-7PM

Voted “Rising Star” in the 61st and 62nd Annual Critics Poll, composer and band Leader, Todd Marcus is one of the few artists, worldwide, to focus on the bass clarinet as a main instrument in modern jazz with his large and small ensembles. His straight-ahead playing and compositions swing with fiery and introspective intensity, offering a strong lyrical sensibility and often incorporate the Middle Eastern influences of his Egyptian-American Heritage. “Todd Marcus, the virtuoso bass clarinetist and composer, is a master of straight-ahead jazz.” – Baltimore Sun 2014

He will be in good company with Alan Blackman on piano, Zack Pride on bass and Eric Kennedy on drums.

The Concert will be held at The Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center, located at 847 N. Howard St. Baltimore, MD 21201, from 5-7PM. The Center is handicapped accessible and the parking is free at the garage on 821 N. Eutaw St., one block over.

For more information about Todd please go to his website; toddmarcusjazz.com. For information about the Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center, please go to www.eubieblake.org.

Tickets for the event are $20 in advance, $25 at the door and $7 for students. Reserve your tickets online at: http://www.instantseats.com/events/ContemporaryArts

For additional information contact: Barbara Harrell Grubbs at 410-944-2909 or contemporaryartsinc@verizon.net.

This event is sponsored by funds from the Eddie C. & C. Sylvia Brown Fund, The William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund (creators of the bakerartistawards.org), the Citizens of Baltimore County, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and the Office of Promotion and the Arts, the Maryland State Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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