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Todd Marcus Jazz Orchestra at Blues Alley

Courtesy of Liz Fixsen | Posted on July 16, 2015

Where

Blues Alley
1073 Wisconsin Avenue Nw
Washington, DC
Map
202-337-4141

When

Wed, August 12, 2015
8:00 pm

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Musicians

Todd Marcus
clarinet, bass
Greg Tardy
saxophone
Brent Birckhead
saxophone, alto
Russell Kirk
saxophone
Alex Norris
trumpet
Darius Jones
saxophone, alto

About

The Todd Marcus Jazz Orchestra celebrates the release of the new album Blues for Tahir on Hipnotic Records, released in May 2015.

The concert will include selections from the new album. Influenced by his Egyptian-American heritage and inspired by the Arab Spring movement in Egypt, Marcus creates music that merges classical Middle Eastern harmonies and motifs with American jazz.

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. Since the early 2000s, Marcus has won accolades for his novel use of the clarinet and for his unique compositions. ...

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