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8 Marcus Roberts Time and Circumstance (Columbia). Since departing from Wynton Marsalis' band in 1991, Roberts has established himself as the most cerebral of jazz soloists, with a taste for sensuous, rich chords and intricately patterned melodies that resound with jazz's history yet push toward higher ground. Roberts polishes...
"The J Master" is Marsalis' respectfully affectionate nickname for pianist Marcus Roberts. Anyone who listens to Roberts' two new albums, due out this week, Portraits in Blue (featuring a re-examination of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, as well as some other, shorter pieces) and Time and Circumstance (a...
Roberts, 32, began showing indications of greatness at a young age. Born in Jacksonville, Florida, and blind since age five, when cataracts destroyed his vision, he began taking piano lessons at 12, learning how to read music through Braille. He was a quick study. When Roberts was 22, Marsalis asked...
Why is he now releasing two albums at once? Roberts seems to be following in the footsteps of his friend and mentor, Marsalis, who released a jazz and a classical album at the same time in 1982. Marsalis went on to secure a reputation as a renaissance man who could...
Roberts creates his very own classic with Time and Circumstance, a theme album with emotional echoes of jazz saxophonist John Coltrane's A Love Supreme, another classic exploration of the nature and meaning of love. This new CD, without words, tells the story of two lovers who meet, suffer an...