Marcus Roberts

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Did anyone else catch this tonight on sixty minutes? Hosted by Wynton Marsalis, Marcus, blind pianist is not only a brilliant jazz pianist but aa great historian of jazz.

[jmuscara]

Yeah, that was impressive. He's one of those guys on my to-do list.

[karlhenning]

I've not heard much of his work . . . but I greatly enjoy his quasi-chamber arrangement of the Rhapsody in Blue.

Cheers,
~k.

[Admin]

Joe and Karl, I was extremely impressed with his television performance.

I've ordered a couple of albums from Amazon today. Since I'm a huge Scott Joplin fan, I've ordered:



and I agree with you Karl. I love his performance of Rhapsody in Blue, so I've ordered

[jmuscara]

Let us know what you think.

[tom1960]

It's been some time since I last played this recording. I'll have to revisit it soon and maybe post a few impressions.