Marcus Roberts

piano · 1963 · Jacksonville

American pianist, composer and arranger born in 1963 in Jacksonville (Florida), blind since childhood. He replaced Kenny Kirkland in Wynton Marsalis's group in the 1980s and founded The Modern Jazz Generation in 2012.

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Styles

• Neoclassicism, Young Lions

Landmark tracks

• Nebuchadnezzar (1990)
• Spiritual Awakening (1990)
• The Governor (1990)
• Deep in the Shed (1990)

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