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Todd Marcus Quartet at An Die Musik Live

Courtesy of Erin Connelly | Posted on September 21, 2021

Where

An Die Musik Live
409 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD
Map
410-385-2638

When

Sat, October 16, 2021
7:00 pm

Musicians

Todd Marcus
clarinet, bass
Chris Ziemba
keyboards

About

Todd Marcus - bass clarinet & clarinet
Chris Ziemba - piano
Eliot Seppa - bass
Eric Kennedy - drums

Bass clarinetist/composer Todd Marcus is one of the few jazz artists worldwide to focus their work primarily on the bass clarinet. Marcus’ straight-ahead playing has carved out a unique voice for the instrument in modern jazz. His music swings hard with both a fiery and introspective intensity but also maintains a strong lyrical sensibility.

Self-taught in jazz theory and composition, Marcus’ compositions draw largely on straight-ahead jazz and classical influences but over recent years have also increasingly explored the Middle-Eastern sounds from his Egyptian-American heritage. He has worked with other jazz artists such as Gary Bartz, Bennie Maupin, Don Byron, Larry Willis, Odean Pope, Gary Thomas, Joel Frahm, Tim Warfield, Ralph Peterson, Warren Wolf, Sean Jones, Xavier Davis, George Colligan, and Orrin Evans....

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