Marcus Belgrave: In the Louis Armstrong Tradition
Marcus Belgrave: In the Louis Armstrong Tradition
From "Hello Dolly" and "What A Wonderful World", to Armstrong's earliest classics like "West End Blues", "Stardust" and "Potato Head Blues", Marcus Belgrave is undoubtedly one of the few
performers in the world with the three essential qualities needed to deliver a loving and convincing tribute to "Satchmo". He is an astonishing jazz trumpet virtuoso with a natural low, gravelly voice, and a warm stage persona with "down home" humor.
Marcus has been an internationally recognized jazz trumpet great for forty years. Bursting into prominence as a teenaged sensation in The Ray Charles Orchestra. Marcus also delivered the soulful horn that helped to define the legendary "Motown Sound". Chosen by Wyton Marsalis for the original Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, he continues to tour and record around the world while appearing on television.
Belgrave will perform Saturday, May 10 at The Thrasher-Horne Center for the Arts in Orange Park. This season finale MAINSTAGE at The Thrasher-Horne Center truly is a musical journey through the life and story of one of America's most beloved musicians of all time. Tickets are $12, $18, and $24. (904) 276-6750.
