[Dixielandjazz] Trumpeter Marcue Belgrave dies at age 78

[Norman Vickers]

To:  DJML

From: Norman Vickers, Jazz Society of Pensacola

 

This from The Guardian, UK.  FYI.

 

Norman

 

Here's a link in case you want to see the color photo:
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/24/marcus-belgrave-jazz-trumpeter-
dies-78


Marcus Belgrave, jazz trumpeter, dies at age of 78


*	Belgrave was studio musician with Motown Records in 1960s
*	Musician played with Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and Dizzy
Gillespie

 

Marcus Belgrave performs at the 33rd annual Detroit Jazz Festival in 2012.
Photograph: Ricardo Thomas/AP

Associated Press in Detroit

Sunday 24 May 2015 14.24 EDTLast modified on Sunday 24 May 2015 15.21 EDT

Marcus Belgrave, a jazz trumpeter who graced stages and studios with Ray
Charles, Aretha Franklin, Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Cocker and Motown artists
galore, has died. He was 78.

Belgrave came to Detroit <http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/detroit>  in
1962 and became a studio musician for Motown Records, playing on hits
including My Girl and Dancing in the Street.

Hazelette Crosby-Robinson, a cousin of Belgrave's wife Joan Belgrave, said
the musician died on Sunday at an Ann Arbor care facility. The cause of
death was heart failure.

Belgrave remained active on the Detroit and international jazz scenes up
until his death. He started playing professionally at 12 and joined the Ray
Charles Band in the late 1950s.

He became an original member of Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra in 1988, at
the request of Wynton Marsalis, and in 2006 was featured at Jazz at Lincoln
Center's presentation, Detroit: Motor City Jazz
<http://www.theguardian.com/music/jazz> .

He also was a prolific mentor and teacher, serving as a professor or
visiting artist at institutions including Detroit-area schools, Michigan
<http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/michigan>  State University, Stanford
University, University of California and Oberlin College.

In 2009, he received the Kresge Foundation's Eminent Artist award, honoring
nationally acclaimed artists who have pursued careers in Detroit. In a
special book the philanthropic foundation published at that time, Belgrave
said: "After 65 years of letting the music live through you, it just comes
to you."

 

 
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