[Dixielandjazz] Trumpeter Marcue Belgrave dies at age 78

[Norman Vickers]

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From: Norman Vickers

 

Listmate John Blegen comments on Marcus Belgrave’s life and death.  Thanks John.

 

 

From: John Blegen [mailto:jcblegen at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 3:59 PM
To: Norman Vickers
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Trumpeter Marcue Belgrave dies at age 78

 

Hi Norman,

 

I was very sorry to see that Marcus Belgrave had passed.  I actually had a gig with him once, back in the mid-sixties, at a "Your Father's Mustache" in Somer's Point, NJ.  Marcus could play any style, and this was a Chicago-style trad band made of players mostly from the Philadelphia area.  We would play on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, and the banjo/trombone sing-along bands would play at night.  Marcus was living in Chester, PA, at the time, and I drove him back there from the shore in my '53 Chevy.  We sang Monk songs on the way.  I've enjoyed following Marcus's fine career over the years. 

 

John




John Blegen 

 

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