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Marcus Printup
While attending the University of North Florida on a music scholarship, he won the International Trumpet Guild Jazz Trumpet Competition. In 1991, Mr. Printup's life changed drastically when he met his mentor to this day, the great pianist Marcus Roberts. Mr. Roberts introduced him to Wynton Marsalis, which led to his induction into the Jazz @ Lincoln Center Orchestra in 1993.
Mr. Printup has performed and/or recorded with Betty Carter, Dianne Reeves, Eric Reed, Cyrus Chestnut, Wycliffe Gordon, Marcus Roberts among many others.
Mr. Printup has several records as a leader, Song for the Beautiful Woman, Unveiled, Hub Songs, Nocturnal Traces, The New Boogaloo, Peace In The Abstract, Bird of Paradise, London Lullaby, Ballads All Night and his latest, A Time for Love.
Mr. Printup is in demand as an educator. He facilitates masterclasses/clinics at Middle Schools, High Schools and Universities across the US.
Mr. Printup is an educator for Jazz @ Lincoln Center's Essentially Ellington competition, the Jazz @ Lincoln Center Middle School Jazz Academy, the Savannah Music Festival Swing City Competition and an adjunct faculty member of the New School in Manhattan.
Mr. Printup made his screen debut in the 1999 movie Playing By Heart and recorded on the film's soundtrack.
In 2005, a proclamation was granted to Mr. Printup declaring August 22nd “Marcus Printup Day” in his home town of Conyers, GA.
In 2008, Mr. Printup did a live Gospel CD recording for his childhood church, Peek's Chapel Baptist Church as a benefit to raise funds for the building of a new church.
Mr. Printup is endorsed by and exclusively plays Antoine Courtios Trumpets and Flugelhorns of Paris.
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Alex Weitz: Rule of Thirds
by Jack Bowers
Tenor saxophonist Alex Weitz's third album, Rule of Thirds, is a quartet date with guests--on seven of its nine tracks. In addition to playing tenor, Weitz wrote all but one of those numbers, Cole Porter's seductive “Love for Sale." Like many saxophonists these days, Weitz has excellent technique, which means he plays a lot of notes, and does that quite well. To his credit, he doesn't lean exclusively on that aspect of his talent, slowing the pace on several numbers ...
Continue ReadingGlenn Close & Ted Nash: Transformation
by Paul Rauch
Transformation is a multi-disciplinary work from saxophonist/composer Ted Nash, and iconic actress Glenn Close, exploring the multi-faceted and abstract theme of transformation. The works included examine the theme from both universal and individual conceptions. Music and literature at its best is clearly transformative for anyone experiencing it. Transformation is by essence, the highest and most illuminating expression of change. Nash embraced the project by creating a colorful and illustrative collection of pieces, embracing Close's curated literary selections recited by the ...
Continue ReadingGlenn Close/Ted Nash: Transformation
by Jack Bowers
When confronted by an album whose tracks include the names “Creation" (Parts 1 and 2), “Preludes for Memnon," “Wisdom of the Humanities" and “Reaching the Tropopause," among others, one braces for whatever may transpire, buoyed by the thought that with Glenn Close, Ted Nash and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra on board, how displeasing could it be? The verdict: not at all displeasing—but it must be appraised on its own terms, as a series of philosophical and hopefully transformative ...
Continue ReadingBill Evans & Frank Kimbrough
by Joe Dimino
We set a peaceful tone with the first track on the first episode of 2021 with Bill Evans and the iconic tune “Peace Piece." The 682nd Episode continues to profile the voices and new music that has been released during the 2020 pandemic. The music includes Marcus Printup, Monika Hoffman, Seth Trachy and Trish Clowes. We say good-bye to the great pianist Frank Kimbrough. Finally we play music off the new Disney movie Soul featuring Jon Batiste. Cheers to 2021!
Continue ReadingMarcus Printup: Jazz at Prague Castle 2007, Street Expressionism & Bird of Paradise
by Ken Dryden
Marcus Printup/Emil Viklicky Trio Jazz at Prague Castle 2007 Multisonic 2007 Paradigm Shift Street Expressionism Nagel Heyer 2007 Marcus Printup Bird of Paradise: The Music of Charlie Parker Steeplechase 2007 Trumpeter Marcus Printup made a bit of a splash with several potent CDs for Blue Note in the second half of the '90s, but ...
Continue ReadingTed Nash: Still Evolved
by Jim Santella
Ted Nash's work with Lionel Hampton, Quincy Jones, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Don Ellis, the Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra, the Herbie Nichols Project and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra has earned the saxophonist a reputation for living in the mainstream. At 43, he’s in a position to continue shaping the landscape of straight-ahead jazz through his innovative ideas.
The title of Still Evolved refers to the growth we’ve witnessed in the modern mainstream during the jazz resurgence of the ...
Continue ReadingTed Nash: Still Evolved
by C. Michael Bailey
Still Evolved can be heard as an accidental suite, a collection of compositions that hang together independent of design. Ted Nash is most recently holding down a tenor chair in the Kennedy Center Jazz Orchestra. Here he turns his attention to small group performance and composition... with a hurricane-like creative force. Mr. Nash has composed eight pieces for the standard trumpet-tenor quintet. And the music is a fresh as strawberries bursting on the roof of your mouth.
Besides ...
Continue ReadingSilkroad Announces 2021 Global Musician Workshop In Partnership With New England Conservatory
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Ann Braithwaite
Silkroad and New England Conservatory announced today the 2021 Global Musician Workshop (GMW), which will be held virtually for the first time due to the ongoing pandemic from August 8-14. GMW is directed by cellist and Silkroad artist Mike Block and features renowned faculty, including members of the Silkroad Ensemble and their colleagues, representing various cultures, traditions, and musical styles. Participants will engage in a variety of classes and group sessions designed to help them develop as versatile performers and ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Marcus Printup
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Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Marcus Printup's birthday today!
Marcus Printup, who was born and raised in Conyers, Georgia, had his first musical experiences hearing the fiery gospel music his parents sang in church, and would later discover jazz as a senior in high school. While attending the University of North Florida on a music scholarship, he won the International Trumpet Guild Jazz Trumpet Competition. In 1991, Mr. Printup\'s life changed drastically when he met his mentor to this day... ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Marcus Printup
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All About Jazz is celebrating Marcus Printup's birthday today!
Marcus Printup, who was born and raised in Conyers, Georgia, had his first musical experiences hearing the fiery gospel music his parents sang in church, and would later discover jazz as a senior in high school. While attending the University of North Florida on a music scholarship, he won the International Trumpet Guild Jazz Trumpet Competition. In 1991, Mr. Printup\'s life changed drastically when he met his mentor to this day...Marcus ...
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Viklicky and Printup in Olomouc
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
New video has surfaced from an engagement that trumpeter Marcus Printup played with the Emil Viklický Trio during Printup's visit to the Czech Republic in 2007. YouTube identifies the first piece as “In Holomoc Town," but that is likely a misspelling or alternate spelling of “Olomouc," the name of Viklický's Moravian hometown. And where is Olomouc, you might ask. It is southeast of Prague (Praha) and northeast of Brno (thanks for the map, Google). Viklický is the pianist, Petr Dvorsky ...
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Marcus Printup - Ballads All Night (Steeplechase)
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Master of a Small House
What's a Young Lion to do when he starts to grow long in the tooth? Only a few years past forty, Marcus Printup still has quite a ways to go until he reaches retirement age though he's been in the game for several decades and paid a number of dues. One in particular ended up a lemons-into-lemonade affair. After a promising start on Blue Note stalled in the wake of waning corporate jazz tastes at the close of the last ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Marcus Printup
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Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Marcus Printup's birthday today!
JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Marcus Printup
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Marcus Printup
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All About Jazz is celebrating Marcus Printup's birthday today!
JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Marcus Printup
Marcus Printup was born and raised in Conyers, Georgia. He had his first musical experiences hearing the fiery gospel music his parents sang in church, and he later discovered jazz as a senior in high school... more
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Marcus Printup and Emil Viklicky Trio Tour
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All About Jazz
Trumpeter Marcus Printup joins the Prague-based Emil Viklicky Trio for 7 concerts in the Czech Republic, starting with a performance for Czech president Vaclav Klaus at Prague Castle, a famous Spanish Hall, on February 26th, 2007.
Feb 26, Prague Castle, Spanish hall, 20:00 Feb 27, Reduta Jazz Club, Prague, 21:30 Feb 28, Boskovice, concert 20:00 Mar 1, Olomouc, Tibet JazzClub 20:00 Mar 2, Ostrava, Parnk JazzClub 20:00 Mar 3, Valask ...
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“I kind of would equate this band to the Detroit Pistons three or four years ago when they won the (NBA) championship,” says Printup. “They didn’t have a standout player. They had a team that drew together to win and create something beautiful. That’s what I think we do. It’s easy to be selfish and want to play all the solos, because we all love to improvise, but I just get a kick out of being in the same trumpet section with Wynton (Marsalis), Ryan Kisor and Sean Jones
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