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Marcus Batista Belgrave (June 12, 1936 – May 23, 2015) was an American player from , born in Chester, Pennsylvania. He recorded with numerous musicians from the 1950s onwards. Belgrave was inducted into the class of 2017 of the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame in Detroit, Michigan.


Biography
Belgrave was tutored by before joining the touring band. Belgrave later worked with , and recorded with Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, , The Four Tops, , , , , , , La Palabra, Sammy Davis Jr., , and John Sinclair, plus more recently with his wife Joan Belgrave, among others.

Belgrave was an occasional faculty member at Stanford Jazz Workshop and a visiting professor of jazz trumpet at the Oberlin Conservatory.

Belgrave died on May 23, 2015, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, of heart failure, after being hospitalized since April with complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and congestive heart failure.


Discography

As leader
  • Gemini II (, 1974; reissued Universal Sound, 2004).
  • Working together (Detroit Jazz), 1992 (featuring Lawrence Williams)
  • Live at Kerrytown Concert House (Detroit Jazz), 1995
  • In the tradition (GHB) (featuring and )
  • You don't know me – Tribute to New Orleans, Ray Charles and the Great Ladies of Song (DJMC), 2006 (featuring Joan Belgrave & Charlie Gabriel)
  • Marcus, Charlie and Joan...Once again (DJMC), 2008


As sideman
With With
  • Open on All Sides in the Middle (Minor Music, 1987)
  • (Blue Note, 1991)
  • Maroons (Blue Note, 1992)
  • The Life of a Song (Telarc, 2004)
  • Grand River Crossings (Motéma, 2013)
With
  • Way Down (Pacific Jazz, 1962)
With Joan Belgrave
  • Excitable (Detroit Jazz Musicians Co-Op, 2009)
  • Merry Christmas Baby (Detroit Jazz Musicians Co-Op, 2014)
With
  • Dig These Blues (Atlantic, 1966)
With
  • Theatre (ECM, 1983)
With
  • Big Band (Verve, 1997)
With B.B. King
  • Let the Good Times Roll (1999)
With
  • Kirk 'n Marcus (Criss Cross Jazz, 1987)
  • Lightsey to Gladden (Criss Cross Jazz 1306,1991)
With David Murray
  • Black & Black (1991)
With David "Fathead" Newman
  • Fathead (album) (Atlantic, 1960)
  • Fathead Comes On (Atlantic, 1962)
  • Resurgence! (Muse, 1981)
With
  • Scotch and Milk (Delmark, 1997)
With
  • The Real Thing (Eastbound, 1973)
With
  • Aiee! The Phantom (Arabesque, 1996)
With
  • La Leyenda de La Hora (Columbia, 1985)
With and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
  • They Came To Swing (live) (Sony, 1994)


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