DESCRIPTION:
The pianist Marcus Roberts rose to prominence as a gifted performer — first with the Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center bands for years, then with his own trio and as a classical soloist. Along the way, he's become a mentor to many younger musicians, training many on the bandstand and from his professorship at Florida State University. That's given rise to a new group called The Modern Jazz Generation, which recently released a suite of original work called Romance, Swing, and the Blues. The band combines his working trio with horn proteges from throughout his career — a dozen musicians in all.

Marcus Roberts recently returned to Jazz at Lincoln Center with The Modern Jazz Generation for a five night run at Dizzy's Club CocaCola. Jazz Night In America presents a set of selections from the Romance suite along with arrangements of standards and early jazz classics.

SETLIST
4:10 ‘Being Attacked by the Blues’
17:05 ‘Evening Caress’
27:21 ‘Oh No, How Could You?’

MUSICIANS
Marcus Roberts, Rodney Jordan, Jason Marsalis, Tim Blackmon, Etienne Charles, Joe Goldberg, Alphonso Horne, Tissa Khosla, Ricardo Pascal, Stephen Riley, Corey Wilcox

CREDITS
Producers: Nick Michael, Alex Ariff, Patrick Jarenwattananon / Editor: Morgan McCloy / Concert Camera Operators: Nick Michael, Maia Stern, A.J. Wilhelm / Concert Recording Engineer: Rob Macomber / Audio Engineer: Suraya Mohamed / Additional Video: Colin Marshall, Nick Michael / Additional Audio: Alex Ariff, Josie Holtzman / Special Thanks: Eugenia Han, Justin Bias / Executive Producer: Anya Grundmann

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