Todd Marcus Jazz Orchestra at An Die Musik Live

“Mr. Marcus is probably the most inventive bass clarinetist working in straight-ahead jazz today…[and] lives in Baltimore, where he is a guiding light on the city’s jazz scene who doubles as an activist and organizer.” --- New York Times, August 2017
"Marcus...is clearly what the jazz polls call a "rising star" - as a composer-arranger and as a bass clarinetist. In Marcus' hands, the bass clarinet is no longer a specialty instrument. Its unique timbral richness becomes incisive, fully capable of forceful expression." - JazzTimes, August 2015
"Todd Marcus is not only one of the great individualists in jazz, he's also a great composer. There’ve been some amazing big band jazz albums issued in the past few years, but none as good as this since Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society released their withering anti-gentrification broadside Brooklyn Babylon in 2012. As happened with that album, time may judge Blues for Tahrir to be a classic." --New York Music Daily, May 2015...

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“Mr. Marcus is probably the most inventive bass clarinetist working in straight-ahead jazz today…[and] lives in Baltimore, where he is a guiding light on the city’s jazz scene who doubles as an activist and organizer.” --- New York Times, August 2017
"Marcus...is clearly what the jazz polls call a "rising star" - as a composer-arranger and as a bass clarinetist. In Marcus' hands, the bass clarinet is no longer a specialty instrument. Its unique timbral richness becomes incisive, fully capable of forceful expression." - JazzTimes, August 2015
"Todd Marcus is not only one of the great individualists in jazz, he's also a great composer. There’ve been some amazing big band jazz albums issued in the past few years, but none as good as this since Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society released their withering anti-gentrification broadside Brooklyn Babylon in 2012. As happened with that album, time may judge Blues for Tahrir to be a classic." --New York Music Daily, May 2015


Todd Marcus - bass clarinet
Greg Tardy - tenor sax
Sharel Cassity - flute & alto sax
Russell Kirk - alto sax
Freddie Hendrix - trumpet
Alan Ferber - trombone
Xavier Davis - piano
Jeff Reed - bass
Eric Kennedy - drums
A nonet of six horns (bass clarinet, alto saxophone/flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, trumpet, trombone), piano, bass, drums and optional vocalist with musicians from Baltimore, New York, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, and Tennessee. The group’s instrumentation, compositions, and arrangements create a rich sound with music that incorporates straight-ahead jazz with other influences from classical to Middle-Eastern themes. The music explores a range of moods while swinging hard and showcasing the diverse soloists in the ensemble.
Tickets: $20 in advance/$23 at door; $10 full-time students with ID

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