Went to check out the Marcus Roberts Trio at the Vanguard last night. I wasn’t expecting much considering it was a mid-week thing and it wasn’t that crowded but DAMN it was good. Roland Guerin was rocking the house on bass, Jason Marsalis (who you might expect to be riding his brothers’ reputations) impressively held his own on drums, and band leader Marcus Roberts’ piano chops kept taking the trio in unexpected new directions melodically. Together, they decomposed and recast classics and new tunes with unusual glee. It was fantastic!
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Tossing out 10+ years of Edge magazine. End of an era! Hope they'll all be online someday @edgeonline http://t.co/CkniWTFL 2012-04-07
Envy is mine! Years ago, W. Marsalis brought Mr. Roberts to C’ville for a show, and I started following his work the very next day. (Sadly, I fear this may have been the time that local police stopped the Marsalis et al. convoy twice before they could get out of the neighborhood after the show.)
Otherwise, all I have is Mr. Roberts’ recordings. Don’t get me wrong; they are fab, but they are recordings.