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Person · Open Library
- Works
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- Mississippi Zombie - Volume 4
- Shook! a Black Horror Anthology
- Drink and Disorder
- Fighter
- Mississippi Zombie - Volume 3
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1963
Discography
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Marcus Roberts (born September 7, 1963 in Jacksonville, Florida) is an American jazz pianist who has achieved fame as a gifted player committed to celebrating classic standards and jazz traditions. Blind since his youth, Roberts began playing piano at an early age and then studied the instrument while attending Florida State University. In 1985, he got his big break when famed trumpeter Wynton Marsalis chose him as his new sideman. He became a close friend and disciple of Marsalis <a href="http
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Roberts
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Jacksonville
- Occupation
- composer
- Employer
- Florida State University
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- piano
- Official website
- www.marcusroberts.com
- Image
- Marcus Roberts 2010.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1963-08-07
- medical condition
- blindness
- birth name
- Marthaniel Roberts
- name in native language
- Marcus Roberts
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