Marcus Strickland

Given birth to in 1979, jazz saxophonist Marcus Strickland is really a charter person in the 21st hundred years jazz vanguard. Like the torrent of performers that appeared around the jazz scenery in the first ’80s to draw jazz from the grasp from the Fusion Period, Strickland, his similar twin sibling E.J. Strickland (drummer), and performers such as for example Jeremy Pelt and Robert Glasper breathed new lease of life into jazz early in the brand new millennium. Throughout a five-year stint with venerable drummer Roy Haynes, Strickland released two albums on the new Audio New Talent label. FINALLY premiered in 2001, accompanied by Brotherhood in 2003. Both albums presented precocious peers (Pelt, Glasper, bassist Brandon Owens) playing a lyrical, fiery, modern jazz. For another 3 years, Strickland toured with performers such as for example Jeff “Tain” W and Haynes and Dave Douglass, while also keeping down dates along with his personal music group. In 2006, he individually released Twi-Life, an exciting double-album by himself label, Strick Muzik. The recording received much crucial compliment and proclaimed him “Greatest New Designer” within the JazzTimes Visitors’ Poll. In 2007, the Twi-Life group released a live recording entitled Open up Reel Deck on Strick Muzik. The recording presented Lage Lund on acoustic guitar, Carlos Henderson on electrical bass, and E.J. Strickland on drums, in addition to trumpeter Keyon Harrold, the hip-hop-tinged poetry of Malachi, and something monitor with pianist Jon Cowherd. The recording displayed the interested part of Strickland’s compositional abilities through funk, hip-hop, Afro-beat, rock and roll, ska, and jungle grooves. Strickland was voted “Increasing Celebrity, Soprano Saxophone” in Downbeat Magazine’s 2008 Critic’s Poll. He released two albums in ’09 2009 — Of Track around the Criss Mix label and Idiosyncrasies on his label beneath the fresh name of SMK. Of Track, with sibling E.J., Ben Williams, and David Bryant was a far more straight-ahead arranged, whereas Idiosyncracies presented Strickland’s progressively daring compositions. Throughout his profession, Strickland spent some time working with a number of performers, including Mos Def, Nicholas Payton, Christian McBride, the Charles Tolliver Big Music group, and Tom Harrell, amongst others. In 2011, the saxophonist individually released the half-studio/half-live dual disc Triumph from the Large, Vols. 1 & 2. One disk provided a concert family portrait of his longtime trio with drummer E.J. and bassist Ben Williams, while studio room part was a quartet with pianist David Bryant added. Strickland agreed upon to Blue Be aware Information in 2015. He added a reading of Janet Jackson’s 1986 strike “Let’s Wait around Awhile” with vocalist Christie Dashiell. Within the springtime of 2016, Strickland released Nihil Novi, his full-length debut being a head for the label. It had been made by Meshell N’Degeocello and highlighted an entirely brand-new band known as Twi-Life (from his 2006 record name) with trumpeter Harrold, bassist Kyle Mls, drummer Charles Haynes, organist Mitch Henry, and keyboardist Masayuki Hirano. The record also highlighted all-star efforts from vocalist Jean Baylor, bassist Pino Palladino, drummer Chris Dave, guitarist Chris Bruce, and pianist Robert Glasper (the last mentioned played in the Twi-Life record).