Blues for Tahrir, by Todd Marcus

Blues for Tahrir

by Todd Marcus

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1.	Many Moons (intro) 01:28		buy track
2.	Many Moons 09:24		buy track
3.	Adhan 04:29	info	buy track
4.	Reflections 07:36	info	buy track
5.	Tears on the Square 04:57	info	buy track
6.	Protest 06:58	info	buy track
7.	Alien 10:13		buy track
8.	Wahsouli 07:42		buy track
9.	Summertime 07:55		buy track
10.	Bousa 05:34		buy track

about

This is the second album by the Todd Marcus Jazz Orchestra and features Marcus’ arrangements of original compositions which offer unique new directions in jazz by incorporating Middle Eastern influences.

“I’ve been interested in incorporating Middle Eastern musical influences,” Marcus explains, “as a way to pull something unique from my culture and fuse it with my music. It’s been challenging because jazz and Middle-Eastern music are so different. While jazz uses a lot of rich harmony, Middle-Eastern music tends to be a lot of unison playing or over drones and if you try to add chords, it sort of takes away the Middle-Eastern feel of the music. So it’s taken a lot of experimenting to find ways to make this fusion of the two musics work.”

It has also coincided with the Arab Spring movement in Egypt that began in 2011 which Marcus followed closely. The album's Blues for Tahrir Suite reflects efforts to capture the different moods of these recent events as it took place in Cairo in Tahrir Square.

For more check out this video about the project: youtu.be/K5kbh4PZBf4

credits

released May 15, 2015

personnel:

Todd Marcus - bass clarinet, percussion (3, 5 & 10)
Gregory Tardy - tenor sax
Russell Kirk - alto sax
Brent Birckhead - alto sax & flute
Alex Norris - trumpet
Alan Ferber - trombone
Xavier Davis - piano
Jeff Reed - bass
Eric Kennedy - drums
Jon Seligman - percussion (3-5 & 10)
Irene Jalenti - vocal (5,7 & 9)

Recording info:
Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Jeff Gruber & Blue House Productions

Recorded January 20, 2014

Produced by Todd Marcus

All compositions by Todd Marcus (Dark Voice Music, SESAC) except #7 by Gary Young (arr. Todd Marcus) and Summertime by George Gershwin, Ira Gershiwin, and DuBose Heyward (WB MUSIC CORP.OBO IRA GERSHWIN MUSIC; arr. Todd Marcus & Tim Warfield).

Photography by:
Gary Young Photography & by Dawn Whitmore

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Todd Marcus Baltimore, Maryland

Bass clarinetist/composer Todd Marcus is one of the few artists worldwide to focus on the bass clarinet in modern straight- ahead jazz.
His compositions feature ensembles from 2-10 musicians and often incorporate Middle-Eastern sounds from his Egyptian-American heritage.
Marcus balances his music by running Intersection of Change, a nonprofit addressing poverty issues in Baltimore, MD. ... more

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discography

In the Valley

Jul 2022
Trio+

Nov 2019
On These Streets

Apr 2018
Blues for Tahrir

May 2015
Inheritance

Oct 2012

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