Marcus Belgrave's guest appearances

Marcus Belgrave

The Checkout

Sveifludansar

Nate Smith

Quincy Jones

Dave Douglas

Steve Gadd

Béla Fleck

John Ellis

Dan Tepfer

Bobby McFerrin

Michael Bourne

Saul Williams

Melanie Charles

Frank Kimbrough

José James

David Murray

Robert Randolph

OwlTail

Theo Croker vividly remembers his first lesson with Detroit’s brass hero Marcus Belgrave. It was an encounter that rattled Croker to his core — leaving him in tears and forcing him to come to grips with his shortcomings and aspirations. Though he was already studying trumpet at Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and a grandson of the New Orleans trumpet great Doc Cheatham, that first lesson called everything into question.

Theo Croker Recalls a Trumpet Mentor, Marcus Belgrave, Before a Winter Jazzfest Salute