Michael Marcus

Michael Marcus (August 25, 1952) Is an American Jazz multi-woodwind player & composer. He plays saxophones, clarinets, flutes, taragatos and octavins.

In 1991 Enja released Under the Wire, his debut album as a leader. He has worked & recorded with artists including: Albert King, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Frank Lowe, Carlos "Patato" Valdes, Jaki Byard, Rahn Burton, Vince Wallace, Fred Hopkins, Denis Charles, Jay Rosen, Tarus Mateen, Joe Bowie, Perry Robinson, Warren Smith and Edgar Bateman to name a few.

Marcus and Ted Daniel comprise Duology, which has collaborated with Andrew Cyrille and Henry Grimes. With Sonny Simmons, he is the co-leader of The Cosmosamatics.

Michael was rewarded an individual performance grant from the NEA (National Endowment of the Arts)-composing for a string quartet in conjunction with his original music.

Discography As leader

Under the Wire w/ Joe Bowie, William Parker [Enja Records], 1990 Here At! (Soul Note Records), 1993 Ithem (Ayler Records) 1994 Reachin' (Justin Time Records), 1996 This Happening (Justin Time) 1997 w Jaki Byard Involution (Justin Time, 1998) w/ Jaki Byard Trio Live in N.Y. (Soul Note, 1999) In the Center of it All (Justin Time) 2000 Sunwheels (Justin Time) 2001 Blue Reality (Soul Note) 2002 Speakin Out (Drimala) 2002 Soulifications (Soul Note) 2005 The Magic Door (Not Two) 2007 Lotus Symphony (Not Two) 2008 For Yes! (Not Two) 2010 Elements in Candor (For Tune) 2016 w/ Theo Jorgensmann Stone Jump (Not Two), 2021 Abstractions in Lime Caverns (ESP-Disk'), 2022 Next Stop Down (ESP-Disk), 2026

"The Cosmosamatics" w/ Sonny Simmons' The Cosmosamatics (Boxholder, 2001) The Cosmosamatics II (Boxholder, 2002) Live at Banlieues w/ Andrew Cyrille (Bleu Regard, 2003) Three (Boxholder, 2004) Reeds & Birds (Not Two, 2004) Magnitudes (Soul Note, 2005) Zetrons (Not Two, 2005) Free within the Law (Not Two, 2008) Jazz-Maalika (Saptak, 2013)"Duology" w/ Ted Daniel Duology ( Boxholder) 2007 Golden Atoms ( Soul Note ) 2008 Duology w/ Andrew Cyrille (Jazz Werkstatt ) 2011 Duology w/ Henry Grimes ( Ujjama ) 2019The Saxemble w/ Frank Lowe, James Carter, Cassius Richmond, Cindy Blackman (Qwest/Warner)N.Y. Clarinet Society w/ Perry Robinson (FSR Records)Blue Reality Quartet'' w/ Joe McPhee'-Warren Smith-Jay Rosen (Mahakala) 2021 Blue Reality Quartet Ella's Island (Mahakala) 2022 '