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Marcus Rojas
American musician
Marcus Rojas (born February 23, 1963) is an American tubist from New York City.
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| Background information | |
| Born | (1963-02-23) February 23, 1963 (age 61) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz, classical, chamber music |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Tuba |
Rojas was born in New York City on February 23, 1963, and grew up in Red Hook, Brooklyn.[1] His early influences included Eddie Palmieri, Willie Colón, and uncles who played percussion and trombone.[1] He began on trombone at elementary school, then changed to tuba in junior high school.[1] At age 15, Rojas began lessons with tubist Samuel Pilafian.[2] He went on to attend the High School of Music & Art in New York, and studied further at the New England Conservatory.[1]
"After graduation, he moved back to New York and started to work with a wide variety of musicians in different settings, including bassist Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra, composer-saxophonist Henry Threadgill's Very Very Circus, trumpeter Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy."[1] He has played in the orchestras of the Metropolitan Opera and the New York City Ballet.[3]
Rojas formed the trio Spanish Fly with Steven Bernstein and David Tronzo in 1989.[3] He has also worked with the American Symphony Orchestra, Foetus, Sly & Robbie, and John Zorn.[4]
He has taught at New York University, State University of New York at Purchase, and Brooklyn College.[1]
As co-leader
- Brass Bang! with Steven Bernstein, Paolo Fresu, Gianluca Petrella (Bonsai/Tuk, 2014)
- Tattoos And Mushrooms with Steven Bernstein, Kresten Osgood (ILK Music, 2009)
As sideman
With Bob Belden
- 1991 Straight to My Heart: The Music of Sting
- 2001 Black Dahlia
With David Byrne
- 1994 David Byrne
- 2012 Love This Giant
With Thomas Chapin
- 1992 Insomnia
- 1999 Alive
With Dave Douglas
- Mountain Passages (Greenleaf, 2005)
- Spirit Moves (Greenleaf, 2009)
- United Front: Brass Ecstasy at Newport (Greenleaf, 2011)
- Rare Metal (Greenleaf, 2011)
With Spanish Fly
- 1994 Rags to Britches
- 1996 Fly by Night
With Sting
- 2009 If on a Winter's Night...
- 2010 Symphonicities
- 2013 The Last Ship
With They Might Be Giants
With Henry Threadgill
- Too Much Sugar for a Dime (Axiom, 1993)
- Carry the Day (Columbia, 1994)
- Makin' a Move (Columbia, 1995)
With Victor Wooten
- 2012 Sword & Stone
- 2012 Words & Tones
With John Zorn
- 1992 John Zorn's Cobra: Live at the Knitting Factory
- 2002 Cobra: John Zorn's Game Pieces Volume 2
- 2011 The Satyr's Play / Cerberus
With others
- 1987 No Dummies Allowed, Charlie Persip
- 1991 Spirit of Nuff...Nuff, Very Very Circus
- 1996 Mundo Civilizado, Arto Lindsay
- 1996 Gravity!!!, Howard Johnson and Gravity
- 1999 Hold the Elevator, Orange Then Blue
- 2000 Muy Divertido!, Marc Ribot
- 2001 Songs I Heard, Harry Connick Jr.
- 2003 Alegría, Wayne Shorter
- 2004 Lake Biwa, Wadada Leo Smith
- 2004 While the Music Lasts, Jesse Harris
- 2008 Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs of Joy & Peace, Yo-Yo Ma
- 2009 Arrow, Clare & the Reasons
- 2009 Declaration, Donny McCaslin
- 2009 Tattoos & Mushrooms, Steven Bernstein
- 2009 Trombone Tribe, Roswell Rudd
- 2010 Girls Need Attention, Richard Julian
- 2010 Heavy Dreaming, Ryan Keberle
- 2011 The Gaddabouts, The Gaddabouts
- 2012 Manhattan Jazz Orchestra Plays Disney, Manhattan Jazz Orchestra
- 2016 Stranger to Stranger, Paul Simon[5]
- Suzuki, Yoko (2015), Rojas, Marcus, Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2276393
- "Sam composed by Cole Davis - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
- Kennedy, Gary W. (2003), Rojas, Marcus (jazz), Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J680300
- Layne, Joslyn. "Marcus Rojas". AllMusic. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
- "Marcus Rojas | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved August 5, 2018.