{"id":499,"date":"2012-02-10T11:00:34","date_gmt":"2012-02-10T16:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=499"},"modified":"2012-02-09T15:53:52","modified_gmt":"2012-02-09T20:53:52","slug":"marcus-roberts-trio-at-the-dennos-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=499","title":{"rendered":"Marcus Roberts Trio at the Dennos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Saturday, February 25, 2012 8:00 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>Marcus Roberts\u2019 highly innovative and original piano style reflects his passion for great music of every genre, from the masters of jazz and classical music to his mother\u2019s gospel singing. Blind since the age of 5, the self-taught prodigy studied classical piano and later toured and recorded with Wynton Marsalis.<\/p>\n<p>The Marcus Roberts Trio is known for its virtuosic style &#8211; a style that is strongly rhythmic, melodic, and filled with\u00a0dynamic contrast. 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