Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Kansas City Jazz Trombonist, Bandleader, Arranger & Educator Marcus Lewis .. UNESCO Creative City KC recognized him as the winner of the 2020 American Music International Innovator Award for his leadership and creativity in musical composition and as a creative director for the Marcus Lewis Big Band for his original compositions fusing the big band jazz tradition of Kansas City with the latest and greatest hip hop from Kemet and Kadesh Flow with Brass and Boujee. This award recognizes musicians who have demonstrated a unique combination of American musical genres by fusing these sounds into new contemporary music that sustains the American music heritage and legacy of sound. He has a BM in jazz performance from Valdosta State University and MM in trombone performance from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. These days he is a busy cat leading his own quintet and 18-piece big band. Over the years, he has been doing this for years performing with the likes of Aretha Franklin, Prince, Janelle Monáe, Bruno Mars, among many others .. He also has a passion for education and is the Founder and Artistic Director of Future Jazz, a nonprofit dedicated to jazz education, along with being the Adjunct Jazz Trombone Professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance. Dig this interview.
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