The Iceman
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May 27, 2015
6:03 AM
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A big part of the current and former Detroit Jazz Scene...
MARCUS BELGRAVE R.I.P. 1936-2015
Marcus Belgrave, a jazz trumpeter who graced stages and studios with Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Cocker and Motown artists galore, died Sunday (May 25, 2015). Belgrave was 78. He died of heart failure at an Ann Arbor, Mich. facility. Born into a family of musicians in Chester, Pa., Belgrave played professionally at 12 and joined The Ray Charles Band in the late 1950s, what he once described as "the beginning of my musical life." He became a Motown Records studio musician in 1962 and played on hits like "My Girl" and "Dancing in the Street."
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