Marcus Rojas
American musician

Marcus Rojas

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American musician
Gender:
Male
Places:
United States of America
Is:
EducatorMusicianMusic educatorJazz musicianComposer
Work field:
AcademiaMusic
Birth:
23 February 1963(Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA)
Star sign:
Pisces
Genres:
Jazz
Instruments:
Tuba
Education:
New England Conservatory
Boston, Suffolk County, USA
Employers:
New York University
Manhattan, New York City, USA
Brooklyn College
USA
Manhattan School of Music
Manhattan, New York City, USA
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Marcus Rojas (born February 23, 1963) is an American tubist from New York City.

Early life

Rojas was born in New York City on February 23, 1963, and grew up in Red Hook, Brooklyn. His early influences included Eddie Palmieri, Willie Colón, and uncles who played percussion and trombone. He began on trombone at elementary school, then changed to tuba in junior high school. He went on to attend the High School of Music & Art in New York, and studied further at the New England Conservatory.

Career

"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, and the Metropolitan Opera."

Rojas formed the trio Spanish Fly with Steve Bernstein and Dave Tronzo in 1989. He has also worked with the American Symphony Orchestra, Foetus, Sly & Robbie, and John Zorn.

He has taught at New York University, State University of New York at Purchase, and Brooklyn College.

Discography

As co-leader

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

  • 2004 Indestructible Object
  • 2011 Album Raises New And Troubling Questions

With Henry Threadgill

  • Too Much Sugar for a Dime (Axiom, 1993)
  • Carry the Day (Columbia, 1994)
  • Makin' a Move (Columbia, 1995)

With Loudon Wainwright III

  • 2009 High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project
  • 2012 Older Than My Old Man Now

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