Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1963-08-07
- Works
- 14
Top works
- Mississippi Zombie - Volume 4
- Shook! a Black Horror Anthology
- Drink and Disorder
- Fighter
- Mississippi Zombie - Volume 3
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 74,503
- Total plays
- 310,037
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Marcus Roberts (born September 7, 1963 in Jacksonville, Florida) is an American jazz pianist who has achieved fame as a gifted player committed to celebrating classic standards and jazz traditions. Blind since his youth, Roberts began playing piano at an early age and then studied the instrument while attending Florida State University. In 1985, he got his big break when famed trumpeter Wynton Marsalis chose him as his new sideman. He became a close friend and disciple of Marsalis <a href="http
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,392x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,355x
- Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis
· 2022 · cited 13,054x
- Differential gene and transcript expression analysis of RNA-seq experiments with TopHat and Cufflinks
· 2012 · cited 10,911x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,795x
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Key dates
- Born
- 7 August 1963
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Roberts
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Jacksonville
- Occupation
- musician
- Employer
- Florida State University
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- piano
- Official website
- www.marcusroberts.com
Connections
Categories
1963 births20th-century American male pianists20th-century American pianists21st-century American male pianists21st-century American pianistsAmerican blind pianistsAmerican jazz bandleadersAmerican jazz pianistsAmerican male jazz pianistsAmerican musicians with disabilitiesBlind jazz musiciansBlind scholars and academics