Marcus Wyatt Quartet

ABOUT

Marcus Wyatt is a trumpet player, composer,

arranger and bandleader from Gqeberha in the

Eastern Cape, and has been an influentual and

important figure on South African musical

landscape for more than two decades -

respectful of the past, yet always moving forward

without fear of twisting boundaries.

He has performed around the globe, and worked

with an impressive array of musicians, from

Miriam Makeba, Abdullah Ibrahim, Manu Dibango

and The Metropole Orkest, to Maria Schneider,

John Faddis, Bheki Mseleku, Lionel Loueke and

Steve Turre. Wyatt is a South African Music Award

(SAMA) winner, and besides his homeland, has

appeared on festivals and in venues in over 20

different countries.

In 2022 Marcus directed the Grammy Award

winning Metropole Orkest in a critically acclaimed

performance at the iconic Royal Albert Hall, for

the celebrated BBC Proms series. He recently

released his 9th solo album “Into Dust/Waltz for

Jozi”, a live recording of his ZAR Jazz Orchestra

at The Orbit Jazz Club (Johannesburg). The Big

Band also shared the stage with Wynton Marsalis’

Jazz at Lincoln Centre Jazz Orchestra on the

opening night of the Joy of Jazz Festival 2019.

Wyatt also leads ‘The Blue Notes Tribute Orkestra’

, which pays homage to the music of legendary

South African Jazz group The Blue Notes, and also

runs the celebrated 12 piece Afrobalkan ensemble

‘Bombshelter Beast’.

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