Critical Esteem For Marcus Roberts' 'New Orleans Meets Harlem, Vol. 1'

New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Marcus Roberts' new record 'New Orleans Meets Harlem, Vol. 1,' already called one of 2009's best jazz albums and an artistic peak for the lauded pianist, is available digitally on iTunes, Amazon, eMusic and elsewhere via TuneCore. Now, it's available for download and on CD at https://www.marcusroberts.com.

Listen to Marcus Roberts perform and discuss the genesis of the album on NPR's All Things Considered here:
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102845436

Here's what critics are saying:
"Contender for 2009's best jazz album" - Boston Globe, Steve Greenlee, April 13, 2009
"Roberts poetically illuminates links between the 20th century and the 21st" - Chicago Tribune, Howard Reich, March 31, 2009
"Rich and surprising... Roberts is clearly at an artistic peak" - Jazz Times, Marc Silver, May 2009
"A launching pad for a nonlinear master class on jazz styles" - USA Today, from Brian Mansfield's weekly playlist, April 7, 2009
"His ability to reshuffle extremely well-known songs..., his enthusiasm for pushing Southern blues language into weird and rarefied places and the latticework of articulate rhythm he builds up with his drummer (Jason Marsalis) and his bassist (Roland Guerin) make the record worth hearing." Ben Ratliff, NY Times, November 24, 2008
Marcus Roberts 2009 Tour Dates: https://www.shorefire.com/index.php?a=pressrelease&o=2836