Java and Jazz: Marcus Elliot

Join us at the Detroit Public Library from June thru August for free concerts held in the Clara Stanton Jones Friends Auditorium, with complimentary refreshments.

Multifaceted saxophonist, composer, and educator, Marcus Elliot is an integral part of the Detroit music scene. As a musician, he leads, co-leads and co-founded numerous bands, musical groups and ensembles that play throughout the area. He is the recipient of the Kresge Fellowship, and has performed and collaborated with Terence Blanchard, Karriem Riggins, Brian Eno, Shigeto and many others. Marcus is instructor of jazz saxophone at Wayne State University and is director of the Creative Arts Orchestra at University of Michigan.