Taken from the brand new album 'Beyond The Dome' Challenge Day Feat. Tony Kofi, Ms Maurice, Nathaniel Cross & Theon Cross Written By Marcus Joseph & Eddie Wakili-Hick
Album: Beyond The Dome [ALBUM] Track: 4 of 7 Title: Challenge Day Artist: Marcus Joseph Label: Jazz re:freshed Cat#: JRF0023 Formats: Vinyl LP/Digital Digital Release: 12th February 2021 Physical Release: 26th February 2021
Crew Directed by LJ Edits Assistant Director Just plain E Camera Operator Cees Artz Grip - Asad Malik Lighting Assistant 1 - Daniel Justin Lighting Assistant 2 - Myles Henry Producer - Liam John
Cast Actress - Priscilla Fagbemi Actress - Charelle Francis Actor - Raymond Dunbar Actor - Marcus Joseph
Music Credits Saxophone & Composer: Marcus Joseph Drums and Composer: Eddie Wakili Hick Tuba: Theon Cross Trombone: Nathaniel Cross Trumpet: Sheila Maurice-Grey Baritone Saxophone: Tony Kofi
Marcus is a musician and spoken word artist and his sound can be described as a warm fusion of Jazz, Reggae, Hip-Hop and Contemporary Music. He is developing the Jazz Paradigm, an immersive VR experience that weaves together graphic novel aesthetics and video game interactive narrative with themes of freedom, oppression and creativity through storytelling, music and spoken word. Marcus already performs in his own virtual Jazz Club in AltspaceVR, a club where people from around the world can visit, meet and listen to jazz and spoken word performances. Hailing from Leicester, of Afro-Caribbean Descent, classically trained artist Marcus Joseph started playing Clarinet when he was just 7 Years Old. After numerous academic achievements in Music, he began playing in Leicestershire Arts County Bands and Orchestras. He gained airplay on BBC 1Xtra as a Hip-Hop DJ and MC and was subsequently inspired to pick up the Saxophone and study Jazz at universities In Leeds, London and New Orleans. His instrumental repertoire includes Alto-Sax, Aerophone and Piano. Marcus was commissioned by 2Funky Arts in October 2021 as part of Black History month and Still I Rise midlands tour to create a performance theme that expressed his own experiences of the turbulent times shaped by Black Lives Matter and the disproportionate impact of Covid-19. His debut album Beyond the Dome was released last year on the Jazz Refreshed label. He has since played at landmark events such as Love Supreme and We Out Here. Marcus has supported the likes of Oscar Jerome, Blue Lab Beats as well as The Blackbyrds and has also worked with such luminaries as Dennis Rollins, Tony Kofi, Arun Ghosh, Dave O'Higgins, Abram Wilson, Gary Crosby and Eska. His work has been supported by Tom Robinson (6Music), Gilles Peterson (6 Music), Tony Minvielle (Jazz FM), Dj Lanni (Worldwide FM).
