Marvin Sewell is a blues/jazz guitarist, who has been called maybe "the greatest guitarist you've never heard of". He was born and grew up in

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, where he attended the Chicago Musical College at

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. Since 1990, he has been based in

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. He has played with many leading jazz artists, notably

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, Jack DeJohnette,

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and

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. He also leads the Marvin Sewell Group. He performed with Cassandra Wilson on two tracks in the 2003 PBS documentary, '' Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey''.

Discography

As leader

* 2005: ''The Worker's Dance''

As sideman

* 1993: ''With All Your Heart'',

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* 1993: '' Exile's Gate'', Gary Thomas * 1994: '' Extra Special Edition'', Jack DeJohnette * 1994: '' Stringology'',

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and

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* 1996: ''Overkill'', Gary Thomas * 1996: ''Art Forum'', Greg Osby * 1998: '' Traveling Miles'',

* 1999: ''

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'',

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* 1999: ''Chicago'', Yoron Israel & Organic * 2000: ''How Can I Keep From Singing?'',

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* 2002: ''

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'', Cassandra Wilson * 2003 ''Wise Children'',

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* 2004: '' Same Mother'',

* 2006: ''

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'', Jason Moran * 2008: '' Loverly'', Cassandra Wilson * 2009: '' Closer to You: The Pop Side'', Cassandra Wilson * 2010: '' Silver Pony'', Cassandra Wilson * 2010: ''

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'',

* 2014: ''Southern Comfort'',

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* 2014: ''Landmarks'', Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band * 2014: '' Beautiful Life'',

Dianne Reeves Dianne Elizabeth Reeves (born October 23, 1956) is an American jazz singer. Biography Dianne Reeves was born in Detroit, Michigan, into a musical family. Her father sang, her mother played trumpet, her uncle is bassist Charles Burrell, and h ...

* 2015: ''The Evolution of Oneself'', Orrin Evans * 2016: ''Dazzling Blue: The Music of Paul Simon'',

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* 2017: ''Grace'', Lizz Wright * 2017: '' Ella: Accentuate the Positive'', Regina Carter * 2020: ''Be Water'', Christian Sands

References

External links

Official web site
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