Marcus Roberts discusses his early musical influences

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Marcus Roberts discusses the sound of piano

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Marcus Roberts on solo piano

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Q: “Obviously, you can express yourself by just playing solo piano, which you do so much…”

A: “It's the only instrument that has the full range of an orchestra alone. You know, it's the only ... you know, certainly, there are very few. But I think of all the instruments, I think that if you're playing a nine-foot style and you have the real power and range and philosophical and spiritual perspective from which to draw from that, it's unequaled as far as the level of power that you can achieve individually.”