{"type": "root", "children": [{"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"type": "text", "value": "Marcus Persiani (Marcus Gilmore Persiani) is a New York City-born pianist, composer, arranger, and educator whose work bridges post-bop, Afro-Cuban jazz, and spiritual improvisation. Mentored early by Billy Taylor at the Jazzmobile workshop in Harlem, he went on to perform and record with Max Roach, Dizzy Gillespie, Milt Jackson, Frank Foster, Sonny Fortune, and Carlos Garnett."}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"type": "text", "value": "A longtime mainstay of the New York jazz community and faculty member at York College (CUNY), his recordings as a leader include TheInwardEye and Community Cares."}]}]}
