Three Keys to Success: Marcus Johnson

A native of Silver Springs, MD, Marcus earned a law degree and an MBA from Georgetown University. He counts McCoy Tyner, Errol Garner and Oscar Peterson as his early musical influences. He got his career in gear as a piano student at DC's Montgomery Blair High School, and also at his church. Marcus’ management and production company, Marimelj Entertainment Group (which includes the award-winning Three Keys music label) has R&B diva Alyson Williams on the roster along with jazz great Bobby Lyle--lessons from selling his first CD out of the trunk of a beat-up Toyota 4Runner, to forming Three Keys Music in 1998.