Marvin X will be accompanied by his favorite musicians at UC Merced Black Arts Movement Conference, Feb 28, March 1-2, 2014

Trumpet master Earl Davis will be in da house. Earl was a member of Marvin X's Black Arts West Theatre, San Francisco, 1966. He also performed with Sun Ra's Arkestra, as did Marvin X.

Poet Eugene Redman will appear at the BAM conference. He is poet laureate of East St. Louis, former professor of English at Sacramento State University.