Jazz Articles about Hugh Marsh

Hugh Marsh: Hugmars

by Dan McClenaghan
October 17, 2006

There's nothing careful in Canadian violinist Hugh Marsh's artistry. My first reaction to Hugmars ran parallel to my thoughts on an initial encounter with a Frank Zappa album back in '67, an ear-opening experience that had me mumbling: “This is really weird."Hugmars opens up with “Rocket #9," scratching to life on a cosmic static that gives way to a brief spoken-word interlude by Kokayi, “One day it will happen, could be happenin' now, a voice from another dimension..." ...