Jazz Articles about Marbin

About Marbin

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Album Review

Categorizing Marbin's eponymous release as ambient jazz hugely underestimates its music. It is rather atmospheric, but also has enough improvisational substance to not just stay in the background. Marbin is the duo of guitarist Dani Rabin and saxophonist Danny Markovitz. The two also composed all the pieces on the record, ranging from the vaguely bluesy “Abadaba" and theatrical “Mei" (with added vocalese from Mat Davidson), to the Japanese-sounding “Crystal Bells" and gorgeous tango, “Cuba." The CD is ...

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Marbin: Marbin

Read "Marbin" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose
February 9, 2010

There is an almost Zen-like quality to Marbin, saxophonist Danny Markovitch and guitarist Dani Rabin's debut as a duo. However, the quiet nature and perfectly still life of the music belies the poignant emotional underbelly that simmers constantly throughout the set. That this emotion is deeply personal is evident from the meditative--almost ponderous--nature of much of the music, but the conundrum is further heightened by the fact that what connects Marbin to their music is also a seemingly universal longing ...