Jazz Articles about Warne Marsh

Warne Marsh

by Peter Madsen
May 30, 2006

One of my first great musical experiences in New York happened shortly after I had arrived here in 1980. I was rehearsing once a week with a band co-led by trumpeter Manny Duran and singer Carla White up in Breton Hall on 86th street and Broadway. During one of the rehearsals a shy thin gray haired man with a goatee walked in the room with a tenor saxophone and began to play with us. We were playing something like Tad ...

Warne Marsh: An Unsung Cat: The Life and Music of Warne Marsh

by AAJ Staff
June 1, 2001

As a companion piece to the book by Safford Chamberlain of the same name, this CD traces the musical life of Warne Marsh, the brilliant Tenor Saxophonist, from 1945 to 1987. We see Marsh as an 18 year old echoing the style of the Hawkins/Webster generation to one imbued with the spirit of Charlie Parker in a metamorphosis of incredible beauty.

Apple Honey (1945-46) This is a tape from a radio broadcast of the Hoagy Carmichael ...

Warne Marsh: An Unsung Cat the Life and Music of Warne Marsh

by Dave Nathan
May 1, 2001

This Storyville release compiles both released and unreleased material by Warne Marsh made over a 42-year period. The album is an adjunct to a book of the same name by Safford Chamberlain who contributed the informative liner notes.

Marsh's style and technique are reminiscent of Paul Desmond's cool alto. Like his personality, Marsh's playing is self effacing and laid back. A student of jazz innovator Lennie Tristano, there are two cuts on this album where Marsh is joined by fellow ...

Warne Marsh/Lee Konitz: Jazz Exchange, Vol. 2: Live At The Montmartre Club

by AAJ Staff
December 1, 1997

Warne Marsh and Lee Konitz were the best known saxmen employed by the risk- taking Lennie Tristano, and as strong a rapport as they enjoyed, they really didn’t play together as often or as consistently over the years as some might think. The two were reunited with impressive results on this live Copenhagen date from 1975, which first came out on the Danish Storyville label and has been reissued on a great-sounding gold audiophile CD by Mobile Fidelity. Marsh’s tenor ...