The Bickel/Marks Group

The Bickel/Marks Group: The Bickel/Marks Group with Dave Liebman

by Jerry D'Souza
August 19, 2010

Doug Bickel and Dennis Marks have been playing together since 1987 when they were at the University of Miami. They formed a band and recorded a demo with alto saxophonist Matt Vashlishan and drummer Marco Marcinko in 1991, but nothing came of it. Both went on to become academics, while keeping music within sight with their own projects and in other bands including those of Woody Herman, Maynard Ferguson and Arturo Sandoval, where they found a common home.