Eddie Marshall
Edwin " Eddie" Marshall Jr. ( born April 13, 1938 in Springfield, Massachusetts; † 7 September 2011) was an American jazz drummer.
Life and work
Marshall played in his early years in the swing band of his father and in rhythm-and - blues bands during his high school days. In 1956 he moved to New York and developed his drumming style under the influence of Max Roach and Art Blakey. Two years later he played in a quartet of Charlie Mariano and Toshiko Akiyoshi; after two years in the U.S. Army, he returned in 1965 in Akiyoshis band back. One year he played with Mike Nock in the house band at the club "The Cathedral " in New York, worked at this time with Stan Getz and accompanied the singer Dionne Warwick on tour. In 1967 he was a member of the jazz-rock band "The Fourth Way " in San Francisco, who is also Michael White and Ron McClure belonged beside him and Nock. From the Bay Area from Marshall toured with the band until it ends at the beginning of the 1970s; then he played with Jon Hendricks and the Pointer Sisters.
The mid-1970s, he worked with Bobby Hutcherson, also with John Klemmer, Kenny Burrell and 1977 with Art Pepper and Paul Nash. This year, Marshall's first album under his own name, " Dance of the Sun " was created with Hutcherson and George Cables as accompanying musicians. In 1980 he played with Pharoah Sanders and Ahmad Jamal. In 1984 he was a member of the band " Bebop and Beyond" with John Handy and Cables. A heart surgery this year prevented him temporarily from continuing his drummer career: He moved in 1985 to the recorder with his recordings for the album "California Meeting", but accompanied in 1987 again Toshiko Akiyoshi on her trio album " Interlude " as a drummer. He also worked as a teacher at the San Francisco School of the Arts. His second album as a leader was 1999 ( Holy Mischief ). He was responsible for music of the millennium several years in the San Francisco Arts Commission.
Disco Graphical Notes
- Toshiko Akiyoshi Charlie Mariano and Toshiko / Mariano Quartet ( Candid, 1960)
- Art Pepper. San Francisco Samba (Contemporary Records, 1977)