The
Warne Marsh Information Site
There is an ever increasing interest in the life and
music of the late jazz tenor saxophonist Warne Marsh,
born Los Angeles, California, 26 October, 1927, died
North Hollywood, California, 18 December, 1987.
There are many who consider Warne Marsh to be one of
the most creative improvisers in the history of jazz
music.
Warne Marsh performing at ’The Half Note', NYC, June 6, 1964
In the recent past, three
books have been published dealing with the life
and music of this musician:
"An
Unsung Cat" written by Safford Chamberlain, and
published by The Scarecrow Press, 4720 Boston Way,
Lanham, Maryland 20706, USA (ISBN 0-8108-3718-8) and a
quite remarkable novel "Out Of Nowhere" by Marcus M.
Cornelius - available here.
In addition to these two, John Klopotowski who both
studied and played with Warne Marsh in the early
1980's, has published an on-line book which can be
reached here: A Jazz Life: Memoirs and
studies drawn from experiences as a student of
Warne Marsh, 1982-87 The print version of the book can
also be found here.
This book combines the story of Warne Marsh, his
music, and his teaching methods in an informed and
inspiring way. John says the book has had almost
35,000 reads so far.
Many years ago, Jack Goodwin, the creator of The Warne
Marsh Information Site began a Warne Marsh
discography. In the course of adding and editing
information, Jack gradually found himself in contact
with many other Marsh enthusiasts around the
world. Eventually, he had the idea of presenting
the discography and any other Marsh information on a
web site so as to be available for anyone who has a
similar interest.
All of our readers and Warne Marsh enthusiasts
throughout the world are encouraged to share their
thoughts, memories, experiences, specific
performance/recording information etc. for the record
so that Warne’s legacy may continue to grow. All help
and input to the site is much appreciated. I welcome
contributions from anyone who has known, or worked
with Warne Marsh and has any anecdotes they feel would
be of interest to others. I would also appreciate your
comments and suggestions on the site - good or bad!
Seth Kaplan
Web Manager - Warne Marsh Information Site