John Stanley Marshall
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John Stanley Marshall (born August 28, 1941 in London ), better known as John Marshall , is an English modern jazz drummer who has worked in numerous important groups on the English scene.
Life
Marshall had after studying psychology at the University of Reading and teaching a. a. at Philly Joe Jones 1964 his first engagement with the Blues Incorporated by Alexis Korner . He then worked for Graham Collier (1965 to 1970), Michael Garrett , Michael Gibbs and Mike Westbrook . He was a founding member of the jazz rock band Nucleus , where he played from 1969 to 1971, and has worked with a variety of jazz and rock musicians , including Arthur Brown , Georgie Fame , Joe Harriott , Chris Spedding and Centipede . In the 1970s he worked with Jack Bruce , Soft Machine and Hugh Hopper , the Spontaneous Music Orchestra , John Surman , Charlie Mariano , Arild Andersen , Volker Kriegel and Eberhard Webers Colors (1977 to 1981). He later worked with Gil Evans , Uli Beckerhoff , Wolfgang Mirbach and the aforementioned musicians.
Since 1999, he has worked with other former Soft Machine members on several soft machine related projects such as SoftWhere , SoftWorks and Soft Machine Legacy . He also worked as a companion for singers such as Sarah Vaughan , Leon Thomas , Elaine Delmar and Karin Krog .
Discographic notes
- Graham Collier / Deep Dark Blue Center (1967, Deram)
- Michael Garrick / Jazz Praises at St Pauls (1968, Airborne)
- Barney Kessel / Blue Soul (1968, Black Lion)
- Graham Collier / Down Another Road (1969, Fontana)
- Neil Ardley / Greek Variations (1969, Columbia)
- Mike Westbrook / Marching Song Vol. I&II (1969, Deram)
- Nucleus / We'll Talk About It Later (1970, Vertigo)
- Indo-Jazz Fusions / Etudes (1969, Sonet)
- Michael Gibbs / Tanglewood '63 (1970, Deram)
- Mike Westbrook / Metropolis (1971, RCA)
- Volker Kriegel / Inside: The Missing Link (1972, MPS)
- Soft Machine / Fifth (1972, CBS)
- Hugh Hopper / 1984 (1973, CBS)
- John Surman / Morning Glory (1973, Iceland)
- Pork Pie ( Van't Hof . Mariano, Catherine , Marshall) / The Door is Open (1975, MPS)
- Elton Dean & Alan Skidmore / El Skid (1977, vinyl)
- Eberhard Webers Colors / Silent Feet (1977, ECM)
- Soft Machine / Land of Cockayne (1981, EMI)
- Uli Beckerhoff, J.Abercrombie , A.Andersen , J.Marshall / Secret Obsession (1991, navel)
- John Surman / John Warren / The Brass Project (1993, ECM)
- Michael Gibbs / By The Way (1994, Ah Um)
- Theo Travis / View From The Edge (1994, 33 Records)
- Jandl / Glawischnig / Laut & Luise (1995, Hat Hut / You)
- Graham Collier / Charles River Fragments (1995, Boathouse)
- Marshall Travis Wood / Bodywork (1998, 33 Records), with Theo Travis , Mark Wood
- Roy Powell / North by Northwest (1998, Nagel-Heyer)
- SoftWorks / Abracadabra (2003, Universal Japan)
- Arild Andersen with Vassilis Tsabropoulos and John Marshall / The Triangle (2004, ECM)
- Soft Machine Legacy (2006, MoonJune)
literature
- Ian Carr , Digby Fairweather , Brian Priestley : Rough Guide Jazz. The ultimate guide to jazz music. 1700 artists and bands from the beginning until today. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 1999, ISBN 3-476-01584-X .
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York NY u. a. 2007, ISBN 978-0-19-532000-8 .
Web links
- John Marshall at Calyx - the Canterbury website
- Interview with John Marshall at drummerworld.com (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Marshall, John Stanley |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Marshall, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British drummer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 28, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |