Marshall McDonald (musician)

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Marshall McDonald (born August 31, 1959 in Pittsburgh ) is an American jazz musician ( alto , baritone and tenor saxophone , clarinet ).

Live and act

Marshall McDonald began learning the clarinet when he was ten; During his studies at Carnegie-Mellon University he had lessons in classical clarinet with Thomas Thompson, a musician of the Pittsburgh Symphony, with William Balawadjer and with Nestor Koval at Duquesne University . He then worked in the New York music scene from the early 1990s; first recordings were made in 1993 in the band of Paquito D'Rivera ( A Night in Englewood ). From 1994 he was lead alto saxophonist in The Count Basie Orchestra ( Ghost Band ); he was a member of the orchestra for 15 years. He also played in the Nancie Banks Orchestra, George Gee and his Make-Believe Ballroom Orchestra, as a baritone saxophonist with Abdullah Ibrahim and as a clarinetist in the Duke Ellington Orchestra .

As a session and orchestral musician, McDonald has also worked with Tony Bennett ( A Swingin 'Christmas , 2008), Milt Jackson , Nina Simone , Freddie Hubbard , Rosemary Clooney , Frank Foster , Frank Wess , Charli Persip , Gerry Mulligan , Pete Christlieb , Diane Schuur , Bill Watrous , Ronnie Cuber , Illinois Jacquet , Doc Cheatham , Ray Brown , Art Farmer , Hank Jones , Elvin Jones , Patti Austin , Dee Dee Bridgewater , Bobby Watson , Jon Hendricks , Geri Allen , Aretha Franklin , The Four Tops , Frankie Avalon , The Dells , The Temptations , Melba Moore , Wynton Marsalis , Jon Faddis , George Benson , Chico O'Farrill , Steve Turre , Lizz Wright and Jamie Callum . Under his own name, he released the album Standardize in 2012 . In 2018 he led his own quartet consisting of Peter Zak (piano), Kiyoshi Kitagawa (bass) and Joe Farnsworth (drums), in 2019 with Peter Zak, Corcoran Holt and Mike Clark . In the field of jazz he was involved in 17 recording sessions between 1993 and 2013.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Marshall McDonald. Smalls, November 17, 2018, accessed November 17, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed November 16, 2018)
personal data
SURNAME McDonald, Marshall
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Pittsburgh