Sam Marowitz

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Samuel "Sam" Marowitz (* around 1920; † unknown) was an American jazz musician ( alto saxophone , also clarinet ).

Live and act

Marowitz worked from the early 1940s in the Harry James Orchestra, with which the first recordings were made in 1941; In mid-1944 he moved to Woody Herman and His Orchestra in whose second stove he was lead alto saxophonist. From 1947 he was briefly a member of the second edition of the Gene Krupa Big Band , in which he replaced Harry Terrill . In the fall of 1947 he returned to Herman , where he stayed until early 1950. In the 1950s he played a. a. in New York in the bands of Gene Williams , Sam Donahue , Jimmy Roma , Bill Harris , Elliot Lawrence , Benny Goodman , Les Elgart , Ralph Flanagan , Ralph Burns , Lennie Hayton / Lena Horne , Terry Gibbs , Ernie Wilkins / Sarah Vaughan , Coleman Hawkins , Gene Krupa ( Drummer Man , 1956), Boyd Raeburn , Andy Kirk , Joe Newman , Manny Albam , Al Cohn , Tony Scott , Joe Reisman , Chubby Jackson , Cab Calloway and from 1958 again with Woody Herman ( The Herd Rides Again. ..in stereo ).

In the early 1960s, Marowitz was a member of the orchestras of Tony Pastor , George Dale Williams , Sy Oliver and Buddy Rich . During this time he presented the easy-listening LP Sounds in the Night ( Roulette Records ) under his own name ( "Big Sam" Marowitz And His Alto Sax ) , which in addition to jazz standards such as " Alone Together ", " Cry Me a River " , Ellington's "Warm Valley" and " Yesterdays " also contained compositions and arrangements by Charles Albertine . In the field of jazz he was involved in 402 recording sessions between 1941 and 1967. a. also with the Flip Phillips Boptet (1945), Jackie Paris (1955), Chris Connor , Osie Johnson , Betty Carter , Beverly Kenney , Erroll Garner (1956), Chuck Wayne (1957) and most recently with Louis Armstrong .

According to Dan Morgenstern , Marowitz led the saxophone section with Woody Herman with authority; he was "an unsung hero" ( an unsung hero ).

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Scott Yanow : Jazz: A Regional Exploration . Westport (Conn.), London :. Greenwood Press. 2005, p. 136
  2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed October 16, 2017)
  3. ^ Dan Morgenstern: Living with Jazz: A Reader edited by Sheldon Meyer : Pantheon Books, 2009
personal data
SURNAME Marowitz, Sam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Marowitz, Samuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH around 1920
DATE OF DEATH 20th century or 21st century