Eddie Marshall

by Ron WynnBoth a dependable session player and occasional bandleader, Eddie Marshall has played and recorded in free, hard bop, and jazz-rock situations in the '60s,'70s,'80s and '90s. Marshall moved to New York from Springfield, Massachusetts in the early '60s, and played with Sam Rivers and Stan Getz. He recorded with Charlie Mariano and Toshiko Akiyoshi. He worked in the jazz-rock bands Almanac and Fourth Way with Mike Nock in the late '60s and early '70s, then was house drummer at the Keystone Korner from 1971 to 1980, playing with Dexter Gordon, George Benson and many others who appeared at the venue. Marshall recorded extensively with Bobby Hutcherson in the '70s, and with John Klemmer, Kenny Burrell and Jon Hendricks. He recorded with Larry Vukovich, Bruce Forman and the group Bebop And Beyond as a leader. Marshall did his own session as a leader for Timeless in the late '70s, but it is not currently available on CD.