Joe Marshall (musician) explained

Joe Marshall
Birth Date:	December 7, 1913
Birth Place:	Pensacola, Florida, US
Death Place:	Teaneck, New Jersey
Genre:	Jazz
Occupation:	Musician
Instrument:	Drums

Joseph Marshall Jr. (December 7, 1913 – June 1, 1992) was an American jazz drummer.

Early life

Marshall was born in Pensacola, Florida, on December 7, 1913. He was brought up in Chicago, and as musical educators had his mother, who played the piano, and high-school band teachers Nathaniel Clark Smith and Walter Dyett.

Later life and career

In the early 1940s he played with Milt Larkin's band,^[1] as well as with the Duke Ellington^[2] and Jimmie Lunceford^[3] orchestras.^[4]

In 1952, Marshall played with a New York-based quintet led by Ben Webster, with Harold Baker, Cyril Hines, and Bill Pemberton.^[5] In 1960 he appeared on Al Sears' Swing's the Thing, with Don Abney, Wally Richardson and Wendell Marshall.^[6] Marshall continued to record until at least 1989.^[7] He died in Teaneck, New Jersey, on June 1, 1992.

Marshall is cited by Bernard Purdie as one of his influences.^[8]

Discography

• • 1952: Castle Rock, In a Tender Mood - Johnny Hodges 1957: Ruth Brown - Ruth Brown (Atlantic)
• 1958: La Vern Baker Sings Bessie Smith - LaVern Baker (Atlantic)^[9]
• 1959: Miss Rhythm - Ruth Brown (Atlantic)
• 1960: Swing's the Thing - Al Sears (Swingville)
• 1966: Stride Right - Johnny Hodges and Earl Hines (Verve)
• 1966: Blue Pyramid Johnny Hodges and Wild Bill Davis (Verve)
• 1968: Livin' the Blues - Jimmy Rushing (BluesWay)
• 1969: Little Green Apples, Come Hither - Sonny Stitt (Solid State)
• 1978: Ain't Misbehavin' - Original cast recording (RCA)^[10]

Notes and References

1. http://campber.people.clemson.edu/archia.html Campbell, Robert L. and Leonard J. Bukowski, and Armin Büttner "The Tom Archia Discography"
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=uwwEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Joe+Marshall+drums&pg=PA180 "Many Changes in Big Sepian Orks" 19 June 1943
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=ZwwEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Joe+Marshall+drums&pg=PT25 "Night Club Reviews" 1 July 1944
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=owwEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Joe+Marshall+drums&pg=PT21 "Vaudeville Reviews" 7 August 1943
5. https://books.google.com/books?id=CEo1OlWKERsC&q=Joe+Marshall&pg=PA9 Someone to Watch Over Me: The Life and Music of Ben Webster, p. 144. University of Michigan Press, 2008
6. https://books.google.com/books?id=zy3XOvATyDcC&q=Joe+Marshall+&pg=PA408 Scott Yanow (2003) Jazz on Record: The First Sixty Years, p. 523. Backbeat Books
7. [Eugene Chadbourne|Chadbourne, Eugene]
8. https://books.google.com/books?id=bkmx5GIKf8IC&dq=Joe+Marshall+drums&pg=PA143 Payne, Jim (2010) The Great Drummers of R and B Funk and Soul, p. 143. Mel Bay Publications
9. https://books.google.com/books?id=8QoEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Joe+Marshall+drums&pg=PA26 "Reviews and Ratings of New Jazz Albums" 14 April 1958
10. https://books.google.com/books?id=JyQEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Joe+Marshall+drums&pg=PT94 "Top Album Picks" 12 August 1978