Eddie Marshall

Edwin "Eddie" Marshall (b. April 13, 1968, Springfield, Massachusetts) is an American jazz drummer.

Marshall played in his father's swing group and in R&B bands while in high school. He moved to New York City in 1956, developing his percussion style under the influence of Max Roach and Art Blakey. Two years later he played in the quartet of Charlie Mariano and with Toshiko Akiyoshi; after two years' service in the Army, he returned to play with Akiyoshi again in 1965. He worked with Mike Nock for a year in the house band of the New York nightclub The Dom, and also worked with Stan Getz and Sam Rivers, and accompanied Dionne Warwick on tours.

In 1967 he was a member of The Fourth Way, a fusion group which included Nock, Michael White, and Ron McClure. This group toured the San Francisco Bay Area through the early 1970s; after this Marshall played with Jon Hendricks and The Pointer Sisters. In the middle of the 1970s Marshall played with Bobby Hutcherson, John Klemmer, Kenny Burrell, Art Pepper (1977), and Almanac. In 1977 Marshall released an album under his own name, with Hutcherson and George Cables as sidemen. In 1980 he played with Pharoah Sanders and Ahmad Jamal, and in 1984 he worked in the project Bebop & Beyond with John Handy and Cables.

Marshall underwent heart surgery in 1984, temporary sidelining his career, but he continued to perform on the recorder. He then taught at the San Francisco School of the Arts, and issued his second release as a leader in 1999. In the 2000s he worked on the San Francisco Arts Commission.

Discography as leader

*"Dance of the Sun" (Timeless Records, 1977)
*"Holy Mischief" (1999)

References

* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:hpftxqr5ldde Eddie Marshall] at Allmusic