Warne Marsh & Susan Chen

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Warne Marsh & Susan Chen
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Studio album by Warne Marsh and Susan Chen
Released 1986
Recorded June 17, 1985 and January 14, 1986
Studio Music Box Recording Studio, NYC and Classic Sound Productions Studio, NYC
Genre Jazz
Length38:16
Label Interplay
(IP-8601)
Producer Toshiya Taenaka
Warne Marsh chronology
Ballad for You
(1985)
Warne Marsh & Susan Chen
(1986)
Back Home
(1986)

Warne Marsh & Susan Chen, is an album by saxophonist Warne Marsh and pianist Susan Chen recorded in 1986 (with one track from 1985) and released on the Interplay label. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Warne Marsh American tenor saxophonist

Warne Marion Marsh was an American tenor saxophonist. Born in Los Angeles, his playing first came to prominence in the 1950s as a protégé of pianist Lennie Tristano and earned attention in the 1970s as a member of Supersax.

Interplay Records

Interplay Records is a jazz record company and label founded by Toshiya Taenaka in association with Fred Norseworthy in Los Angeles in 1977 which released several notable albums by Warne Marsh, Al Haig, Sal Mosca, Horace Tapscott, and Ted Curson. The label was named after an album released on Taenaka's short-lived label, Seabreeze Records; Al Haig's Interplay.

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Allmusic states, "the music is generally quite rewarding. Warne Marsh was in prime form during the last years of his life, and Susan Chen (who had studied with Tristano for four months) was starting to develop her own style". [5]

Track listing

All compositions by Warne Marsh except where noted.

  1. "This Thing" – 3:00
  2. "Summer Morning" – 2:38
  3. "Summer Evening" – 2:38
  4. "Pennies" – 1:47
  5. "Always" – 3:30
  6. "Marvelous Words" – 2:52
  7. "Strike Out" – 2:20
  8. "Another You" – 2:38
  9. "It's You" – 2:05
  10. "Alright" – 3:25
  11. "Skylark" (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer) – 4:00
  12. "This Be Love" – 3:38
  13. "Have You Met?" – 1:52
  14. "Again" – 1:53

Personnel

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References

  1. Interplay Records discography accessed May 16, 2017
  2. Godwin, M. Discography of Warne Marion Marsh accessed May 16, 2017
  3. Enciclopedia del Jazz: Warne Marsh accessed May 16, 2017
  4. Chamberlain, Safford (2000). An Unsung Cat: The Life and Music of Warne Marsh (1st ed.). Lanham: Scarecrow Press. p. 391. ISBN   978-1-4616-5642-5.
  5. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Warne Marsh and Susan Chen – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved May 16, 2017.