Recordings

I'm listening right now to one of my favorite tracks in my entire collection. I'm serious! I absolutely love this track. It's Warne Marsh's version of "God Bless the Child" from The Unissued 1975 Copenhagen Studio Recordings.

I first learned of Warne Marsh back in 1996 from saxophonist Mark Turner. I ran into Mark, oddly enough, in the laundromat in my old neighborhood in Brooklyn. When speaking of musical influences, Mark adamantly recommended that I check out Warne Marsh. I did.

For some reason, I am more drawn to Marsh's solo efforts than his groundbreaking work with altoist Lee Konitz. I love that stuff, too. My mind or ear or whatever probably just doesn't wrap around it the same way. (It took me years before Charle Mingus really clicked for me, as shocking as that may seem by how down-to-earth and accessible Mingus is...) But jazz is huge, and each person is naturally going to be drawn to certain albums or artists first, and eventually make their rounds digging deeper into the rest of the anthology. The The Unissued 1975 Copenhagen Studio Recordings is one album for me that immediately resonated.Read more