On Sunday, October 18, 1987, Warne Marsh was leading a quartet that performed in San Francisco. The concert was held just two months before the cool-jazz tenor saxophonist would collapse and die of a heart attack on stage at Donte's in North Hollywood at age 60.
Backing Marsh in San Francisco was Larry Koonse (g), Seward McCain (b) and Jim Zimmerman (d). They were there to play a "Jazz In Flight" concert for adults at the Children's Day School (above), which had been founded four years earlier and is still based in a historic building that once housed Notre Dame High School, a parochial school. Fortunately for us, at least three songs were taped with what appears to be a single hand-held camera by someone who knew what they were doing. The tape was recently discovered either by guitarist John Klopotowski— or John uploaded it to YouTube for the source. A special thanks to Matt LeGroulx for hipping me to the clips, which went up just days ago at YouTube. They are likely the last footage we have of Marsh in action...
Here's It's You Or No One...
Here's What Is This Thing Called Love...
And here's Easy Living...
