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Warne Marsh: Oct. 1987

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Marc Myers
Apr 03, 2017
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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).…

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