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Steve Marcus (September 18, 1939[1] – September 25, 2005)[2] was an American jazz saxophonist.

Biography

Marcus was born in The Bronx, New York, United States.[1] He studied at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, between 1959 and 1961.[1] He gained experience playing in the bands of Stan Kenton, Herbie Mann and Larry Coryell from 1963 to 1973.[1] His first album as a leader included an arrangement of the Beatles' song, "Tomorrow Never Knows". He worked with jazz drummer Buddy Rich for the last twelve years of Rich's life.[1] After Rich died, Marcus led the band and renamed it Buddy's Buddies.[2]

His song "Half a Heart" (1968) has a riff very similar to the famous saxophone riff of "Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty (recorded in 1977, released in 1978).[3]

Marcus died in September 2005 in New Hope, Pennsylvania.[2]

Discography

As leader/co-leader

  • Tomorrow Never Knows (Vortex, 1968)
  • Count's Rock Band (Vortex, 1969)
  • The Lord's Prayer (Vortex, 1969)
  • Green Line with Miroslav Vitous, Sonny Sharrock, Daniel Humair (Nivico, 1970)
  • Something with Jiro Inagaki & Soul Media (Nippon Columbia, 1971) – recorded in 1970
  • Sometime Other Than Now (Flying Dutchman, 1976)
  • Steve Marcus & 2o1 (Red Baron, 1992)
  • Smile (Red Baron, 1993)
  • Count's Jam Band Reunion (Tone Center, 2001) – recorded in 2000
  • Steve Marcus Project (Mighty Quinn Productions, 2007)

As a member

The Jazz Composer's Orchestra

  • The Jazz Composers Orchestra (JCOA, 1968)[2LP]

Bob Thiele Collective

  • Lion Hearted (Red Baron, 1993)

As sideman

With Larry Coryell

  • Barefoot Boy (Flying Dutchman, 1971)
  • Offering (Vanguard, 1972)
  • The Real Great Escape (Vanguard, 1973)

With Stan Kenton

  • Stan Kenton / Jean Turner (Capitol, 1963)
  • Artistry in Bossa Nova (Capitol, 1963)

With others

  • Gary Burton, Tennessee Firebird (RCA, 1967)
  • Herbie Mann, Live at the Whisky a Go Go (Atlantic, 1969) – live
  • Young Rascals, Once Upon a Dream (Atlantic, 1968)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1615. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
  2. 1 2 3 Fordham, John (23 October 2005). "Obituary: Steve Marcus". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  3. ↑ Adam Chandler (December 17, 2015). ""'Baker Street': The Mystery of Rock's Greatest Sax Riff"". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on 18 December 2015.
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