Larance Marable

Larance Norman Marable[note 1] (May 21, 1929 – July 4, 2012) was a jazz drummer from Los Angeles, California.

Early life

Marable was born in Los Angeles on May 21, 1929.[1] His family was musical, but he was largely self-taught.[1]

Later life and career

In the 1950s, Marable played with musicians who were visiting Los Angeles; these included Dexter Gordon, Charlie Parker, and Zoot Sims.[2] Marable recorded as a leader in 1956.[2] He also recorded with George Shearing, Chet Baker, Milt Jackson, and other well-known musicians.[2]

Drug problems led to Marable stopping playing in the 1960s.[1] His career resumed in the mid-1970s, after he had ended his drug addiction.[1] He toured with Supersax and Bobby Hutcherson in the 1970s, and was a member of Charlie Haden's Quartet West[3] in the 1980s and 1990s.[2]

Marable had a stroke in the 2000s and lived in a health care facility.[4] He died in Manhattan on July 4, 2012.[5]

Discography

With Curtis Amy

With Ruth Cameron

With Chet Baker

With Conte Candoli and Lou Levy

With Kenny Drew

With Teddy Edwards

with Victor Feldman

With Dexter Gordon

With Jimmy Giuffre

With Charlie Haden

With Hampton Hawes

  • Piano East, Piano West (Prestige, 1952)
  • Bird Song (Contemporary, 1956 [1999])

With Richard "Groove" Holmes

With Milt Jackson

With Frank Morgan

With Carl Perkins

With Robert Stewart

  • The Movement (Exodus, 2002)

With Sonny Stitt

Notes
  1. Marable sometimes used 'Larry' or 'Lawrence' as his first name.[1]

References
  1. Kernfeld, Barry (2003), Marable, Larance (Norman) [Larry; Lawrence], Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J288600
  2. Ginell, Richard S. "Larance Marable Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2007-06-24.
  3. Charlie Haden interview, 1991, MetalJazz
  4. Ramsey, Doug (March 11, 2010). "Correspondence: Broadbent And Monk". artsjournal.com.
  5. "Obituaries". Cadence. Vol. 38 no. 4. October–December 2012. p. 177.


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