George Marsh

Drummer and teacher George Marsh should not be mistaken for the man with the same name and instruments who played in the '20s and '30s in the Paul Whiteman and Bix Beiderbecke bands and behind singers such as Bing Crosby, and who died in 1962 after several decades working in the Hollywood film music industry. The younger Marsh is associated with a music scene farther up the coast, San Francisco. He began gigging with jazz players including John Abercrombie and Joe Henderson in the late '60s, but can drop at least one really big name from activities dating even further back. Ma...