Warne Marsh

Warne Marsh (born October 26, 1927, Los Angeles, California, U.S.—died December 18, 1987, North Hollywood, California) was an American tenor saxophonist, a jazz musician noted for his devotion to purely lyrical improvisation. Marsh played in Hoagy Carmichael’s Teenagers (1945) before serving in the U.S. Army. In 1948 he became a student of Lennie Tristano, who was the principal influence upon his art. He played with Tristano from 1949 to 1952 and in rare reunions thereafter....