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At fifteen, George Marsh became a professional drummer in Belleville, Illinois. His early experiences included work with Sam Andria, Jimmy Williams, and Barbara Streisand (before she became a super star). He studied percussion with Tom Siwe and Jack McKenzie at Champagne-Urbana, and later played with the Lyric Opera, The Chicago Contemporary Chamber Players and many great Chicago jazz musicians. Since 1968, he has lived in the San Francisco area where he has performed and recorded with musicians such as: John Abercrombie, Mose Allison, David Grisman, Joe Henderson, Harold Land, Denny Zeitlin, Terry Riley, William Allaudin Mathieu, Pauline Oliveros, Kronos Quartet, Mel Martin, etc. If you were around in 1970, perhaps you caught him with Chuck Berry, Loading Zone or The Jerry Hahn Brotherhood at the Fillmore West and East. George recently played drums and percussion at the premiere of Mel Graves' contemporary work Blanco, at the Lincoln Center in New York and at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco. The piece featured Tom Buckner, vocalist, and an intricate pre-recorded collage of gongs, marimbas, bells, etc., along with live percussion.
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