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Joe Marsala
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Lodi
- Active from
- 1907
- Active to
- 1978
Discography
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- 914
- Total plays
- 6,028
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Joe Marsala (January 4, 1907 – March 4, 1978) was an Italian-American jazz clarinetist and songwriter, born and based in Chicago. He was active during the big band era. Marsala is notable as one of the early employers of drummer Buddy Rich. Among his other musicians included pianist Joe Bushkin and guitarist Jack Lemaire, Carmen Mastren. Leonard Feather, among others, gives him a good deal of credit for breaking down race segregation in jazz. Marsala's own playing was rich and graceful, owing a
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Francis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Place of death
- Santa Barbara
- Spouse
- Adele Girard
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- clarinet
- Image
- Toots Thielemans and Joe Marsala.jpg
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- Joe Marsala
- date of birth
- 1907-01-04
- date of death
- 1978-03-03
- start of work period
- 1948-00-00
- birth name
- Joseph Francis Marsala
- name in native language
- Joe Marsala
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