Marbin
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Marbin is a Jazz-Rock group based in Chicago IL.
Marbin first started in 2007 as an improvised music duo consisting of Israeli-American guitarist Dani Rabin and Israeli saxophonist Danny Markovitch. Markovitch and Rabin met shortly after Markovitch had completed his military service as an infantry sergeant and Rabin had graduated from Berklee College of Music
. Since 2008, Marbin has been living in Chicago and performing all over the United States, playing over 250 shows a year with the accompaniment of drummer Justyn Lawrence and Bassist Ian Stewart . They have released three albums: Impressions of a City, as part of Paul Wertico's Mideast-Midwest Alliance, and two under the name Marbin, Marbin as a duo, and Breaking the Cycle with drummer Paul Wertico
(Pat Metheny Group
), bassist Steve Rodby
(Pat Metheny Group
), and Jamey Haddad
(Paul Simon
). Marbin is currently signed to Moonjune Records and Management.
, and Editor's Pick by Cdbaby.
and was invited to join forces with his long existing trio and to form Paul Wertico's Mideast-Midwest Alliance. The group recorded the critically acclaimed album Impressions of a City for the record label Chicago Session. The album received a lot of praise, including in national magazines, such as Modern Drummer
,
The A.V. Club (The Onion),
Jazz Times and a
4.5/5 stars rating by Downbeat Magazine (4-excellent, 5-masterpiece), and was recognized as one of the best fifty albums of 2010. Impressions of a City was also one of the top fifty best selling albums on CD Universe
.
(7 time Grammy Award
winner with the Pat Metheny Group
), and bassist Steve Rodby
(11 time Grammy Award
winner with the Pat Metheny Group
).
Marbin is the first time since Wertico's departure from the Pat Metheny Group (he played drums for the group between the years 1984-2002) that he and Steve Rodby had collaborated in a band together. The years Paul Wertico was a member of the Pat Metheny Group alongside Steve Rodby are considered the golden era of the band (7 Grammy Awards and 3 Gold records).
According to major publications in the US and around the world such as The Chicago Tribune, Maariv
, All About Jazz
, The Examiner
, DRUM!
, Jazz Police, and Chicago Jazz Magazine, Marbin's use of new extended techniques, such as looping and prepared-guitar in song form, in addition to their compositions and approach to music, results in music that is innovative and genre-defying.
from Paul Simon
's band, and folk-singer Mat Davidson from The Low Anthem
.
, Magic Bag, Gilly's, Green Mill, Chi-town Jazz Festival, Chicago Jazz Festival
) , in September 2011, Marbin toured with fusion super group Scott Henderson
, Mike Clark, and Jeff Berlin
in a series of venues on the east coast and the midwest. In March 2012, Marbin will be touring with Allan Holdsworth's
new trio that consists of Yellow Jackets' bassist Jimmy Haslip
, and drummer Virgil Donati
Marbin first started in 2007 as an improvised music duo consisting of Israeli-American guitarist Dani Rabin and Israeli saxophonist Danny Markovitch. Markovitch and Rabin met shortly after Markovitch had completed his military service as an infantry sergeant and Rabin had graduated from Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known primarily as a school for jazz, rock and popular music, it also offers college-level courses in a wide range of contemporary and historic styles, including hip...
. Since 2008, Marbin has been living in Chicago and performing all over the United States, playing over 250 shows a year with the accompaniment of drummer Justyn Lawrence and Bassist Ian Stewart . They have released three albums: Impressions of a City, as part of Paul Wertico's Mideast-Midwest Alliance, and two under the name Marbin, Marbin as a duo, and Breaking the Cycle with drummer Paul Wertico
Paul Wertico
Paul Wertico is an American drummer. He gained recognition as a member of the Pat Metheny Group from 1983 until 2001, leaving the group to spend more time with his family and to pursue other musical interests. Metheny heard the Simon Bard Group with Wertico and bassist Steve Rodby, and invited...
(Pat Metheny Group
Pat Metheny Group
The Pat Metheny Group is a jazz group founded in 1977. The core members of the group are guitarist and bandleader Pat Metheny, composer, keyboardist and pianist Lyle Mays , and bassist and producer Steve Rodby...
), bassist Steve Rodby
Steve Rodby
Steve Rodby is an American bassist.He joined the Pat Metheny Group in 1981. Prior to joining Metheny, he was a member of the Simon-Bard Group and the Fred Simon ensemble. Rodby continues to collaborate with Simon .Rodby studied bass at Northwestern University, a student of Warren Benfield of the...
(Pat Metheny Group
Pat Metheny Group
The Pat Metheny Group is a jazz group founded in 1977. The core members of the group are guitarist and bandleader Pat Metheny, composer, keyboardist and pianist Lyle Mays , and bassist and producer Steve Rodby...
), and Jamey Haddad
Jamey Haddad
Jamey George Haddad is an American percussionist working primarily in the fields of jazz and world music, and specializing in hand drums.-Biography:...
(Paul Simon
Paul Simon
Paul Frederic Simon is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.Simon is best known for his success, beginning in 1965, as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, with musical partner Art Garfunkel. Simon wrote most of the pair's songs, including three that reached number one on the US singles...
). Marbin is currently signed to Moonjune Records and Management.
In Chicago
In June 2009, Marbin released their first self-titled album, which was awarded album of the month by The Deli MagazineThe Deli Magazine
The Deli is an independently owned music magazine and online website/blog started by Paolo De Gregorio. The project is based out of Brooklyn, New York and currently covers multiples cities and multiples musical genres.- History and Function :...
, and Editor's Pick by Cdbaby.
With Paul Wertico
In October 2008, Marbin met Paul WerticoPaul Wertico
Paul Wertico is an American drummer. He gained recognition as a member of the Pat Metheny Group from 1983 until 2001, leaving the group to spend more time with his family and to pursue other musical interests. Metheny heard the Simon Bard Group with Wertico and bassist Steve Rodby, and invited...
and was invited to join forces with his long existing trio and to form Paul Wertico's Mideast-Midwest Alliance. The group recorded the critically acclaimed album Impressions of a City for the record label Chicago Session. The album received a lot of praise, including in national magazines, such as Modern Drummer
Modern Drummer
Modern Drummer is a monthly publication targeting the interests of on drummers and percussionists. The magazine features interviews, equipment reviews, and columns offering advice on technique, as well as information for the general public...
,
The A.V. Club (The Onion),
Jazz Times and a
4.5/5 stars rating by Downbeat Magazine (4-excellent, 5-masterpiece), and was recognized as one of the best fifty albums of 2010. Impressions of a City was also one of the top fifty best selling albums on CD Universe
CD Universe
CD Universe.com is an e-commerce site that sells music CDs and mp3 downloads, movies and video games worldwide. CD Universe was created in 1996 by founder and CEO Charles Beilman in Wallingford, Connecticut, where it is still maintained and operated...
.
Paul Joined Marbin (and brought Steve Rodby with him)
For their second album, Breaking the Cycle, Marbin expanded to include: Guitarist Dani Rabin, saxophonist Danny Markovitch, drummer Paul WerticoPaul Wertico
Paul Wertico is an American drummer. He gained recognition as a member of the Pat Metheny Group from 1983 until 2001, leaving the group to spend more time with his family and to pursue other musical interests. Metheny heard the Simon Bard Group with Wertico and bassist Steve Rodby, and invited...
(7 time Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
winner with the Pat Metheny Group
Pat Metheny Group
The Pat Metheny Group is a jazz group founded in 1977. The core members of the group are guitarist and bandleader Pat Metheny, composer, keyboardist and pianist Lyle Mays , and bassist and producer Steve Rodby...
), and bassist Steve Rodby
Steve Rodby
Steve Rodby is an American bassist.He joined the Pat Metheny Group in 1981. Prior to joining Metheny, he was a member of the Simon-Bard Group and the Fred Simon ensemble. Rodby continues to collaborate with Simon .Rodby studied bass at Northwestern University, a student of Warren Benfield of the...
(11 time Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
winner with the Pat Metheny Group
Pat Metheny Group
The Pat Metheny Group is a jazz group founded in 1977. The core members of the group are guitarist and bandleader Pat Metheny, composer, keyboardist and pianist Lyle Mays , and bassist and producer Steve Rodby...
).
Marbin is the first time since Wertico's departure from the Pat Metheny Group (he played drums for the group between the years 1984-2002) that he and Steve Rodby had collaborated in a band together. The years Paul Wertico was a member of the Pat Metheny Group alongside Steve Rodby are considered the golden era of the band (7 Grammy Awards and 3 Gold records).
According to major publications in the US and around the world such as The Chicago Tribune, Maariv
Maariv
Maariv is a Hebrew language daily newspaper published in Israel. It is second in sales after Yedioth Ahronoth and third in readership after Yedioth Ahronoth and Israel HaYom. In a TGI survey comparing the last half of 2009 with the same period in 2008, Maariv saw its market share fall slightly...
, All About Jazz
All About Jazz
All About Jazz is a leading jazz music website for enthusiasts and industry professionals based in Philadelphia in the United States.Founded by Michael Ricci in 1995, the Web-Site is maintained by a volunteer staff of writers, editors, and musicians, and provides coverage of all genres of jazz from...
, The Examiner
Examiner.com
Examiner.com is a media company based in Denver, Colorado, that operates a network of local news websites, allowing "pro–am contributors" to share their city-based knowledge on a blog-like platform, in 238 markets throughout the United States and parts of Canada with two national editions, one for...
, DRUM!
DRUM! Magazine
DRUM! is a North American educational drumming magazine. It features artist profiles, product reviews, lessons and advanced transcriptions covering rock, pop and related styles of music. The magazine was launched in 1991 with Andy Doerschuk as editor. In the 1990s it gained a reputation for its...
, Jazz Police, and Chicago Jazz Magazine, Marbin's use of new extended techniques, such as looping and prepared-guitar in song form, in addition to their compositions and approach to music, results in music that is innovative and genre-defying.
Breaking the Cycle
In 2011, Marbin released their second album Breaking the Cycle with Moonjune Records. In addition to the quartet, the album features percussionist Jamey HaddadJamey Haddad
Jamey George Haddad is an American percussionist working primarily in the fields of jazz and world music, and specializing in hand drums.-Biography:...
from Paul Simon
Paul Simon
Paul Frederic Simon is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.Simon is best known for his success, beginning in 1965, as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, with musical partner Art Garfunkel. Simon wrote most of the pair's songs, including three that reached number one on the US singles...
's band, and folk-singer Mat Davidson from The Low Anthem
The Low Anthem
The Low Anthem is an American indie folk band from Providence, Rhode Island, formed in 2006. The band consists of multi-instrumentalists Ben Knox Miller, Jeff Prystowsky and Jocie Adams, and rose to prominence with the re-release of its third studio album, Oh My God, Charlie Darwin, in 2009.In...
.
Shows and Festivals
In addition to their regular schedule playing in top venues and festivals in the states (The Jazz ShowcaseThe Jazz Showcase
The Jazz Showcase is a jazz club in Chicago, Illinois, founded in 1947 by Joe Segal, who still owns and operates the venue. Many famous musicians play at the Showcase on tour, including Chris Potter, Frank Morgan, Danilo Perez, Larry Coryell, Paul Wertico, Marbin, James Carter, Stu Katz, Ira...
, Magic Bag, Gilly's, Green Mill, Chi-town Jazz Festival, Chicago Jazz Festival
Chicago Jazz Festival
The Chicago Jazz Festival is a popular and well-known four day free celebration of jazz at Petrillo Music Shell in Grant Park in downtown Chicago. It is run by the Jazz Institute of Chicago during Labor Day weekend, integrating both world-famous and local artists...
) , in September 2011, Marbin toured with fusion super group Scott Henderson
Scott Henderson
Scott Henderson is a fusion and blues guitarist best known for his work with the band Tribal Tech.-Early days:Born in West Palm Beach, Florida, Henderson began playing guitar at an early age...
, Mike Clark, and Jeff Berlin
Jeff Berlin
Jeff Berlin is an American jazz, jazz fusion and progressive rock electric bass player.Jeff Berlin's bass playing is somewhat similar to that of Jaco Pastorius, though Berlin plays a fretted bass and has stated his distaste for Jaco imitators.-Early life:Jeff Berlin was born to parents who were...
in a series of venues on the east coast and the midwest. In March 2012, Marbin will be touring with Allan Holdsworth's
Allan Holdsworth
Allan Holdsworth is an English guitarist and composer. He has released twelve studio albums as a solo artist and played many different styles of music over a period of four decades, but first drew attention for his work in jazz fusion...
new trio that consists of Yellow Jackets' bassist Jimmy Haslip
Jimmy Haslip
Jimmy Haslip is an American electric bass player and record producer best known as a founding and current member of the pioneering fusion group Yellowjackets...
, and drummer Virgil Donati
Virgil Donati
Virgil Donati is an Australian drummer, frequent drum clinician and a producer. He is currently playing with the band Planet X and Seven the Hardway among other projects. Virgil is perhaps most well known for his fast, highly technical drumming skills...
Discography
- Marbin (2009)
- Impressions of a City as part of Paul Wertico's Mideast-Midwest Alliance (2009)
- Breaking the Cycle (2011)