Holy Mischief

Eddie Marshall | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 15, 2000)
• Original Release Date: February 15, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Independent Prod.
• ASIN: B00004L8FM
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #450,019 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Holy Mischief

2. Monsieur de Charles

3. Remember When

4. Luna Nueva

5. Sue Jeanius

6. Dreams That Dance

7. Too Much Romance

8. The Bridges of Terrell County

9. Wildwood

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Easy to Listen to, But Not Simple, July 28, 2009

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Karl W. Nehring (Ostrander, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Holy Mischief (Audio CD)

Reference Recordings, long known to audiophiles for its recordings of (mostly) classical music in audiophile sound quality, has recently launched a project of helping some really small labels get their recordings some notice by making at least the audiophile community aware of them. Eddie Marshall is a veteran San Francisco-based drummer who also plays the alto recorder on a couple of cuts; he is supported on this date by Paul Nagel on piano, Jeff Chambers on bass, Kenny Brooks on tenor and soprano saxophone, and on one cut by Jeff Cressman (who also served as the recording engineer) on trombone.

Of the nine cuts on this CD, eight are by Marshall and one is by Nagel. The music is easy to listen to, but not simple. Marshall drives the music along from his drumkit, but neither the arrangements nor the engineering tend to spotlight his work; this sounds like a genuine group effort by some earnest musicians who enjoy working with each other.

The weakest part of the whole CD, at least to these ears, is Marshall's recorder playing--not that it was bad, but rather than it did not seem up to the level of the rest of the musicianship exhibited by the group. (I suspect, however, that his recorder is a big hit when the group performs live, because of its surprise value.) The sound quality is good, with plenty (but not an overbearing amount) of midbass energy and no trace of edginess in the treble regions.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Obituary for a Good Guy, September 14, 2011

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Giordano Bruno (Wherever I am, I am.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Holy Mischief (Audio CD)

Eddie Marshall died of a heart attack a week ago, Sept 7, 2011, at his home in San Francisco. He was 73. This CD is just the smallest reliquary of his musical life. Marshall performed with scores of the best-known jazz musicians of the last five decades: Stan Getz, Dexter Gordeon, Dionne Warwick, Etta james, Roland Kirk; more recently with Bobby McFerrin, Bobby Hutcherson, Toshiko Akiyoshi, and Bennie Greene. Eddie was a versatile, supportive drummer, sensitive to the possibility that melody and chords were of equal importance to percussion in jazz. Lately he had been teaching at the Stanford Jazz Workshop, Jazz Camp West, and the San Francisco School of the Arts.

Eddie was also a genuine good guy, modest, cheerful, friendly, generous. Bobby Hutcherson said of him: "Eddie was full of love, and that spilled into his music, which was full of love, adventure and all the worldly things that happen to you during the day. He always filled up your tank." Bobby McFerrin offered this tribute: "He was one of the most positive and upbeat people I've ever known. He was an incredible drummer and musician to work with. He wasn't a basher. He was always tasteful, always played what was essential ..."