WHAT THE PAPERS SAY ABOUT ROGER MARKS
..the most accomplished soloist in the band. I found echoes of Wilbur De Paris and Barber in his jaunty, expressive. well crafted phrases and full round tone, with a crisp percussive edge in low register'
Jazz Journal International. Hugh Rainey May 96
Marie is my favourite track... it shows what can be done with only two instruments when one of them provides the rhythm and the other is a trombone cantabile
Kings Jazz Review. Oct/Dec 96
..Roger is very much more than just a tailgate rambler A fine sophisticated player with a beautiful tone and a graceful approach to the trombone'
BBC Radio 3 Jazz Notes. Digby Fairweather 23 Sep 97
Plymothian Roger Marks is certainly one of the finest trombone players in the UK
The Courier. George Giles. Feb 98
Roger Marks' playing - with fluent poised, melodic, neatly constructed phrasing firm rounded tone and controlled, precise intonation - is in the Chris Barber tradition, but characterised by a penchant for a style of melodic lyricism outside the New Orleans idiom'
Jazz Journal International Hugh Rainey Feb 99
...Roger Marks is a name that should be familiar to regular listeners, since I've played several things by his Armada Jazz Band over the years. On paper, trombone and piano appear an unpromising alliance but Roger is an excellent trombonist with a nimble technique... and Duncan Swift was able to conjure up rich textures from the piano.
Humphrey Lyttelton on playing a track from duo CD, BBC Radio 2, 21 Feb 99
trombone virtuoso...Roger Marks has been rated among the country's top jazz trombonists since he turned professional in 1977'
Reading Jazz Club. Sep 99
Roger is a very accomplished trombonist and deserves the accolades he has recently received'
Just Jazz. Pete Lay Dec 99
Roger Marks is a tasteful and accomplished trombone player. with a full, rounded tone. supple phrasing and a controlled, fluent flow of ideas. He delivers melody expressively'
Jazz Journal International. Hugh Rainey Jan 2000
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY ABOUT THE BAND
· ...here is a jazz band of quality and disciplined charm ..jazz of imagination, genuine form and cohesiveness--' I have no hesitation in declaring the Marks men. without exception, a crew of first class creators Highly recommended -
The Jazz Rag. Ken Rattenbury May/Jun 97
' ...(Craig) Milverton cites turning professional when twenty one with Roger Marks, as the great leap forward. permanently imprinting a vast repertoire of standard and swing numbers
Jazz UK. Mar/Apr 98
· ..one of the most popular traditional outfits in the country combining taste, versatility and swing
Jazz UK Sept/Oct 99
.. probably the most happening trad band in the county. This is a very tight well rehearsed outfit. The audience at the highly successful Bradford-on-Avon Jazz Club loves this Plymouth band and they ought to -- it's real live jazz and it 's good'
Bath Chronicle Charley Dunlap. Dec 99
..a welcome return. probably his best band yet, an extensive and wide ranging repertoire -- the programme showed how varied an evening of jazz can be'
Just Jazz Jan 2000 Maurice Kemp, Gosport Jazz Club
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