Marvin Stamm
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Marvin Stamm (b. May 23, 1939, Memphis, Tennessee) is an American bebop trumpeter.
Stamm began on trumpet at age 12, and attended college at North Texas State University where he was a member of the world renowned One O'Clock Lab Band. Following this he played with Stan Kenton's Mellophonium Orchestra from 1961 to 1963, and with Woody Herman from 1965 to 1966. Following this he was in the Thad Jones and Mel Lewis Orchestra from 1966 to 1972, and with Benny Goodman from 1974 to 1975. In the 1970s he also began a decades-long career as a prolific studio and session musician. In the studio he has recorded with Bill Evans, Quincy Jones, Oliver Nelson, Duke Pearson, Wes Montgomery, Freddie Hubbard, Stanley Turrentine, Patrick Williams, Michel Legrand, Lena Horne, Frank Foster, Paul Desmond, and George Benson.
In the 1980s he played with John Lewis' American Jazz Orchestra, the Bob Mintzer Band, the George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band (1987), Louie Bellson's Big Band and the band of composer Maria Schneider.
[edit] Discography
- Machinations 1968 (Arrangements by Johnny Carisi)
- Stammpede, 1982
- Bop Boy with Phil Markowitz, Bob Mintzer, Terry Clarke, Lincoln Goines, 1991
- Mystery Man with Bob Malach, Bob Mintzer, Mike Richmond, Bill Charlap, Terry Clarke, 1993
- The Stamm/Soph Project, 2000
- By Ourselves, 2000
- Elegance, 2001
- The Stamm/Soph Project - Live at Birdland with John Abercrombie, Bill Mays, Rufus Reid, Ed Soph, 2005
- Fast Track - Jack Cortner New York Big Band - Marvin Stamm, featured soloist, 2006
- Alone Together with Bill Mays, Rufus Reid, Ed Soph, 2007
- Fantasy with Bill Mays and Alisa Horn, 2007
- The Nearness of Two Marvin Stamm and Dena DeRose, 2007
