Irwin "Marky" Markowitz

A decent bop-oriented trumpet soloist, Marky Markowitz played with many top jazz musicians through the years even though he himself was simply considered a talented journeyman. Markowitz picked up early experience playing with the big bands of Charlie Spivak in 1941-42, Jimmy Dorsey, Boyd Raeburn and most notably Woody Herman's First Herd in 1946. After working with Buddy Rich's short-lived ...more