# Jazz of Two Cities

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1957 studio album by Warne Marsh

Jazz of Two Cities Studio album by Warne Marsh Released 1957 Recorded October 3 & 11, 1956 Studio Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA Genre Jazz Label Imperial LP 9027 Warne Marsh chronology Lee Konitz with Warne Marsh (1955) Jazz of Two Cities (1957) Art Pepper with Warne Marsh (1956) The Winds of Marsh cover

***Jazz of Two Cities***, is an album by saxophonist [Warne Marsh](/source/Warne_Marsh), recorded in 1956 and released on the [Imperial](/source/Imperial_Records) label.[1][2][3] The album was later released in stereo as ***The Winds of Marsh*** which featured different takes of four of the numbers.

## Reception

Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [4] The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [5]

The [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) review noted, "This is some very fine music by a band with an exceptionally rich collective imagination. It is clear that, in the hands of this combo, every theme is treated like a question with an absolutely limitless amount of harmonic and melodic answers".[4]

## Track listing

1. "Smog Eyes" (Ted Brown) – 3:30

1. "Ear Conditioning" (Ronnie Ball) – 5:13

1. "[Lover Man](/source/Lover_Man_(Oh%2C_Where_Can_You_Be%3F))" ([Jimmy Davis](/source/Jimmy_Davis_(songwriter)), [Ram Ramirez](/source/Ram_Ramirez), James Sherman) – 4:27

1. "Quintessence" (Ball) – 2:13

1. "Jazz of Two Cities" (Brown) – 4:38

1. "Dixie's Dilemma" (Warne Marsh) – 4:20

1. "Tschaikovsky's Opus #42, Mt. 3" ([Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky](/source/Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky)) – 3:59

1. "I Never Knew" ([Ted Fio Rito](/source/Ted_Fio_Rito), [Gus Kahn](/source/Gus_Kahn)) – 5:10

## Personnel

- [Warne Marsh](/source/Warne_Marsh), [Ted Brown](/source/Ted_Brown_(saxophonist)) – [tenor saxophone](/source/Tenor_saxophone)

- [Ronnie Ball](/source/Ronnie_Ball) – [piano](/source/Piano)

- [Ben Tucker](/source/Ben_Tucker) – [bass](/source/Double_bass)

- Jeff Morton – [drums](/source/Drum_kit)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Imperial_Records_discography_1-0)** Edwards, D. & Chapman, M. [Imperial Album Discography, Part 2 (1956–1958): LPs 9001-9050](http://www.bsnpubs.com/imperial/imperialc.html) accessed May 12, 2017

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Godwin, M. [Discography of Warne Marion Marsh](http://www.warnemarsh.info/discography_2.htm) accessed May 12, 2017

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Enciclopedia del Jazz: Warne Marsh](https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2015/05/29/warne-marsh-discography/) accessed May 12, 2017

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Allmusic_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Allmusic_4-1) Burke, Brandon. [*Jazz of Two Cities* – Review](https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000732028) at [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic_(identifier)). Retrieved May 12, 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Penguin_5-0)** [Cook, Richard](/source/Richard_Cook_(journalist)); [Morton, Brian](/source/Brian_Morton_(Scottish_writer)) (2008). *[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings](/source/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz)* (9th ed.). [Penguin](/source/Penguin_Books). p. 953. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-141-03401-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-141-03401-0).

v t e Warne Marsh Years given are for the recording(s), not first release. As leader or co-leader Live in Hollywood (1952) Lee Konitz with Warne Marsh (1955) Jazz of Two Cities (1956) Art Pepper with Warne Marsh (1957) Music for Prancing (1957) The Right Combination (and Joe Albany, 1957) Warne Marsh (1957–58) The Art of Improvising (1959)/Live at the Half Note (Lee Konitz, 1959) Ne Plus Ultra (1969) Report of the 1st Annual Symposium on Relaxed Improvisation (Clare Fischer, Gary Foster, 1972) The Unissued 1975 Copenhagen Studio Recordings (December 28, 1975) The Unissued Copenhagen Studio Recordings (December 29, 1975) Warne Marsh Quintet: Jazz Exchange Vol. 1 (and Lee Konitz, 1975) Live at the Montmartre Club: Jazz Exchange Vol. 2 (and Lee Konitz, 1975) Warne Marsh Lee Konitz: Jazz Exchange Vol. 3 (and Lee Konitz, 1975) All Music (1976) Lee Konitz Meets Warne Marsh Again (1976) Tenor Gladness (and Lew Tabackin, 1976) Warne Out (1977) Apogee (and Pete Christlieb, 1978) Conversations with Warne Volume 1 (and Pete Christlieb, 1978) Conversations with Warne Volume 2 (and Pete Christlieb, 1978) How Deep, How High (and Sal Mosca, 1976–79) I Remember You... (and Karin Krog, Red Mitchell, 1980) Star Highs (1982) A Ballad Album (1983) Ballad for You (and Susan Chen, 1985) Posthumous/Newly Warne (1985) Warne Marsh & Susan Chen (1985–86) Back Home (1986) Two Days in the Life of... (1987) With others Blues for a Reason (Chet Baker, 1984) Crosscurrents (Bill Evans, 1977) Thesaurus (Clare Fischer, 1968) Subconscious-Lee (Lee Konitz, 1949–50) Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre (1959)

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