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Jon Marks, New Orleans jazz pianist. Born: June 11, 1947.
Marks' drew inspiration from his mentor and friend, pianist [Alton Purnell].
Marks has played with Kid Thomas, clarinetist/saxophone player Sammy Rimington, and the Louis Nelson Band, among others.
He played with Kid Martyn's Ragtime Band at the first two New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festivals in 1968 and 1969 and at Louis Armstrong's 70th Birthday celebration, "Hello Louis", in 1970.
Marks made his home-base in Berlin, Germany in the late 1970s from where he has produced recordings and plays with his own New Orleans Jazz trio.
Of Marks' playing, Herb Friedwald wrote in the liner notes to "The Orange Kellin Trio" (GHB Records, BCD-384) "Marks is one of the best and certainly the most forceful of the pianists now playing in this idiom."