Marbin is a

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band formed by two musicians from Israel.

History

Markovitch and Rabin met shortly after Markovitch completed his military service as an infantry sergeant and Rabin had graduated from

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in Boston. In 2007, Marbin was founded by saxophonist Danny Markovitch and guitarist Dani Rabin in Israel. After moving to Chicago, they released their first album in 2009. They were asked to join a band led by

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, a drummer from Chicago who had been a member of the

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Group. Paul introduced Marbin to bassist

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, who had also been a member of the Pat Metheny Group, and together they recorded ''Breaking the Cycle'' (Moonjune, 2011). Wertico and Rodby appeared as guests on Marbin's next album, ''Last Chapter of Dreaming'' (Moonjune, 2013), which was recorded by Markovitch, Rabin, Jae Gentile, and Justyn Lawrence. The same members released a live album, ''The Third Set'' (Moonjune, 2014), but the membership changed for ''Aggressive Hippies'' (Moonjune, 2014), with Markovitch and Rabin joined by Greg Essig and John Lauler. The band's current line up consists of bassist Jon Nadel and drummer Everette A. Benton, Jr. Marbin released two albums with its prior line up that included drummer Blake Jiracek: Goatman and the House of the Dead (2016) and Israeli Jazz (2018). A new album with the current lineup, Strong Thing, was released on December 1, 2019.

Performing

In addition to their regular schedule playing in top venues and festivals in the U.S., (

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, Magic Bag, Gilly's, Andy's Jazz Club, Green Mill,

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), in September 2011, Marbin toured with fusion super group

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, Mike Clark, and

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on the east coast and the midwest. In March 2012, Marbin toured with Allan Holdsworth's trio that included

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of the

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and drummer

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. In 2013 Marbin played with

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, and

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Discography

* ''Marbin'' (self-released, 2009) * ''Breaking the Cycle'' ( Moonjune, 2011) * ''Last Chapter of Dreaming'' (Moonjune, 2013) * ''The Third Set'' (Moonjune, 2014) * ''Aggressive Hippies'' (self-released, 2015) * ''Goatman and the House of the Dead'' (self-released, 2016) * ''Israeli Jazz'' (self-released, 2018) * ''Strong Thing'' (self-released, December 1, 2019) * ''Shreddin at Sweetwater (Live)'' (self-released, February 5, 2021) * ''Fernweh'' (self-released, July 2, 2021)

References

External links

Marbin's Official Website
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History

Performing

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