Larance Marable

Larance Norman Marable was a jazz drummer from Los Angeles, California.

Early life

Marable was born in Los Angeles on May 21, 1929. His family was musical, but he was largely self-taught.

Later life and career

In the 1950s, Marable played with musicians who were visiting Los Angeles; these included Dexter Gordon, Charlie Parker, and Zoot Sims. Marable recorded as a leader in 1956. He also recorded with George Shearing, Chet Baker, Milt Jackson, and other well-known musicians.
Drug problems led to Marable stopping playing in the 1960s. His career resumed in the mid-1970s, after he had ended his drug addiction. He toured with Supersax and Bobby Hutcherson in the 1970s, and was a member of Charlie Haden's Quartet West in the 1980s and 1990s.
Marable had a stroke in the 2000s and lived in a health care facility. He died in Manhattan on July 4, 2012.

Discography

With Curtis Amy

Tippin' on Through

With Ruth Cameron

Roadhouse

With Chet Baker

Chet Baker Big Band
Playboys

With Conte Candoli and Lou Levy

Conte Candoli
West Coast Wailers

With Kenny Drew

Kenny Drew and His Progressive Piano
Talkin' & Walkin

With Teddy Edwards
Back to Avalon
with Victor Feldman
Stop the World I Want to Get Off
With Dexter Gordon
Daddy Plays the Horn
The Resurgence of Dexter Gordon
With Jimmy Giuffre
Ad Lib
With Charlie Haden
In Angel City
Haunted Heart
Always Say Goodbye
Now Is the Hour
With Hampton Hawes
Piano East, Piano West
Bird Song
With Richard "Groove" Holmes
After Hours
Tell It Like It Tis
With Milt Jackson
Ballads & Blues
With Frank Morgan
Frank Morgan
With Carl Perkins
Introducing Carl Perkins
With Robert Stewart
The Movement
With Sonny Stitt'

''Sonny Stitt Plays Jimmy Giuffre Arrangements''