Shea Marshall (born August 31, 1984, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American multi-instrumentalist and session musician whose primary instruments are saxophone and Hammond B-3.

Early life

Marshall was born in McMurray, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh. He was first introduced to the organ by his grandmother at the age of 5 and studied Violin from the age of 6. Marshall started playing Guitar at the age of 10 and soon began sitting in at jam sessions in and around Pittsburgh on guitar and, shortly thereafter, sax. Marshall graduated from Peters Township High School. He started college at the age of 16 at Arizona State University and studied electrical engineering. While a student there, he also studied piano, harmony, and improvisation with Chuck Marohnic.

Career

Marshall had lived in Phoenix, Arizona since 2001 and composes, records, and performs in many styles of music. Marshall has worked as a session musician with Obadiah Parker, Dennis Rowland, Maceo Parker, Bernard Purdie, Dick Wagner, Maceo Parker, Johnny DeFrancesco, Jason DeVore (of Authority Zero), Black Carl, Julito Padrón, Joe Gallivan, Cait Brennan, Dan Tomlinson, Blaine Long, Juini Booth, Carolina Cerisola, Mickey McGee, T. R. Hummer, Leroy Jenkins, Johnny DeFrancesco, Kris Hill, Papa John DeFrancesco, the Sugar Thieves, the Lymbyc Systym, Landau Eugene Murphy Jr., David Hernandez, Joe Morris, The New Standards, Mega Ran, Michael Henderson, Alexander O'Neal, Haley Reinhart, and Wayne Newton. Marshall recorded the organ parts on Jody Gnant's album "Pivot," a part of Kyle MacDonald's One Red Paperclip project. Marshall is based in Las Vegas, Nevada and plays the Carrara marble piano at MGM Mansion.

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