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Herman Marquis

Herman Marquis is credited on 877 releases across 222 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1973–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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877

Pressings credited

222

Albums

6

Decades active

137

In collections

Biography

Herman Marquis is a Jamaican saxophone musician who has played with many reggae artists including Burning Spear. He recorded for Arthur "Duke" Reid in the 1960s and was a member of The Revolutionaries and The Upsetters in the 1970s. He was much in demand as a session player throughout the 1970s and 1980s, playing with some of Jamaica's top stars including Gregory Isaacs, Dennis Brown, Bunny Wailer, and Justin Hinds. In 1978, Marquis made a brief cameo in the film Rockers directed by Ted Bafaloukos. He was also part of the Rockers All Stars, the group responsible for the film's instrumental music. He continued through to the mid 1980s and worked with Burning Spear and Ernest Ranglin.

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Credited work

877 releases · 222 albums · active 1973–2026

  • Performance · 899
  • Other credits · 8

Studios: Channel One Recording Studio · Joe Gibbs Studio · Harry J's Recording Studio · Randy's Studio

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