r.i.p. marchel ivery

texas tenorman marchel ivery's song was stilled this morning at 5:30am. he'd been hospitalized only last night, diagnosed with pneumonia. he was 69. when i first moved to texas in '78, we used to go see his quartet with fort worthians thomas reese on piano, charles scott on bass, and walter winn on drums at the recovery room on lemmon avenue in dallas. sometimes red garland, miles davis' '50s pianist who served as a mentor to marchel, would sit in. marchel recorded for the dallas-based leaning house label in the '90s, and would occasionally trek over to the fort to play at the black dog or sardines. he will be missed.