Tina Marsh

Tina Marsh (January 18, 1954, – June 16, 2009) was a jazz vocalist and composer based in Austin, Texas. She was the creative director of the Creative Opportunity Orchestra, a large jazz ensemble which she founded in 1980.

Early life and career Marsh was born in Annapolis, Maryland. In February 2008, she learned that the cancer had returned and metastasized, though she continued to record and perform later in the year. Marsh died on June 16, 2009.

Awards and honors In 2000, the Austin Chronicle inducted Marsh into its Texas Music Hall of Fame. In 2008, the Austin Critics Table inducted Marsh into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame.

The Austin History Center maintains a collection of Marsh's papers.

C. Michael Bailey of All About Jazz described Marsh's music as "progressive big band, a kind of marriage between the avant-garde and postmodern classical. Marsh, like [Carla] Bley, favors low brass in assembly and solos. She uses her voice in a creative Meredith Monk sort of way that is not unattractive."

Discography As leader The Heaven Line, with the Creative Opportunity Orchestra (CreOp Muse, 1994) World Wide (CreOp Muse, 1998)

With Alex Coke Iraqnophobia (VoxLox, 2005) It's Possible (VoxLox, 2008)