Marks toured the US annually with Martyn six years running, using New Orleans as the finishing point where he could gain valuable experience at Preservation Hall and other local venues.

He was an annual guest of the Big Easy Jazz Band in Connecticut during the 1990s, touring and recording in New England and the Tri-State area and appearing at the 1991 Santa Rosa Festival, California.

Artists that Marks recorded with include: Percy Humphrey, Kid Thomas, Alvin Alcorn, Thomas Jefferson, Leo Dejan, Kid Sheik Colar, Louis Nelson, Preston Jackson, Clyde Bernhardt, Paul Barnes, Willie Humphrey, Emanuel Paul, Sammy Lee, Orange Kellin, Andrew Morgan, John Defferary, Sammy Rimington, Floyn Turnham, Chester Zardis, Hayes Alvis, Frank Fields, Benny Booker, Lloyd Lambert, Emanuel Sayles, Don Vapie, Father Al Lewis, Stanley Williams, Freddie Kohlman, Louis Barbarin, Zutty Singleton, Teddy Edwards, Stanley Stevens, Barry Martyn, Arvell Shaw and Doc Cheatham.

Apart from the above-mentioned artists Marks toured or played with: Singers Topsy Chapman, Thais Clark, Sylvia "Kumumba" Williams, Jan Harrington, Carrie Smith, Minnie Minepreo; trumpeters Jabbo Smith, Wingy Manone, John Brunious, Wendell Brunious, Wallace Davenport, Teddy Riley, Andrew Blakeney, Norbert Susemihl, Ken Colyer, Geoff Bull; Clarinetests and Saxophonists Barney Bigard, Albert Nicholas, Benny Carter, Jo "Brother Cornbread" Thomas, Jo Darensbourg, Harald Dejan; Pianists Alton Purnell, Sweet Emma Barrett, Alex "Duke" Burrell, Don Ewell, Ralph Sutton, Art Hodes; Trombonists Trummy Young, Gene Conners; Bassists Ed "Montudie" Garland, Adolphus Morris, Rodney Richardson, Bob Culverhouse; Banjoists Nappy Le Marr, Koen De Cauter; Drummer Trevor Richards, amongst many others.

Just before his death in 2007 Marks was working on "The Gene Krupa Story", a 2-hour multi-media Big Band Swing Show, with the Berlin-based drummer, entrepreneur and producer Arthor Von Blomberg.

In addition to his more than 200 recordings, the Lippmann+Rau Foundation, Palmental 1, 99817 Eisenach, Germany, holds a significant Jon Marks collection, donated to the archive posthumously, containing many photo albums documenting his eventful musical life.