Young/Coltrane/Sims/Getz/Stitt/Shorter/
Marsalis/Rollins/Desmond/Garrett/Garzone/Bowen
and many others
Sounds Like
"THE UNKNOWN" listed as 2 in the Earshot jazz top 20 for 2008
http://www.earshot-online.com/charts/2008/2008/jazz.cfm
..."Congratulations on a stunning cd. Swinging jazz at its best indeed, delivered with style and panache from a wonderful outfit led by your virtuoso saxophone playing. Stunning reed sir, stunning. Your compositions are electric and engaging. The tempo and delivery is faultless. Will it get air-play here on the leading jazz show? Yes it will and then the listeners will hear what l have had the absolute pleasure of listening to! Congratulations on an absolute gem of a cd.
Peter Merrett, Music Manager for PBS 106-7 FM, Melbourne Australia
..."This latest release by Mark DeJong focuses on the power of his tenor saxophone, whose sound remains in the foreground during the epic creations that the album contains. The piano and wurlitzer give the compositions roundness and a gloomy, hidden feeling, while the solid rythm section drive through occasional deconstruction and dramatic switches.
What makes this album so good is it’s capacity to innovate while remaining accessible, and to produce a sound that goes well with jazz standards while sounding like an album composed and produced today".
François-Samuel Fortin - Jazz Director
CHYZ 94.3 - Université Laval - Québec
Review from Stuart Broomer, Toronto Life Magazine:...
""Mark DeJong is one of the finest tenor players working in the jazz mainstream, a fact that's concealed by his Saskatoon residence. His playing is imaginative and grounded, thoughtful and passionate, and there's a luminosity that comes through everywhere on his CD The Unknown."
Collaborations (in no particular order):
Outer Bridge Ensemble, David Braid, Stefano Senni, Polyjesters, Dean McNeill, Unity Quartet, Jens Lindeman, Jerrold Dubyk, Simon Fisk, Aaron Young, Jerome Jennings, The Finns, The Duprees, Brassfire, James Zollar, Metro Jazz Ensemble, Johanna Sillanpaa, Jon McAslin, The Jazz Lobsters, The Brenan Brothers, Jeff Antoniuk, Sean Jones, Jim McFalls, Brad Turner, Joel Gray, Achille Succi, Craig McCaul, Hugh Fraser, Paolo Benneditti, Lena Gilbert, Merkava, Prairie Fire, B.J. Harris, Brett Balon, Thom Bennett, Kodi Hutchinson, Tyler Hornby, Steve Hoy, Mark Peetsma, Rick Sealock, Carsten Rubeling, Hal Schrenk, Steve Hudson, Richard Carnegie, Oscar Noriega, Dave Pierce, Ron Olender, Tommy Banks, Denzal Sinclaire, Jennifer Bell, Bill Mahar, Richard Gagnon, David Freeman, Leena Gilbert, Mustafa Bhagat, Kristian Alexandrov, Jeremy Coates, Mike Noordzy, Paul Rucker, Marianne Trudel, Kenny Wheeler, Barb Hamilton, Kelly Jefferson, Mike Downes, Arlan Kopp, John Neelin, Teegan Jeffers, Ross Ulmer, Mark Nikirk, Charles Stolte, Rubim deToledo, Russ Whitehead, Greg Gatien, Soren Nissen, Rachel Owens, Ralph Bowen, Corey Rawls, Melvin Jones, Ted Chubb, JazzWorks, Earl McDonald, Lee Hogans, Rob Somerville, Scott Poll, Keith Krushel, Sheri Harrington, Mike Rud, Ross Ulmer, John Taylor, David Gilliland, Peggy Mezei, Tim Tamashiro, Rosemarie MacDonald, Campbell Ryga, Diastema Saxophone Quartet, Nikki Imbach, David Eagle, Cynthia Beyea, Kim Allen, Steve Haines, Jeff Johnston, Bill George, Gerry Hebert, Peter DiCarlo, Rob Young, Yardbird Suite, Canadian Rocky Mountain Resorts, MusiCamp Alberta, Saskatoon Jazz Society, TD Canada Trust High School Jazz Intensive, Pender Harbour Jazz Festival, Old Firehall Jazz Festival, Brandon Jazz Festival, Vic Lewis Festival, Sasktel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival.
Go Ahead Mark....! Hey...make sure you stop in to 60th and Broadway...to the Jazz corner of the world! XM Radio...and that DJ I keep mentioning while you are in the chair.....Mark Ruffin, and do say hi for me.....
Tell me...are you stopping in at Dizzy's Club Coca - Cola?.
I am heading to Vancouver soon to sing with Russell Jackson....wish you could see this!
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