Performing with:
Danica Dora
Amayo's Fu Arkist Ra
Elijah Tucker
Katherine Spina
Hee Young Kang
Brendan Berry
Other Friends:
Ben Davis, Adam Scott,
Fia Hill,
Page Foster, John Atzberger, The Elephant Army, Drew Nix,
Maria Cardona,
Saul Simon McWilliams,
Adam Christgau,
Dan Romer,
Wil Farr,
Bess Rogers,
Chris Kuffner, Seth Faulk
Influences
George Mraz, Ron Carter, Ray Brown, Scott LaFaro, Paul Chambers, Edgar Meyer, David Grisman, Kermitt Driscoll, Larry Grenadier, Doug Weiss, Chris Wood, Django Reinhardt, Pete Seeger, Lee Shaw, Homer Mensch, Eugene Levinson
Mark is a native of the Hudson Valley. Growing up between Kingston, Woodstock & Saugerties, New York his first inspiration to be a musician came when Peter (Paul & Mary) Yarrow visited his Kindergarten class to play Puff the Magic Dragon. Mark played violin and viola before the upright bass, performing with the All-Eastern Symphony and earning a diploma from the Juilliard Pre-College Division during high school. He now holds a Bachelor's degree in Jazz performance from Purchase College, State University of New York.
Mark has appeared at several local jazz festivals in the mid-Hudson Valley including the Belleayre summer Jazz series and the Kingston Jazz Festival.
He has had the honor of opening for Chick Corea, Eddie Palmieri, Michel Camillo, Wayne Shorter (w/ Herbie Hancock, Brian Blade & Dave Holland), Peter Cincotti, Jane Monheit, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra and others in this context. Mark currently lives in NYC & regularly appears with Danica Dora, Hee Young Kang, Amayo's Fu Arkist Ra, Elijah Tucker & Generous Music, Cody, Kat Spina, Brendan Berry and others.
I stopped driving taxis a while ago ... felt I could go on my own just working with students ... that didn't work so great, so now I'm working at Barnes & Noble for the Holidays & going to be advertising myself as a teacher soon ... I just built a website for myself & have been doing a lot of playing over the last few months.
Glad you're doing well.
Let me know if you're doing any shows/concerts or anything.
Hey! Oh my god, how did you find my myspace? It was nice meeting you! Yes, the english corner was just what that place needed with all those danish people everywhere haha.
Just dropping by to say hey and to let you know we are runnign a couple of contests on the website. If you get a minute stop by and check things out. Take care and stay cool. www.semoscene.com
Hey there! Rich and I are going up today to finish the mixes. I'll put the tracks into mp3 format, but is there a good address where I can send the CD? Thanks! ;)
