Mark Masters (musician)
Mark Masters | |
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| Birth name | Mark Alton Masters |
| Born | November 13, 1957 Gary, Indiana |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | trumpeter, composer, arranger, bandleader |
| Instrument(s) | trumpet |
| Years active | 1982-present |
Mark Alton Masters (born November 13, 1957) is an American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger.[1]
According to biographer Michael G. Nastos, Masters "has emerged as one of the great jazz arrangers of the 20th and 21st century..."[1]
Masters studied at Riverside City College and California State University, Los Angeles, and made his first recordings as a leader in 1984.
Masters is the president of the board of directors of the American Jazz Institute, "a non-profit organization dedicated to the enrichment and enhancement of the appreciation of jazz music", based in Pasadena, California.[2]
Discography
As a leader
- Early Start, Sea Breeze Records (1984)
- Silver Threads Among the Blues, Sea Breeze (1986)
- Priestess, Capri Records (1990)
- Jimmy Knepper Songbook, Focus Distribution Group (1993)
- The Clifford Brown Project, Capri (2003)
- Porgy and Bess: Redefined, Capri (2005)
- Wish Me Well, Capri (2006)
- Farewell Walter Dewey Redman, Capri (2008)
- Ellington Saxophone Encounters, Capri (2012)
- Everything You Did: The Music of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, Capri (2013)[3]
References
- ^ a b Mark Masters biography at Allmusic
- ^ AJI home page
- ^ Review of Everything You Did, Jeff Dayton-Johnson at All About Jazz, published July 27, 2013, retrieved December 12, 2014.
- ^ Mark Masters discography at Allmusic, is the source of this discography, except Everything You Did.
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