Mark Masters (musician)
Mark Masters | |
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| Birth name | Mark Alton Masters |
| Born | November 13, 1957 Gary, Indiana, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, arranger, bandleader |
| Instrument | Trumpet |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Labels | Capri |
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. He made his first recordings as a leader in 1984.
Masters is 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" in Pasadena, California.[2]
Discography
[edit]As leader
[edit]- Early Start, (Sea Breeze, 1984)
- Silver Threads Among the Blues, (Sea Breeze, 1986)
- Priestess, (Capri, 1990)
- Jimmy Knepper Songbook, (Focus Distribution, 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][4]
References
[edit]- ^ 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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