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A Jazzy Christmas Brunch

with trumpeter Mark Rapp

Mark Rapp - Blues Boulevard

Mark Rapp - Blues Boulevard

Mark Rapp - Blues Boulevard

Show Info

Date

Sunday, December 7, 2014

Show Time

11:00am

Ticket Price

NO COVER

Bio

Mark Rapp is a trumpeter, composer, arranger, didgeridoo player, recording and touring artist. He grew up in South
Carolina and has lived in New Orleans, New York City and Europe. He has performed with such distinct artists from
Branford Marsalis to Hootie and the Blowfish. Rapp has released 5 diverse recordings, and is featured leading and
playing the closing track of Disney’s "Everybody Wants to be a Cat" CD. Artists such as Roy Hargrove, Dave Brubeck,
Esperanza Spalding, The Bad Plus, Joshua Redman and more are also featured on this CD. Rapp’s celebrated 2009
debut release "Token Tales" (Paved Earth Music), earned him a spot as a "Top Emerging Trumpeter" in Downbeat
Magazine. His release “Good Eats” (Dinemec Jazz) had critics saying, “Rapp is quickly developing a reputation as a superb
interpreter and great stylist, willing to tackle the history of this music with his eyes on the past and his mind on the present and future of this music.” - AllAboutJazz.com. Rapp is a featured artist in Mellen Press' "How Jazz Trumpeters Understand
Their Music" among a prestigious list including Terence Blanchard, Lew Soloff, Freddie Hubbard, Tim Hagans, Dave
Douglas and more. Rapp is also the co-creator and CEO of https://intotheShed.com, an online live lessons platform
servicing GRAMMY-award winners and other the top artists in jazz today.


EDUCATION
Masters in Jazz Studies, University of New Orleans
Bachelors in Music Performance, Winthrop University


PRIVATE TEACHERS
Mark has studied with Lew Soloff; Wycliffe Gordon; Stephen Jeandheur (Principal Trumpet, Orchestre de la Suisse
Romande); Walter Blanding, Jr. (Tenor saxophonist, Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra); Marcus Printup (Trumpet, Lincoln
Center Jazz Orchestra); Clyde Kerr, Jr (taught Nicholas Payton, Marlon Jordan, Terence Blanchard and others); Vincent
Penzarella (NY Philharmonic), et al.

PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
Jazz clubs around the world from Snug Harbor (New Orleans), Blue Note (NYC),
The Jazz Standard (NYC), Yoshi’s (San Francisco), Blues Alley (Washington, D.C.),
Jazzland (Vienna, Austria), AMR (Geneva, Switzerland) to
Jazz Tunnel (Zagreb, Croatia).
Jazz festivals around the world from the Fillmore Jazz Festival,
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, JVC Newport Jazz Festival,
WC Handy Festival, Festival AMR des Cropettes (Switzerland),
JazzTimes Festival in Croatia to the Jazz&Blues Festival in Garanhuns, Brazil.
Mark has toured with Darius Rucker, played in the United Nations Symphony Orchestra,
has been guest soloist with Big Bands, recorded as a special guest artist on CDs, and works in
a modern NYC jazz band featuring the great bassist James Genus (Herbie Hancock,
Brecker Brothers, Saturday Night Live, Aretha Franklin).

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Mark has maintained a teaching studio throughout his travels. He has given master classes in University settings and
has led and coached the United Nation’s World Music Project in Geneva, Switzerland. Mark was a guest lecturer for the
Jazz Education Network Conference (Atlanta, Jan 2013), presenting the “Musical Mind: From Spirit to Song.” He is a
passionate educator.

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Website

http://markrapp.com/

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