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Marc Piane

Marc came home to Chicago after being at Knox College under the instruction of Scott Garlock and Earl Gately. He has since played and recorded with talents throughout Chicago including QBlue, The Lori McClain Trio, ESP, The Hunter Adams Trio, Beaky Johnston, Radiant Darling, Randy Murray, Tommy Bradford, Laura Hoffman, Brienn Perry, The Chris Greene Quartet, The Damian Espinosa Trio, and Jazz Conspiracy.

He has arranged, composed, engineered, and produced material for Quest Ensemble including arranging music for their recent production of ‘The Wizard Of Oz’. He also worked extensively on the soundtrack for Quest’s short film ‘Blue Nativity’. He has done sound designs and original compositions for productions of ‘The Jungal Book’, ‘Anna Karenina’ and several original theatre works for various companies.

Marc co-founded and co-directs Summer Lab On Stage, a musical theatre program for 5th through 8th graders, at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. He also teaches privately at the Chicago Center School of Music.

His influences range from Ray Brown and Paul Chambers to Dave Holland, Drew Gress, and Stanley Clarke.

Marc has had the chance to play some of the finest rooms in Chicago as well as touring the U.S. and Europe.

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Album Review

Chris Greene: PlaySPACE 2: Play Harder

Read "PlaySPACE 2: Play Harder" reviewed by Bridget A. Arnwine


When a musician begins his set with a warning much like that issued in a pharmaceutical advertisement for mesothelioma, it's probably a safe assumption that those in attendance should brace themselves for what's to come. When that musician is Evanston, IL based bandleader and saxophonist Chris Greene one thing is certain: even after heeding the warning, there's still no way to fully prepare for the powerfully deliberate yet fun and funky approach to playing that each member of the Chris ...

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Chris Greene Quartet: PlaySPACE 2: Play Harder

Read "PlaySPACE 2: Play Harder" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian


Accomplished saxophonist Chris Greene, with his warm sound and easily recognizable style, is a stalwart of the Chicago music scene. Over the past decade he has led the same quartet of equally brilliant musicians who have honed a seamless camaraderie. On his 13th release, the ebullient PlaySPACE 2: Play Harder, Greene and his band stretch out on five tracks which, despite being recorded at three different sessions, make for a very cohesive set, one which crackles with the energetic spontaneity ...

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Shawn Maxwell: Expectation & Experience

Read "Expectation & Experience" reviewed by Jack Bowers


On Expectation & Experience, his tenth recording as a leader, Chicago-based woodwind specialist Shawn Maxwell is accompanied by almost thirty musicians—but never by more than three on any of its seventeen tracks. Maxwell says the compositions were written during the global Covid-19 pandemic, and the musicians were mustered singly, most in their own homes. While each of the compositions has a “theme," none is readily apparent from its performance, and listeners should feel free to overlook that aspect and focus ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

PlaySPACE 2: Play...

Single Malt Recordings
2022

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Expectation &...

Self Produced
2021

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Up To Get Down

Self Produced
2007

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