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Mark Ferber

Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, Mark Ferber began his musical studies on the piano at the age of five. He was later introduced to drumming and percussion. Mark studied classical percussion with Mitchell Peters and drums with Billy Higgins and and Joe Labarbera.

He has maintained a very busy playing schedule in Europe and on both the west and east coast. A partial list of his playing credits include Lee Konitz, David Liebman, Don Byron, Norah Jones, Kenny Werner, Steve Swallow, Fred Hersch, Billy Childs, Bud Shank, Anthony Wilson and Larry Goldings.

Mark can be heard on recent recordings with various artists on Soul Note, Fresh Sound/New Talent, Sunnyside, Omnitone and Steeplechase Records. He is a part time faculty member for the City College of New York and the School of Improvisational Music. Currently, Mark resides in Brooklyn, New York.

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Album Review

Pete McCann: Without Question

Read "Without Question" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Guitarist and composer Pete McCann pulls out all the stops on Without Question, his seventh album as leader, unveiling his singular talents on everything from burners ("Without Question," “Trifecta") to ballads ("I Can Remember," “January," “Lost City"), blues ("Blues for O.M."), burlesque ("Conspiracy Theory"), biting commentary ("Erase the Hate") and borrowed themes ("Lovely Thing"). McCann, a native of Wisconsin who has been a fixture on the New York scene for more than thirty years, is also smart--smart enough, that is, ...

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Album Review

Michael Ragonese: Stracci

Read "Stracci" reviewed by Pierre Giroux


It would probably be a hyperbole to say that young jazz pianists are “a dime a dozen." Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that there are some stellar younger jazz pianists working today, such as Emmet Cohen, Kenny Banks Jr., and Paul Cornish, and that if you are going to play in this league, you must have a style which sets you apart from the rest. Michael Ragonese possibly falls into that category as evidenced by his latest ...

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Album Review

Michael Ragonese: Stracci

Read "Stracci" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Pianist Michael Ragonese is called Rags, a nickname given to him in childhood that stuck. His sophomore effort is entitled Stracci which means rags in Italian--a more musical sound than its English equivalent. It is a piano trio outing, a top-notch one. Ragonese's musical backstory is a common one. He began in classical studies and after a time felt constrained. He was introduced to jazz via a Bill Evans album--no better place to start--and he switched his focus. ...

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Liner Notes

Jonathan Kreisberg: Night Songs

Read "Jonathan Kreisberg: Night Songs" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan


Although technical proficiency and filigreed improvisations often catch the attention of the average jazz fan, those in the know will insist that you can't really evaluate the mettle of a jazz musician until you hear how he interprets a ballad. Memorable efforts from the jazz cannon that fruitfully establish a reflective mood over the length of an album must include John Coltrane's Ballads, Kenny Dorham's Quiet Kenny, and Grant Green's Idle Moments. With six dates already as a ...

Album Review

Megumi Yonezawa: Resonance

Read "Resonance" reviewed by Neri Pollastri


La pianista giapponese Megumi Yonezawa, da tempo residente a New York e collaboratrice stabile di Greg Osby, esce per Sunnyside con il secondo album a proprio nome, un piano trio nel quale mescola brani di propria composizione, alcuni standard e un'improvvisazione totale.La cifra del lavoro è quella di un modern jazz estremamente ricco di articolazioni e sofisticato nel fraseggio, che si fa con frequenza dialogo a tre grazie l'impianto paritetico della formazione. Se infatti la tastiera della leader ...

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Album Review

David Borgo: Pathika

Read "Pathika" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


San Diego's David Borgo, a top-tier jazz saxophonist and an ethnomusicologist with a professorship day job at the University of California at San Diego, says, “Ethnomusicology is like the anthropology of music." He puts this concept into practice with his teaching for the “Semester At Sea." This educational cruise program takes students to various ports worldwide to expose them to perspective-broadening travel and first-hand experience with different cultures. The students benefit; the teachers do, too. Borgo, ...

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Album Review

Justin Kauflin Trio: Live at Sam First

Read "Live at Sam First" reviewed by Jim Worsley


New world modernization meets old world ideals at Sam First jazz club in Los Angeles. In just a few short years Sam First has built a solid reputation with both jazz artists and aficionados. Among its many qualities are the acoustics. In 2019, Peter Erskine, George Garzone, Alan Pasqua, and Darek Oles recorded their brilliant 3 Nights in L.A. at Sam First. At that point it was clear they had something special going on at Sam First. Starting up Sam ...

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Recording

Peter Epstein Joins With Ralph Alessi, Sam Minaie And Mark Ferber For First Songlines Release In Nine Years

Peter Epstein Joins With Ralph Alessi, Sam Minaie And Mark Ferber For First Songlines Release In Nine Years

Source: Cary Goldberg

Polarities, the New Album from the Peter Epstein Quartet, Will be Released on May 13 “...a wonderfully compelling and gripping album, on which instruments and sounds are of a rare expressive power." - Stef Gijssels, Free Jazz Blog, reviewing Epstein's previous release as a leader, Abstract Realism Saxophonist Peter Epstein may have slipped from public view a bit since leaving New York to take up a teaching position at the University of Nevada, Reno (where he is now the director ...

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Performance / Tour

Sarah Lynch, Pete McCann, Alexis Cuadrado & Mark Ferber Tuesday 9pm at Mannahatta

Sarah Lynch, Pete McCann, Alexis Cuadrado & Mark Ferber Tuesday 9pm at Mannahatta

Source: All About Jazz

At Mannahatta on Tuesday night, June 20th, Sarah Lynch will sing the 9 o'clock set, with Pete McCann (g), Alexis Cuadrado (b), and Mark Ferber (d).

Todd Jenkins calls guitarist Pete McCann “an exceedingly perceptive player with the good sense to approach songs in a way that befits their basic character, and the creativity to make something fresh out of those songs at the same time" (and if you've heard McCann play with Lynch before, you know exactly what Jenkins ...

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Performance / Tour

Monday at Kavehaz with Sarah Lynch, Pete McCann, Phil Palombi & Mark Ferber

Monday at Kavehaz with Sarah Lynch, Pete McCann, Phil Palombi & Mark Ferber

Source: All About Jazz

Kavehaz favorite Sarah Lynch will sing the 9 o'clock set on Monday night, January 23rd, with Pete McCann on guitar, Phil Palombi on bass, and Mark Ferber on drums.

Todd Jenkins calls guitarist Pete McCann “an exceedingly perceptive player with the good sense to approach songs in a way that befits their basic character, and the creativity to make something fresh out of those songs at the same time." (If you heard McCann play with Lynch at 169 Bar, you ...

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Event

169 Bar Hosts Jazz Vocalist Sarah Lynch with Greg Skaff, Phil Palombi & Mark Ferber

169 Bar Hosts Jazz Vocalist Sarah Lynch with Greg Skaff, Phil Palombi & Mark Ferber

Source: All About Jazz

New York City-based vocalist Sarah Lynch appears Monday, August 22nd at 169 Bar with Greg Skaff on guitar, Phil Palombi on bass, and Mark Ferber on drums.

Greg Skaff's latest CD, “Ellington Boulevard", is on the Zoho record label and has garnered critical praise. In addition to leading his own trio, he also works regularly with Bobby Watson, David “Fathead" Newman, and Gloria Lynne.

Bassist Phil Palombi, who plays both internationally and in New York, performs and records with such ...

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Performance / Tour

Monday Monday: 169 Bar Hosts Jazz Vocalist Sarah Lynch with Greg Skaff, Phil Palombi & Mark Ferber

Monday Monday: 169 Bar Hosts Jazz Vocalist Sarah Lynch with Greg Skaff, Phil Palombi & Mark Ferber

Source: All About Jazz

New York City-based vocalist Sarah Lynch appears Monday, August 22nd at 169 Bar with Greg Skaff on guitar, Phil Palombi on bass, and Mark Ferber on drums.

Greg Skaff's latest CD, “Ellington Boulevard", is on the Zoho record label and has garnered critical praise. In addition to leading his own trio, he also works regularly with Bobby Watson, David “Fathead" Newman, and Gloria Lynne.

Bassist Phil Palombi, who plays both internationally and in New York, performs and records with such ...

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Performance / Tour

Jazz Vocalist Sarah Lynch at 169 Bar Monday with Greg Skaff, Phil Palombi & Mark Ferber

Jazz Vocalist Sarah Lynch at 169 Bar Monday with Greg Skaff, Phil  Palombi & Mark Ferber

Source: All About Jazz

New York City-based vocalist Sarah Lynch appears Monday, August 22nd at 169 Bar with Greg Skaff on guitar, Phil Palombi on bass, and Mark Ferber on drums.

Greg Skaff's latest CD, “Ellington Boulevard", is on the Zoho record label and has garnered critical praise. In addition to leading his own trio, he also works regularly with Bobby Watson, David “Fathead" Newman, and Gloria Lynne.

Bassist Phil Palombi, who plays both internationally and in New York, performs and records with such ...

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Performance / Tour

Sarah Lynch, Greg Skaff, Phil Palombi & Mark Ferber at 169 Bar Monday

Sarah Lynch, Greg Skaff, Phil Palombi & Mark Ferber at 169 Bar Monday

Source: All About Jazz

New York City-based vocalist Sarah Lynch appears Monday, August 22nd at 169 Bar with Greg Skaff on guitar, Phil Palombi on bass, and Mark Ferber on drums.

Greg Skaff's latest CD, “Ellington Boulevard", is on the Zoho record label and has garnered critical praise. In addition to leading his own trio, he also works regularly with Bobby Watson, David “Fathead" Newman, and Gloria Lynne.

Bassist Phil Palombi, who plays both internationally and in New York, performs and records with such ...

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Oscar Penas
SFJAZZ Center
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Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Pathika

Self Produced
2023

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Up High, Down Low

Sunnyside Records
2023

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Stracci

Self Produced
2023

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Without Question

Self Produced
2023

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Exit Music For...

Sonic Frenzy Records
2022

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Off-Kilter

See Tao Recordings
2022

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Crosstalk

From: Off-Kilter
By Mark Ferber

Revived Mind

From: Daring Mind
By Mark Ferber

If I Loved You

From: Impressions in Blue and Red
By Mark Ferber

View in Perspective

From: Impressions in Blue and Red
By Mark Ferber

View in Perspective (Intro)

From: Impressions in Blue and Red
By Mark Ferber

Sonata No. 12 Adagio

From: Impressions in Blue and Red
By Mark Ferber

Sonata No. 12 Adagio (Intro)

From: Impressions in Blue and Red
By Mark Ferber

E.T.

From: Impressions in Blue and Red
By Mark Ferber

Like a Fire That Consumes All Before It

From: Impressions in Blue and Red
By Mark Ferber

Like a Fire That Consumes All Before It (Intro)

From: Impressions in Blue and Red
By Mark Ferber

Occam's Razor

From: Impressions in Blue and Red
By Mark Ferber

Toys

From: Impressions in Blue and Red
By Mark Ferber

In Heaven Everything is Fine

From: Impressions in Blue and Red
By Mark Ferber

Impending

From: Impressions in Blue and Red
By Mark Ferber

Impending (Intro)

From: Impressions in Blue and Red
By Mark Ferber

Circles in a Circle

From: Impressions in Blue and Red
By Mark Ferber

Choose

From: Impressions in Blue and Red
By Mark Ferber

I'll Never Be the Same

From: Impressions in Blue and Red
By Mark Ferber

Still Life With Skull

From: Impressions in Blue and Red
By Mark Ferber

Still Life with Skull (Intro)

From: Impressions in Blue and Red
By Mark Ferber

Cobalt Blue

From: Impressions in Blue and Red
By Mark Ferber

Zen

From: Impressions in Blue and Red
By Mark Ferber

Zen (Intro)

From: Impressions in Blue and Red
By Mark Ferber

Space Behind Eugene Boch

From: Impressions in Blue and Red
By Mark Ferber

Space Behind Eugene Boch (Intro)

From: Impressions in Blue and Red
By Mark Ferber

Moods

From: Impressions in Blue and Red
By Mark Ferber

Blue Shade

From: Impressions in Blue and Red
By Mark Ferber

Blue Shade (Intro)

From: Impressions in Blue and Red
By Mark Ferber

No Man's Land

From: Impressions in Blue and Red
By Mark Ferber

No Man's Land

From: Impressions in Blue and Red
By Mark Ferber

Compelled

From: Hiding Out
By Mark Ferber

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