Marc Antoine
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Marc Antoine is a jazz fusion
guitarist. Marc currently resides in Madrid
, Spain
. His guitar play style is based on Roma music
.
, France
on the 28th of May 1963. His parents bought him his first guitar when he was 11 years old and he developed a passion for the instrument after watching a friend play. By the age of 13, his father was impressed by his growing skill and sent Antoine to Conservatoire de Paris
where he would receive classical lessons. While learning his craft, he drew inspiration from his mentors Andrés Segovia
and John Williams
. Antoine came to a crossroads at the age of 17 at which he had to choose between his hobby of guitar and his profession of competitive swimming
. As he'd won several awards through his guitar performances, he chose to remain a guitarist and expand his influences to include local favorites in jazz, rock, Afro, and pop. Marc also played in local bands in Brittany
, France during this time.
, Jill Kaplan, France Gall
, and Ray Lema
. Marc also revisited his surgeon in 1984 and played a piece for him to demonstrate his full recovery.
where he joined Basia
as part of her recording band and worked with other London-based acts such as The Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra, Soul II Soul
, Pato Banton
, and General Public
. Marc also found the time to take part in the budding London Acid Jazz
scene. Shortly after, he decided to tour the world for inspiration which led him to spend time in Tokyo where he became an acclaimed session player.
Marc relocated once again, this time to Los Angeles
in the late 1990s. During his 12 year stay, he played backing guitar for marquee artists such as Sting, Celine Dion
, Rod Stewart
, Cher
, Selena
, Queen Latifah
, George Benson
, Guru
's Jazzmatazz
project, Take 6
, and others. He composed and performed individual songs for six major movie soundtracks: Get Shorty
, The Fan
, Patch Adams
, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
, Demolition Man
, and Celtic Pride
. Marc worked with renowned producers Tommy LiPuma
, Philippe Saisse
, Marcus Miller
, Mike Pela, Guy Roche
and Stoker
during this stint.
pop
and hip-hop. Utilizing nylon strings on his acoustic guitar, Marc also injected flamenco
style into much of the album's work. The album enjoyed success in the American contemporary jazz market bolstered by the radio hit, "Unity."
In 1995 came Urban Gypsy, the second of his two self-produced solo albums. Urban Gypsy took only two months to write, record, and produce. Marc's objective for the album was to make the melodies more accessible to new listeners. The album ended up spawning two singles for radio: "Latin Quarter" and "Sand Castle."
Madrid saw release in 1998 on GRP records co-produced by smooth jazz
mainstay Rick Braun
. Despite lukewarm reviews from critics, Madrid managed to produce two radio play singles: "Sunland" and the title track. Both are still in rotation on several smooth jazz stations.
Universal Language in 2000 saw Marc draw inspiration from African
, Celtic
and European Drum and Bass
music. To record his most ambitious record to date, he brought in session musicians and friends from his career travels around the world to give the record an international flavor. The album was produced by Philippe Saisse
.
Marc's biggest hit, Cruisin' was his final release on GRP
and came in 2001. Featuring a cover of Sérgio Mendes
' hit Mas Que Nada, Cruisin' enjoyed success on the strength of radio hits "On The Strip" and "Cruisin'."
Mediterranéo was released in 2003 on Rendezvous Entertainment featuring strong Latin influence on the majority of the record. The album was well received by critics, hatching two radio singles with the title track and "Cubanova." The album also featured a cover of Everything But The Girl
's "Lady."
Taking a cue from his jazz idol Miles Davis
, Marc set out to find new directions for contemporary jazz. In doing so, he released Modern Times in 2005. For this record, he sought out electronic musician David Ferrero to bring a club feel to his performances adding that he appreciates Ferrero's ability to work Marc's classically trained guitar playing into an accessible sound. The album has one radio single, "Bella Via," and features Marc's first vocal performance on the French-language Sting cover "La Belle Dame Sans Regrets."
Hi-Lo Split, was released on Peak Records
in 2007. The album features a cover of R&B and jazz classic "Spooky
" as well as solos with a Mexican requinto
guitar and a steel-string guitar. The album has one radio single, "For A Smile."
My Classical Way was released on September 21st, 2010 on Marc's own label, Frazzy Frog Music. The first single, "Dreamer," features performances by keyboardist Philippe Saisse, and vocalists Jasmine Roy and Rebeca Vega.
A compilation titled The Very Best of Marc Antoine was released in 2003 featuring his most well-known songs.
2010 American Smooth Jazz Awards - International Artist of the Year
Regularly touring with contemporary jazz artists like Dave Koz
, Chris Botti
, Jeff Lorber
, Jeffrey Osborne
, David Benoit, Larry Carlton
and others, he also performs or records with jazz legends such as Peter Erskine
, Jimmy Haslip
, Mike Mainieri
, Dave Valentin
, Christian McBride
, and Mark Egan
. Marc was honored when George Benson
mentioned him as one of his favorite guitarists.
Jazz fusion
Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...
guitarist. Marc currently resides in Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, Spain
Spain
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. His guitar play style is based on Roma music
Roma music
Romani music is the music of the Romani people, who have their origins in Northern India, but today live mostly in Europe....
.
Early life
Marc Antoine was born in ParisParis
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
on the 28th of May 1963. His parents bought him his first guitar when he was 11 years old and he developed a passion for the instrument after watching a friend play. By the age of 13, his father was impressed by his growing skill and sent Antoine to Conservatoire de Paris
Conservatoire de Paris
The Conservatoire de Paris is a college of music and dance founded in 1795, now situated in the avenue Jean Jaurès in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France...
where he would receive classical lessons. While learning his craft, he drew inspiration from his mentors Andrés Segovia
Andrés Segovia
Andrés Torres Segovia, 1st Marquis of Salobreña , known as Andrés Segovia, was a virtuoso Spanish classical guitarist from Linares, Jaén, Andalucia, Spain...
and John Williams
John Williams (guitarist)
John Christopher Williams is an Australian classical guitarist, and a long-term resident of the United Kingdom. In 1973, he shared a Grammy Award win in the 'Best Chamber Music Performance' category with Julian Bream for Julian and John .-Biography:John Williams was born on 24 April 1941 in...
. Antoine came to a crossroads at the age of 17 at which he had to choose between his hobby of guitar and his profession of competitive swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
. As he'd won several awards through his guitar performances, he chose to remain a guitarist and expand his influences to include local favorites in jazz, rock, Afro, and pop. Marc also played in local bands in Brittany
Brittany
Brittany is a cultural and administrative region in the north-west of France. Previously a kingdom and then a duchy, Brittany was united to the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province. Brittany has also been referred to as Less, Lesser or Little Britain...
, France during this time.
Injury and recovery
In the summer of 1981 at the age of 18, his debut was sidelined by an accidental injury to his left hand. While playing with the family dog, Marc unintentionally crashed through a glass door. The surgeon who removed the shards of glass from his hand told him that his chances of playing guitar again were slim to none. Marc's passion for the guitar drove him through a rigorous rehabilitation process for the next three years and in 1984 he was back on the scene in Paris, performing in clubs and recording for artists such as Philippe Petit, Charlelie CoutureCharlélie Couture
Charlélie Couture is a French musician and multi-disciplinary artist, who has recorded over 25 albums and 17 film soundtracks, and has held a number of exhibitions of paintings and photographs...
, Jill Kaplan, France Gall
France Gall
France Gall is a popular French yé-yé singer.Gall was married to, and had a successful singing career in partnership with, French singer-songwriter Michel Berger....
, and Ray Lema
Ray Lema
Raymond Lema A'nsi Nzinga, known as Ray Lema, is a Congolese musician born March 30, 1946 in Lufu-Toto, Bas-Congo Province.Lema is a pianist, guitarist, and songwriter. He worked for the National Ballet of Zaire, as it was then called, and in 1979 was invited to the United States by the...
. Marc also revisited his surgeon in 1984 and played a piece for him to demonstrate his full recovery.
Relocation and building a résumé
In 1988, a 25-year-old Marc moved to LondonLondon
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
where he joined Basia
Basia
Basia Trzetrzelewska is a Polish singer-songwriter and record producer. She established a successful international recording career featuring characteristically Latin-flavoured jazz-pop crossover songs during the late 1980s and early 1990s and the late 2000s and 2010s, particularly in the United...
as part of her recording band and worked with other London-based acts such as The Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra, Soul II Soul
Soul II Soul
Soul II Soul are a British group that was created in London in 1988. They are best known for their 1989 UK chart-topper and U.S. Top 5 hit, "Back to Life ".-Career:...
, Pato Banton
Pato Banton
Pato Banton is a reggae singer and toaster from Birmingham, England. He received the nickname 'Pato' from his stepfather, and 'Banton' from the disc jockey slang for a "heavyweight DJ".-Biography:Born in Birmingham, Banton first came to public attention in the early 1980s when he worked with The...
, and General Public
General Public
General Public were a band formed by The Beat vocalists, Dave Wakeling and Ranking Roger, and which included former members of Dexy's Midnight Runners, The Specials and The Clash...
. Marc also found the time to take part in the budding London Acid Jazz
Acid jazz
Acid jazz is a musical genre that combines elements of jazz, funk and hip-hop, particularly looped beats. It developed in the UK over the 1980s and 1990s and could be seen as tacking the sound of jazz-funk onto electronic dance: jazz-funk musicians such as Roy Ayers, Donald Byrd and Grant Green are...
scene. Shortly after, he decided to tour the world for inspiration which led him to spend time in Tokyo where he became an acclaimed session player.
Marc relocated once again, this time to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
in the late 1990s. During his 12 year stay, he played backing guitar for marquee artists such as Sting, Celine Dion
Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...
, Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart
Roderick David "Rod" Stewart, CBE is a British singer-songwriter and musician, born and raised in North London, England and currently residing in Epping. He is of Scottish and English ancestry....
, Cher
Cher
Cher is an American recording artist, television personality, actress, director, record producer and philanthropist. Referred to as the Goddess of Pop, she has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globes and a Cannes Film Festival Award among others for her work in...
, Selena
Selena
Selena Quintanilla-Pérez , known simply as Selena, was a Mexican American singer-songwriter. She was named the "top Latin artist of the '90s" and "Best selling Latin artist of the decade" by Billboard for her fourteen top-ten singles in the Top Latin Songs chart, including seven number-one hits...
, Queen Latifah
Queen Latifah
Dana Elaine Owens , better known by her stage name Queen Latifah, is an American singer, rapper, and actress. Her work in music, film and television has earned her a Golden Globe award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Image Awards, a Grammy Award, six additional Grammy nominations, an Emmy...
, George Benson
George Benson
George Benson is a ten Grammy Award winning American musician, whose production career began at the age of twenty-one as a jazz guitarist....
, Guru
Guru (rapper)
Keith Edward Elam , better known by his stage name Guru, was an American emcee and member of the hip-hop duo Gang Starr, along with DJ Premier. He was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts...
's Jazzmatazz
Jazzmatazz
Jazzmatazz may be a reference to:An album from the Jazzmatazz series of hip hop and jazz recordings from Guru , including:* Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1* Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality* Jazzmatazz, Vol. 3: Street Soul...
project, Take 6
Take 6
Take 6 is an American a cappella gospel music sextet formed in 1980 on the campus of Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama. The group sings in a contemporary style, integrating R&B and jazz influences into their devotional songs and has 10 Grammy wins, 10 Dove Awards, one Soul Train Award and two...
, and others. He composed and performed individual songs for six major movie soundtracks: Get Shorty
Get Shorty
Get Shorty is a 1990 novel by American novelist Elmore Leonard. In 1995, the novel was adapted into a film of the same name.-Plot summary:...
, The Fan
The Fan (1996 film)
The Fan is a 1996 American thriller film starring Robert De Niro and Wesley Snipes. It was directed by Tony Scott and based on the novel of the same name by Peter Abrahams...
, Patch Adams
Patch Adams
Hunter Doherty "Patch" Adams, M.D. is an American physician, social activist, citizen diplomat and author. He founded the Gesundheit! Institute in 1971...
, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is a non-fiction work by John Berendt. Published in 1994, the book was Berendt's first, and became a The New York Times bestseller for 216 weeks following its debut....
, Demolition Man
Demolition Man (film)
Demolition Man is a 1993 American, science fiction action film directed by Marco Brambilla, and starring Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes. Sandra Bullock, Nigel Hawthorne, and Denis Leary co-star....
, and Celtic Pride
Celtic Pride
Celtic Pride is a comedy film written by Judd Apatow and Colin Quinn and directed by Tom DeCerchio. It features Daniel Stern and Dan Aykroyd as Mike O'Hara and Jimmy Flaherty, two passionate Boston Celtics fans and Damon Wayans as Lewis Scott, the Utah Jazz's All-Star shooting guard.-Plot:Best...
. Marc worked with renowned producers Tommy LiPuma
Tommy LiPuma
Tommy LiPuma is an American music producer. In his long career, he has worked with many musicians, including Barbra Streisand, Miles Davis, Al Jarreau, Anita Baker, Natalie Cole, Claudine Longet, Dave Mason, the Yellowjackets, Michael Franks, Diana Krall, and The Story...
, Philippe Saisse
Philippe Saisse
Philippe Saisse is a French Grammy Award-nominated Smooth Jazz and New Age music keyboardist, producer and arranger.He was born in Marseille and raised in Paris. After studying at the Conservatoire de Paris he won a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music. He became the protege of Gary Burton...
, Marcus Miller
Marcus Miller
Marcus Miller is an American jazz composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Miller is best known as a bassist, working with trumpeter Miles Davis, singer Luther Vandross, and saxophonist David Sanborn, as well as maintaining a prolific solo career...
, Mike Pela, Guy Roche
Guy Roche
Guy Roche is a record producer and songwriter who is best known for the hit singles he has co-written/co-produced for Christina Aguilera, which include but are not limited to "What a Girl Wants", "I Turn to You", and "Come on Over Baby . He also co-wrote Brandy's Never Say Never single "Almost...
and Stoker
Stoker
A stoker is "one who stokes".Stoker may also refer to:* A fireplace poker* Mechanical stoker - a coal-feeding device on a steam locomotive...
during this stint.
Solo career
While in Los Angeles, Marc began his solo career with his first album Classical Soul on NYC/GRP records in 1994. The album was strongly influenced by AmericanUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
and hip-hop. Utilizing nylon strings on his acoustic guitar, Marc also injected flamenco
Flamenco
Flamenco is a genre of music and dance which has its foundation in Andalusian music and dance and in whose evolution Andalusian Gypsies played an important part....
style into much of the album's work. The album enjoyed success in the American contemporary jazz market bolstered by the radio hit, "Unity."
In 1995 came Urban Gypsy, the second of his two self-produced solo albums. Urban Gypsy took only two months to write, record, and produce. Marc's objective for the album was to make the melodies more accessible to new listeners. The album ended up spawning two singles for radio: "Latin Quarter" and "Sand Castle."
Madrid saw release in 1998 on GRP records co-produced by smooth jazz
Smooth jazz
Smooth jazz is a genre of music that grew out of jazz fusion and is influenced by R&B, funk, rock, and pop music styles ....
mainstay Rick Braun
Rick Braun
Rick Braun is a smooth jazz trumpet player.Before embarking on a solo career, Braun got his start by playing in several bands, including guitarist Jeff Golub's Avenue Blue...
. Despite lukewarm reviews from critics, Madrid managed to produce two radio play singles: "Sunland" and the title track. Both are still in rotation on several smooth jazz stations.
Universal Language in 2000 saw Marc draw inspiration from African
Music of Africa
Africa is a vast continent and its regions and nations have distinct musical traditions. The music of North Africa for the most part has a different history from sub-Saharan African music traditions....
, Celtic
Celtic music
Celtic music is a term utilised by artists, record companies, music stores and music magazines to describe a broad grouping of musical genres that evolved out of the folk musical traditions of the Celtic people of Western Europe...
and European Drum and Bass
Drum and bass
Drum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines...
music. To record his most ambitious record to date, he brought in session musicians and friends from his career travels around the world to give the record an international flavor. The album was produced by Philippe Saisse
Philippe Saisse
Philippe Saisse is a French Grammy Award-nominated Smooth Jazz and New Age music keyboardist, producer and arranger.He was born in Marseille and raised in Paris. After studying at the Conservatoire de Paris he won a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music. He became the protege of Gary Burton...
.
Marc's biggest hit, Cruisin' was his final release on GRP
GRP Records
GRP Records is an American jazz record company, owned by Universal Music Group and operates through its Verve Music Group. The company's name has had different meanings. In its early days, it stood for "Grusin/Rosen Productions," after the founders...
and came in 2001. Featuring a cover of Sérgio Mendes
Sergio Mendes
Sérgio Santos Mendes is a Brazilian musician. He has released over thirty-five albums, and plays bossa nova heavily crossed with jazz and funk....
' hit Mas Que Nada, Cruisin' enjoyed success on the strength of radio hits "On The Strip" and "Cruisin'."
Mediterranéo was released in 2003 on Rendezvous Entertainment featuring strong Latin influence on the majority of the record. The album was well received by critics, hatching two radio singles with the title track and "Cubanova." The album also featured a cover of Everything But The Girl
Everything but the Girl
Everything but the Girl was a two-person English band, formed in Hull during 1981, consisting of lead singer and occasional guitarist Tracey Thorn and guitarist, keyboardist, and singer Ben Watt . They are currently inactive although vocalist Tracey Thorn hinted that they may reform someday...
's "Lady."
Taking a cue from his jazz idol Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...
, Marc set out to find new directions for contemporary jazz. In doing so, he released Modern Times in 2005. For this record, he sought out electronic musician David Ferrero to bring a club feel to his performances adding that he appreciates Ferrero's ability to work Marc's classically trained guitar playing into an accessible sound. The album has one radio single, "Bella Via," and features Marc's first vocal performance on the French-language Sting cover "La Belle Dame Sans Regrets."
Hi-Lo Split, was released on Peak Records
Peak Records
Peak Records is a record label that was co-founded by The Rippingtons leader and guitarist Russ Freeman & Andi Howard in 1994.The early years, Peak founded as a production for Russ' group The Rippingtons in GRP Records...
in 2007. The album features a cover of R&B and jazz classic "Spooky
Spooky (classic song)
"Spooky" was originally an instrumental song performed by saxophonist Mike Sharpe , written by Shapiro and Harry Middlebrooks, Jr., which first charted in 1967 hitting #57 on the US pop charts. Its best known version was created by The Classics IV when guitarist James Cobb and producer Buddy Buie...
" as well as solos with a Mexican requinto
Requinto
The term requinto is used in both Spanish and Portuguese to mean a smaller, higher-pitched version of another instrument. Thus, there are requinto guitars, drums, and several wind instruments.-Wind instruments:...
guitar and a steel-string guitar. The album has one radio single, "For A Smile."
My Classical Way was released on September 21st, 2010 on Marc's own label, Frazzy Frog Music. The first single, "Dreamer," features performances by keyboardist Philippe Saisse, and vocalists Jasmine Roy and Rebeca Vega.
A compilation titled The Very Best of Marc Antoine was released in 2003 featuring his most well-known songs.
Accolades and collaborations
Marc's career boasts many #1 hits on the R&R contemporary jazz charts, as well as topping the Billboard charts. In 1995, R&R elected him Best New Artist of The Year, which was followed by his Gavin Award in 1998. He has also received numerous nominations for jazz awards in the US and Canada.2010 American Smooth Jazz Awards - International Artist of the Year
Regularly touring with contemporary jazz artists like Dave Koz
Dave Koz
Dave Koz is an American smooth jazz saxophonist.- Life and career :Dave Koz was born on March 27, 1963 in Encino, California....
, Chris Botti
Chris Botti
Christopher Stephen "Chris" Botti , is an American trumpeter and composer. In 2007, Botti was nominated for two Grammy Awards including Best Pop Instrumental Album. On December 4, 2009, he was nominated for three more Grammy Awards including Best Pop Instrumental Album and Best Long Form Music Video...
, Jeff Lorber
Jeff Lorber
Jeff Lorber is an American Grammy Award-nominated keyboardist, composer, and record producer.After leading his own group, The Jeff Lorber Fusion, he went on to pioneer the smooth jazz genre....
, Jeffrey Osborne
Jeffrey Osborne
Jeffrey Linton Osborne is an American funk and R&B musician, songwriter, lyricist, and former lead singer of the band, L.T.D.-Early life and career:...
, David Benoit, Larry Carlton
Larry Carlton
Larry Carlton is an American jazz, smooth jazz, jazz fusion, pop, and rock guitarist and singer. He has divided his recording time between solo recordings and session appearances with various well-known bands...
and others, he also performs or records with jazz legends such as Peter Erskine
Peter Erskine
Peter Erskine is an American jazz drummer and composer. He has enjoyed a long and successful career as a session drummer, recording and touring with many famous jazz and rock artists, including Steely Dan and Weather Report...
, Jimmy Haslip
Jimmy Haslip
Jimmy Haslip is an American electric bass player and record producer best known as a founding and current member of the pioneering fusion group Yellowjackets...
, Mike Mainieri
Mike Mainieri
Michael T. Mainieri, Jr. is a vibraphonist best known for his work with the jazz fusion group Steps Ahead....
, Dave Valentin
Dave Valentin
Dave Valentin is a jazz flutist.He learned latin percussion first when he was a teenager, and then switched to flute. Valentin's teacher, Hubert Laws, suggested that he not double on saxophone because of his attractive sound on the flute. He studied at the Bronx Community College...
, Christian McBride
Christian McBride
Christian McBride is an American jazz bassist. His father, Lee Smith, and his great uncle, Howard Cooper, are well known Philadelphia bassists who served as McBride's early mentors...
, and Mark Egan
Mark Egan
Mark Egan is an American jazz bass guitarist and trumpeter, arguably best known for his membership in the Pat Metheny Group from 1977 to 1980, and the Gil Evans Orchestra...
. Marc was honored when George Benson
George Benson
George Benson is a ten Grammy Award winning American musician, whose production career began at the age of twenty-one as a jazz guitarist....
mentioned him as one of his favorite guitarists.
Albums
- Classical Soul (1994, reissued 1998)
- Urban Gypsy (1995, reissued 1998)
- Madrid (1998)
- Universal Language (2000)
- Cruisin' (2001)
- Mediterranéo (2003)
- Modern Times (2005)
- Hi-Lo Split (2007)
- My Classical Way (2010)