Mark Masters (musician)

Mark Masters
Birth name Mark Alton Masters
Born (1957-11-13) November 13, 1957
Gary, Indiana
Genres Jazz
Occupation(s) trumpeter, composer, arranger, bandleader
Instruments trumpet
Years active 1982-present

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, and made his first recordings as a leader in 1984.

Masters is the 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", based in Pasadena, California.[2]

Discography

As a leader

[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Mark Masters biography at Allmusic
  2. AJI home page
  3. Review of Everything You Did, Jeff Dayton-Johnson at All About Jazz, published July 27, 2013, retrieved December 12, 2014.
  4. Mark Masters discography at Allmusic, is the source of this discography, except Everything You Did.
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