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Marc Rosen

Rosen's first professional gig was at the age of 14.playing with a variety band called "Sweet Thunder". They played all over the Midwest for several years. Rosen went to University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as a music major on the baritone saxophone and played with several of the jazz groups there. Over the years Rosen appeared with or opened for such greats as Urbie Green, Don Ellis, Bobby Rosengarden and Joe Williams. Rosen played baritone sax, clarinet, and soprano sax with Big Time Operator, a very successful, 10 piece swing band which played often in Las Vegas, including gigs at the Desert Inn and monthly appearances at the Hard Rock Cafe Casino, as well as regular appearances at the Derby, the Viper Room, the Hollywood Athletic Club and other high profile venues in Los Angeles and San Francisco

Monsoon

By Marc Rosen

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2007
Track listing: Marc VI; One-Eyed Jack, Mulligan Stew; Dormindinha; Janet's Blues; Eurydice's Theme; Lightning Flash; Sweet Thunder; Janetude; Rolling Thunder; Charlie's Comin'

Marc Rosen & Sweet Thunder Jazztet: Monsoon

by Michael P. Gladstone
January 12, 2007

In what amounts to a public announcement, the press release that accompanies this album reports that baritone saxophonist Marc Rosen has spent decades worshipping the music of Gerry Mulligan. Dating back to his high school years, the teen would take frequent trips into Chicago until he finally saw Jeru's set at Joe Segal's Jazz Showcase. Although ...

Monsoon

By Marc Rosen

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2006
Track listing: Marc VT; One-Eyed Jack; Mulligan Stew; Dormindhinha; Janet's Blues; Eurydice's Theme; Lightning Flash; Sweet Thunder; Janetude; Rolling Thunder; Charlie's Comin.

Marc Rosen & Sweet Thunder Jazztet: Monsoon

by Glenn Astarita
November 9, 2006

It's no secret, especially given the accompanying press kit and artist's comments, that this album provides a contemporary spin on the sounds and style of the late, great baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan. But Marc Rosen and other band members wrote original compositions for Monsoon, so this set is not a verbatim rehashing of the Mulligan songbook. ...