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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

Up High, Down Low

By Alan Ferber

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: In Hindsight.

Without Question

By Pete McCann

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: Without Question; I Can Remember; Trifecta; Lost City; Lovely Thing; Blues for O.M.; Conspiracy Theory; January; Hindsight; Erase the Hate.

Pathika

By David Borgo

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: Mumbai; Mombasa; Aqaba; Limassol; Lisboa; Dubrovnik; Azrou; The Bath.

Stracci

By Michael Ragonese

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: Solar; Escape; In Attesa; Ties Of Tomorrow Pt.1; Tides Of Tomorrow Pt.2; La Pioggia; I'll Be Seeing You; Copycat.

Pete McCann: Without Question

by Jack Bowers
September 15, 2023

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 ...

Michael Ragonese: Stracci

by Pierre Giroux
August 24, 2023

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, ...

Jonathan Kreisberg: Night Songs

by C. Andrew Hovan
August 13, 2023

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 ...

Megumi Yonezawa: Resonance

by Neri Pollastri
August 3, 2023

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 ...

David Borgo: Pathika

by Dan McClenaghan
July 25, 2023

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 ...