Jazz Articles about Mark Sherman

Mark Sherman: Truth Of Who I Am

by DanMichael Reyes
February 27, 2014

Vibraphonist Mark Sherman likes using the term consummate to describe musicians and colleagues that he's played with. While it would be difficult to speak to every notable musician that Sherman's played for and ask about their opinion about Juilliard graduate and professor, it is safe to assume that they would also describe Sherman as a consummate musician. Mark Sherman has enjoyed a career as a leader with over a dozen albums under his name. While Sherman's albums as ...

Mark Sherman: The L.A. Sessions

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 4, 2012

E' in un percorso tra i grandi nomi del jazz che il vibrafonista Mark Sherman decide di avventurarsi rivisitando in versione per quartetto standards e altri brani legati al mondo bebop. La scaletta si apre con “Woody'n You" di Dizzy Gillespie e si percepisce da subito l'empatia tra i musicisti, qualità che sarà più evidente nel finale del brano. Dopo l'esposizione dell'assolo di John Chiodini, inizia il vero dialogo all'interno del gruppo, scambi estemporanei che evolvono in una forma discorsiva ...

Mark Sherman: L. A. Sessions

by Larry Taylor
March 13, 2012

Vibraphonist Mark Sherman has had a longstanding desire to release an album featuring some of his favorite bebop and standard tunes. Now, in L.A. Sessions, this dream comes true, with happy results.These jazz gems from a half-century ago are played in the tradition, but Sherman and his cohorts lovingly add luster. Chief help comes from Bill Cunliffe, on Hammond B-3 organ (rather than his usual piano), and masterful guitarist John Chiodini, a favorite on the Southern California club ...

Luigi Ruberti: Dedicated to Bill Evans

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 21, 2010

Al terzo album per la Splasc(H), il contrabbassista napoletano Luigi Ruberti cambia ospite speciale (passando da Flavio Boltro al vibrafonista americano Mark Sherman) e musica (concentrandosi sulle composizioni del pianista Bill Evans). Da contrabbassista, un ruolo importante nelle formazioni guidate da Evans grazie in particolare al genio di Scott LaFaro, Eddie Gomez e Marc Johnson, Ruberti non poteva non appasionarsi all'opera del pianista di Plainfield (New Jersey) che ha lanciato un ponte fra la muscia occidentale e quella afroamericana. Una ...

Mark Sherman at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles

by Jim Santella
February 25, 2009

Mark Sherman Jazz Brasserie at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Los Angeles, CA January 29, 2009

The Jazz Brasserie at LA's Crowne Plaza Hotel is perfect for jazz, with its informal seating and focused performance platform. Situated not far from LAX, it's convenient for both Los Angelenos and longer haul travelers.

When vibraphonist Mark Sherman came to town--and hooked up with old friends pianist John Campbell, bassist Tony Dumas and drummer Paul Kreibich--he ...

Mark Sherman Quartet: Live at the Bird's Eye

by Eyal Hareuveni
September 21, 2008

This two-disc live documentation of vibraphonist Mark Sherman's quartet captures a working band at its best. Beautifully recorded before an appreciative audience at the Bird's Eye club in Basel, Switzerland, the quartet delivers a very joyful presentation of their repertoire: Sherman's and pianist Allen Farnham's original compositions coupled with a selection of standards referencing the glorious days of bebop and post-bop, infused with articulate, personal playing and an urgent rhythmic energy. Sherman is accompanied by Farnham who, in this live ...

Mark Sherman Quartet: Live@The Bird´s Eye

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 5, 2008

Un gran bel disco per il quartetto del vibrafonista americano Mark Sherman, registrato dal vivo a Basilea. Da un bel pò di tempo Sherman lavora con un novero regolare di musicisti; i piú “anziani", nel senso di collaborazione, sono il pianista Allen Farnham ed il batterista Tim Horner, con cui aveva inciso The Motive Series in cui appariva anche il compianto Michael Brecker. Il gruppo con vibrafono/pianoforte e ritmica ci riporta indietro ai grandi Milt Jackson e John Lewis. Qui ...