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Mark Edelman
Since: 2024 | Position: Contributor | Location: Washington | Page Views: 4,513 
About Me
Mark writes about theater and jazz in Washington, DC and New York City
I write reviews of live jazz shows in clubs and concert venues in Washington, DC and NYC I'm from Kansas City, where I spent three years as president of the Jazz Ambassadors, published JAM Magazine and Exec Produced 12th Street Jump, public radio's weekly jazz, blues and comedy jam, for eleven seasons until 2020 when COVID closed alot of venues. I received a Jazz Heroes citiaton in 2024 from the Jazz Journalists Associates, of which I think I've been a member since 2015..
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I met and presented alot of musicians who appeared on our public radio show 12th Street Jump, including Bobby Watson, Karrin Allyson, Christian McBride, Joe Sample,
Bucky Pizzarelli, Bob James, Jeff Hamilton, VInce Giordano, Diego Figueredo, David Basse, Randy Weinstein and a bunch more
The first jazz records I bought were Monk's Dream, Kinda Blue and Giant Steps
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Produced a public radio show in various clubs and bars in the KC area for ten years. Show was carried by thirty to forty stations around the country.
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This page was last updated on 2026-07-08.
