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Technology

Jazz Trumpeter Share the Thanks App

Source: Mark Rapp
November 22, 2011

Just in time for Thanksgiving, jazz trumpeter and composer Mark Rapp launched a simple, but effective, web app to spread the feeling of thanks and gratitude. It features an original composition by Rapp appropriately named “Thank You" which was recorded and released on the trumpeter's debut CD Token Tales (Paved Earth Music, 2009). You can enjoy the presentation as-is, download the MP3 for free, or you can customize the text, then quickly and easily share your personalized message. The sharing ...

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Performance / Tour

NY Jazz and a Carolina Bank

Source: Mark Rapp
March 23, 2011

(NEW YORK, NY)—Known for their industry first “Applum"—a complete record delivered solely through the iTunes App Store—New York Jazz trumpeter Mark Rapp and renowned guitarist/vocalist Derek Lee Bronston's jazz group “The Song Project" has partnered with South Carolina Bank and Trust on a return tour of the Carolinas culminating in a performance whose partial proceeds will benefit the Women's Shelter Health Services of Charlotte, NC. SC-raised trumpeter Mark Rapp is looking forward to the return tour saying, “I love coming ...

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Technology

The Song Project celebrates Valentine's with the Web

Source: Mark Rapp
February 11, 2011

The Song Project, a jazz duo out of Brooklyn, NY known for their forward-thinking and out-of- the-box approaches to music and technology has released a web page optimized for the iPad and iPhone in celebration of this Valentine's weekend. They present a bit of dry humor with some choice quotes by Rosanne Barr to Plato and offer an original composition and a hauntingly beautiful version of My Funny Valentine. http://vday.thesongproject.net/ Their industry first product they coined as the “applum"—iPhone App ...

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Event

Blue Note (NY) Applum Release Show

Source: Mark Rapp
October 7, 2010

Jazz trumpeter, composer, producer and band leader Mark Rapp along with renowned guitarist/vocalist and composer Derek Lee Bronston celebrate the release of their brand new Applum “The Song Project—Art of the Song, vol. 1" with a special show at the Blue Note (NYC) on Monday, October 11 at 8pm and 10:30pm. The Song Project explores a wide range of material from AC/DC and Radiohead to Charlie Parker. Their “Applum" is an iPhone/iPad application that takes advantage of the elegance of ...

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Performance / Tour

The Road to Euphoria 2010: The Song Project Tour

Source: Mark Rapp
September 16, 2010

GREENVILLE—Jazz trumpeter, composer, producer and band leader Mark Rapp along with renowned guitarist/vocalist and composer Derek Lee Bronston celebrate the release of their brand new cd The Song Project—Art of the Song, vol . 1 September, 2010 with a tour of the East Coast. The first leg of the “The Song Project" tour will take them around South and North Carolina (Greenville, SC; Charleston, SC; Columbia,SC; Boone, NC; Rock Hill, SC) and culminate in a performance at the Euphoria Jazz ...

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Book / Magazine

New Jazz Book Includes Interviews with Trumpeters Mark Rapp, Terence Blanchard, Lew Soloff, Freddie Hubbard, Chris Botti and more

Source: Mark Rapp
July 19, 2010

How Jazz Trumpeters Understand Their Music: Twenty-Seven Interviews 1. Vince DiMartino, 2. Kenny Wheeler, 3. Terence Blanchard, 4. Lew Soloff, 5. Rick Braun, 6. Freddie Hubbard, 7. Dave Douglas..., 11. Eddie Henderson, 12. Donald Byrd..., 14. Herb Alpert, 15. Wallace Roney..., 19. Brian Lynch, 20. Mark Isham..., 22. Chris Botti..., 25. Tim Hagans..., 27. Mark Rapp This work is one of the most complete collections of in-depth commentary on the state of jazz music today. These interviews illustrate the interplay ...

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