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Mark Schaufner

Making the complicated simple is true creativity.

About Me

The history of all big jazz bands shows was, first they played for dancing, and then they played for singing. People seem to have forgotten that fact. I'm not trying to disrespect any vocalist but without the instruments (not just a voice) it lacks severely.

There's room enough for everyone these days but I feel most have forgotten what true musicianship is about. Have a brain of your own and don't be spoon fed by people telling you what you should enjoy.

Jazz is America's own. It is played and listened to by all peoples - in harmony together. Pigmentation differences have no place... as in genuine democracy, only performance counts.

My Jazz Story

"The public, hearing pop music, is, without knowing it, also soaking up jazz." - Norman Granz I don't want to sound as if I'm doing something tremendously special. But I am a jazz fan.