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Mark Simmonds

Born: July 21, 1955

Mark Simmonds was a New Zealand-born Australian jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and bandleader renowned for his overwhelming, emotionally charged sound and leadership of the Freeboppers, a group that showcased his original compositions blending bebop, free jazz, blues, and New Orleans influences.[1][2]

Born in Christchurch to a musically inclined family—his father played trumpet, his brother guitar, and relatives included the 1960s pop act the Brodie Brothers—Simmonds moved to Sydney as a child and immersed himself in music from an early age, initially on guitar before switching to saxophone in 1972.[1][3]

On the Road, Fellini & All That Jazz

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 20, 2018

The Road. A place that inspires both composing music and listening to it. In this episode of Mondo Jazz we'll focus on music about a road to Timbuktu, French, Italian and Brooklyn streets, being on the road and the road as a metaphor for a jazzist's necessary openness to the unexpected. Not to mention, ...