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Jazz trombonist Mark Bassey has been described as “a superb, witty player” (Dave Gelly), his playing can stretch from the “raucous” (John Fordham) to an “exquisite sound and perfect phrasing” (Brian Blain). Mark is a highly versatile musician who covers all styles from swing to bop (with John Dankworth, Stan Tracey, Alan Barnes) and the contemporary (Julian Arguelles, Nikki Iles).
Recent recordings include Daphna Sadeh, Johannes Lemke, Clark Tracey …
In 2007 he released ‘Mark Bassey’s Telling Stories’ an album featuring his own highly programmatic writing. His quintet ‘Bassey Plays Basie’ also has an album in the pipeline.
Mark
has been involved with jazz education for many years, teaching
trombone and running classes in harmony, improvisation, composition and
arranging at many colleges including the Royal Academy of Music,
Trinity College of Music, and also the Jamey Aebersold jazz summer
school.
www.markbassey.com October 2009
Other quotes:
"Mark Bassey is a fine tutor and knows how to draw the music out of each student. It was an honor teaching with him at the Jazzwise course" Jamey Aebersold
“unquestionably one of the most gifted trombonists the UK has to offer”
“one of the country's most inspirational educators”
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