Mark Small plays tenor saxophone with the Bublé band. He is a terrific saxophonist and a brilliant composer too. His solo in the Caught In the Act DVD recording of "That's All" is outstanding.
Mark is a wonderfully kind and intuitive guy. He is a great philosopher on life and I always look forward to reading the next intallment of his blog ...
My fondest memory of seeing Mark perform was during Michael's Valentine's night concert at the Las Vegas Hilton, February, 2006 when, having played his solo during "My Funny Valentine, Mark was about to return to his seat when Michael invited him to stay at the front of the stage to "jam" as he finished the song ... the result was simply breathtaking and I was in such awe and admiration of Mark's playing that I completely forgot to clap until the applause was almost over!
Born in Norwarlk, Connecticut, Mark has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music from the University of Connecticut and a Master of Music - Jazz Performance from the prestigious New England Conservatory, Boston, Massachussetts. A semi-finalist in the 2002 Thelonious Monk Saxophone Competition and 1st Place Winner in the 2001 East Coast Jazz Festival, Mark has also won 3rd Prize in the 2002 World Sax Competition, Montreaux - some of his performances feature on the CD and DVD recordings of the finals of the Montreux competition.
In a teaching capacity, Mark has taught at the Jazz Faculty of the Sacred Heart University, Connecticut, teaching improvisation and composition, jazz band, music in western civilization and private woodwind instruction. During his career to date he has worked with artists such as Bruce Barth, Harold Danko, Benny Golson, Joe LaBarbera, John Mosca, Dick Oatts, Tiger Okoshi, Claudio Roditi, Ed Soph and Kenny Wheeler.
Mark features on a number of album recordings as both a performer and a composer/arranger. As part of the Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee Quintet, he wrote three tracks for the record "Previous Misconceptions" and also tracks on The Damon Grant Project's "Sonidos Nuevos", including "Descarga Pequeña" and "Mark's Tune in 6".
Together with fellow Bublé band member Rob Wilkerson, Mark is a co-conspirator of Darcy Jame's Argue's Secret Society which has recently recorded the CD "Infermal Machines".
Mark co-leads the ensemble "Bronze" with saxophonist, Walter Smith III. The ensemble have released their first full recording on iTunes.
Michael Bublé Recordings featuring Mark Small
CD + DVDs
* dates in brackets are UK release dates
Michael Bublé ~ Caught In The Act (2006)*
- "Caught In The Act" is available from Amazon.co.uk
and Amazon.com
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CDs
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Michael Bublé ~ Let It Snow! (EP) (2007)
- "Let It Snow!" is available from Amazon.co.uk
and Amazon.com
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Recordings by Mark Small
CDs
Bronze ~ Bronze
Track Listing:
1. Mint Condition
2. The Crawler
3. Espn
4. 8 Bars
5. Happy Song
6. New Bossa
7. Fragile
8. Small Spaces
9. Go For Broke
- "Bronze" is available from iTunes
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Other Artists' Recordings featuring Mark Small
CDs
Darcy James Argue's Secret Society presents Infernal Machines
The Damon Grant Project ~ Sonidos Nuevos
- Mark plays the saxophone and flute on The Damon Grant Project ~ Sonidos Nuevos.
The Damon Grant Sextet ~ Improvisation
- Mark plays the saxophone and percussion on The Damon Grant Sextet ~ Improvisation
The Jason Goldman Nonet ~ The Definitive Standard
Virtuosic Saxophones: Sax Competition - Montreux Jazz Festival [LIVE]
- Read a review of the CD here.
Track Listing:
- Sonny Moon For Two
- Blue 7 - Jamie Oehlers
- Bye Bye Blackbird - Soweto Kinch
- Darn That Dream
- Ballad - Mark Small
- Peace - Jamie Oehlers
- Night and Day - Soweto Kinch
- Three Little Words - Jamile Oehlers
- Jr. Bluetain - Mark Small
- Mysterioso - Soweto Kinch
- All The Things You Are - Mark Small
- My Shining Hour - Paul Smith
Emmanuel Vaughtan Lee Quintet ~ Previous Misconceptions
Berklee Collegue of Music ~ Summa Cum Jazz: The Best of Berklee College of Music 1997
Other DVD Recordings featuring Mark Small
Virtuosic Saxophones: Sax Competition - Montreux Jazz Festival
- Read a review of the DVD here.
Articles featuring Mark Small
- Secret Society: Know Your Co-Conspirators: Mark Small (Darcy James Argue's Secret Society ~ February 4, 2009)
- Soul Music - Interview with Mark Small (October 7, 2007 ~ Canyon News)
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Michael Bublé in sensational Vegas debut (February 19, 2006 ~ Broadway to Vegas)Feb
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The Young Lions - Percussionist Damon Grant and the new language of Latin jazz (January 15, 2004 ~ Fairfield County Weekly)
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Sax Competition 2002 (Jeremy & Kim White Foundation)
Offical Website & MySpace URL:
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Small Music - Mark Small's official website.
Video Clips featuring Mark Small
Walter Smith III & Mark Small @ The Mint, LA (August 20th, 2007)
- Kennedy Center Performance January 15, 2005 - watch a performance by The Damon Grant Project.
Audio Clips featuring Mark Small
- Phobos (with Darcy James Argue's Secret Society) - December 12th, 2008 (Jazz Library, New York).
Mark Small Photo Gallery
