Name Mark Kramer | Website www.mark-kramer.com Years active 1980–present | |
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Born November 3, 1945 (age 79) ( 1945-11-03 ) Occupation(s) Jazz pianist, composer, arranger, producer/engineer Albums Harry Potter Jazz "The Sorcerer's Stone", Poor Life Choices, Kind of Trio, Evita En Jazz, First Chapter Genres Jazz, Cool jazz, Modal jazz, Chamber jazz Record labels Concord Bicycle Music, Telarc International Corporation Similar People Kramer, Charles Fambrough, Eddie Gomez, Jack Renner, Marian McPartland | ||
Mark kramer
Mark Kramer (born November 3, 1945) is a Philadelphia-born jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and producer/engineer. His numerous recordings/ productions are often listed under "The Mark Kramer Trio." However, many works with acclaimed jazz bassist Eddie Gómez, are listed under "Eddie Gómez and Mark Kramer " or simply "Eddie Gómez." These are significant signature co-productions.
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Members of the Philadelphia Orchestra mentored him on violin from the age of five. His early jazz performances, in his teens and twenties included those with Michael Brecker and Randy Brecker, Charles Fambrough, Stanley Clarke, and Eric Gravatt. Over the next decades his trio went on to record a series of specialty productions including:
Thus, to date, the main part of Kramer’s musical career has been as an arranger and leader of his own trios.
In addition, from the late -1980s his collaboration with co-leader - legendary bassist Eddie Gómez - has produced a far ranging catalog of duo and trio recordings, including the Art of the Heart on Art of Life Records(released May 2006.) Some of these recordings are reminiscent of those produced by pianist Bill Evans.