Mark Soskin
Mark Samuel Soskin (* 12. July 1953 in Brooklyn , New York City ) is an American pianist and keyboardist of modern jazz and music teacher.
Live and act
Soskin studied piano from 1971 at Colorado State University and at Berklee College of Music . In 1975 he moved to San Francisco , where he played in Latin bands like Azteca (until 1978), then he was a member of Billy Cobham's band for two years , with whom he also toured internationally, and performed with Bobby McFerrin , Julian Priester , Eddie Henderson or the CBS All Stars . Between 1979 and 1992 he was a member of Sonny Rollins' band , with whom he went on tour, but was also involved in recordings of albums such as Don't Stop the Carnival , Sunny Days and G-Man . He then led his own groups, but also played in the Contempo Trio with Chip Jackson and Danny Gottlieb . He has also worked on recordings by Herbie Mann , Claudio Roditi , George Russell , Roland Vazquez , Hendrik Meurkens , Ravi Coltrane , Hans Kennel , Joe Locke and Astrud Gilberto . He was also involved in the world premiere of John Adams Ceiling / Sky and accompanied Gato Barbieri and Roseanna Vitro .
Soskin teaches at the Manhattan School of Music .
Discographic notes
- Rhythm Vision (1980, with Bennie Maupin , Oscar Brashear, Snooky Young , George Bohanon, Mel Martin, Ray Obiedo, Paul Socolow, Harvey Mason , Sammy Figueroa )
- Overjoyed (1988) with Mark Soskin (piano), Lincoln Goines (bass), John Riley (drums), Chuck Loeb (guitar)
- Calypso & Jazz: Around the Corner (1993)
- Spirits (1994, with Sheila Jordan , Harvie Swartz and Adam Nussbaum )
- Solo piano (1995)
- One Hopeful Day (2007. with John Abercrombie , Chris Potter , John Patitucci , Bill Stewart )
- Nino Rota (Kind of Blue Records, 2012)
Lexigraphic entries
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, Oxford et al. 1999, ISBN 0-19-507418-1 .
- Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon. Volume 2: M – Z (= rororo-Sachbuch. Vol. 16513). 2nd Edition. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-499-16513-9 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Soskin, Mark |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Soskin, Mark Samuel (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American modern jazz pianist and keyboardist and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 12, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn |