Marc Seales is an American
jazz pianist
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associated with
post-bop
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. He was a student at
Western Washington University
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, serving his senior year from 1977 to 1978.
Background
As a Professor of Jazz Piano at the
University of Washington
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in
Seattle
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, Seales has worked with
Benny Carter
Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. With Johnny Hodges, he was a pioneer on the alto saxophone. From the beginning of his career ...
,
Howard Roberts
Howard Mancel Roberts (October 2, 1929 – June 28, 1992) was an American jazz guitarist, educator, and session musician.
Early years
Roberts was born in Phoenix, Arizona to Damon and Vesta Roberts, and began playing guitar at the age of 8 - a ...
,
Bobby Hutcherson
Robert Hutcherson (January 27, 1941 – August 15, 2016) was an American jazz vibraphone and marimba player. "Little B's Poem", from the 1966 Blue Note album '' Components'', is one of his best-known compositions.Huey, Steve. "Components – Bob ...
and
Art Pepper
Arthur Edward Pepper Jr. (September 1, 1925 – June 15, 1982) was an American alto saxophonist and very occasional tenor saxophonist and clarinetist. Active in West Coast jazz, Pepper came to prominence in Stan Kenton's big band. He was known ...
. His groups include New Stories and the Marc Seales Quartet. Seales won the
Earshot Jazz
Earshot Jazz is a regional jazz non-profit organization in Seattle, Washington. It brings jazz musicians and enthusiasts from the greater Seattle area and around the Pacific Northwest to create an energetic and lively jazz community that wants to k ...
Golden Ear Award for Best Instrumentalist in 1999. His biggest musical influences are the trumpeter
Floyd Standifer, and saxophonist
Don Lanphere
Donald Gale Lanphere (June 26, 1928 – October 9, 2003) was an American jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist, known for his 1940s and 1950s work, and recordings with Fats Navarro (in 1948), Woody Herman (1949), Claude Thornhill, Sonny Dunham, Bil ...
, who were also from Seattle.
An excerpt of his song 'Highway Blues', was included by default in
Windows XP
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, along with
Beethoven's 9th Symphony and
David Byrne
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's "
Like Humans Do". New Stories had a reunion tour in 2019.
Seales has won numerous Earshot awards, such as Instrumentalist of the Year in 1999 and Acoustic Jazz Group in 2000 and 2001, and was inducted into the Jazz Hall of Fame in 2009.
Discography
With New Stories
* ''Circled By Hounds'' (
self-released
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, 1995)
* ''Get Happy'' (
Origin
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, 1996) - with
Don Lanphere
Donald Gale Lanphere (June 26, 1928 – October 9, 2003) was an American jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist, known for his 1940s and 1950s work, and recordings with Fats Navarro (in 1948), Woody Herman (1949), Claude Thornhill, Sonny Dunham, Bil ...
,
Pete Christlieb
Pete Christlieb (born February 16, 1945) is an American jazz bebop, West Coast jazz and hard bop tenor saxophonist.
Biography
Christlieb was born in Los Angeles, California, United States, and is the son of bassoonist Don Christlieb. Christlieb ...
* ''Remember Why'' (Origin, 1997)
* ''Speakin' Out'' (Origin, 1999) - special guest:
Ernie Watts
Ernest James Watts (born October 23, 1945) is an American jazz and rhythm and blues saxophonist who plays soprano, alto, and tenor saxophone. He has worked with Charlie Haden's Quartet West and toured with the Rolling Stones. On Frank Zappa's ...
* ''Home At Last'' (Origin, 2001) - with Don Lanphere
* ''Still Life'' (Origin, 2001) - with Lynn Bush
* ''Where Do You Start'' (Origin, 2002) - with Don Lanphere
* ''Art Of The Groove'' (Origin, 2003) - with Brent Jensen, Rob Walker
* ''Hope Is In The Air: The Music Of Elmo Hope'' (Origin, 2004)
With Franklin, Seales, Clover
* ''Two Worlds'' (A Records/
Challenge, 1998)
* ''Three Worlds'' (Beezwax, 2000)
* ''Ears Wide Open'' (Beezwax, 2001)
* ''Colemanology'' (Beezwax, 2004)
* ''Summer Serenade'' (Beezwax, 2005)
Marc Seales / Marc Seales Band
* ''A Time, A Place, A Journey''
ive(Origin, 2004)
* ''The Paris Suite'' (self-released, 2008)
* ''American Songs, Volume 1'' (self-released, 2010)
* ''American Songs, Volume 2: Blues...And Jazz'' (Origin, 2012
el. 2014
* ''American Songs, Volume 3: Place & Time'' (Origin, 2012
el. 2015
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References
External links
Article about Sealesat Origin Arts
Faculty Profileat
University of Washington
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