Mark Sherman (born April 17, 1957) is a jazz vibraphonist, pianist, drummer, producer, arranger, author, and classical percussionist. Sherman has performed for some of the world's top orchestral conductors including

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, in Jazz as a leader and sideman with

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Peggy Lee Norma Deloris Egstrom (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002), known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress, over a career spanning seven decades. From her beginning as a vocalis ...

Wynton Marsalis Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is an American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has promoted classical and jazz music, often to young audiences. Marsalis has won nine Grammy Awar ...

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Michael Brecker Michael Leonard Brecker (March 29, 1949 – January 13, 2007) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. He was awarded 15 Grammy Awards as both performer and composer. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Berklee College of M ...

Larry Coryell Larry Coryell (born Lorenz Albert Van DeLinder III; April 2, 1943 – February 19, 2017) was an American jazz guitarist. Early life Larry Coryell was born in Galveston, Texas, United States. He never knew his biological father, a musician. He w ...

and many more. He worked in Broadway musicals, and has been one of the most in-demand studio musicians, appearing on more than two dozen film and Broadway soundtracks including ''The Lion King''. He has worked as a sideman for pop artists

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Natalie Cole Natalie Maria Cole (February 6, 1950 – December 31, 2015) was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She was the daughter of American singer and jazz pianist Nat King Cole. She rose to success in the mid-1970s as an R&B singer with the h ...

, and Michael McDonald. Sherman's song "Changes in My Life" became a cult hit in Asia with YouTube videos that earned more than 80 million views.Mark Sherman: The Truth of Who I Am
AllAboutJazz.com 02.27.14 He is on the faculty of The

Juilliard School The Juilliard School ( ) is a private performing arts conservatory in New York City. Established in 1905, the school trains about 850 undergraduate and graduate students in dance, drama, and music. It is widely regarded as one of the most el ...

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and the New York Jazz Workshop. He produces records under his

Miles High Records Miles High Records, is an independent jazz record label founded in 2010 by vibraphonist Mark Sherman. The record label's subsidiary, Miles High Music Books, publishes music education books, most by Sherman, who is on the jazz faculty at The Juill ...

label and publishes music books through his Miles High Music Books subsidiary.

Early life

Sherman was born in New York City. His mother, Edith Gordon, was a Juilliard-trained soprano who performed with the

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and the

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. Sherman grew up around opera and studied classical piano as a child.

Education

Sherman attended

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in Manhattan in 1975, where he met and performed with many future Jazz musicians including bassist Marcus Miller, Saxophonist Bob Franceschini, guitarist

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. He went on to study classical percussion at Juilliard under

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, who played in the New York Philharmonic for 50 years. Sherman performed in ensembles under the direction of

, Sir

and

. Sherman attended Juilliard at the same time as

, with whom he jammed regularly. During the course of his career, Sherman also studied with

Elvin Jones Elvin Ray Jones (September 9, 1927 – May 18, 2004) was an American jazz drummer of the post-bop era. Most famously a member of John Coltrane's quartet, with whom he recorded from late 1960 to late 1965, Jones appeared on such widely celebrate ...

, Justin Diciocco,

Roland Hanna Roland Pembroke Hanna (February 10, 1932 – November 13, 2002) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and teacher. Biography Hanna studied classical piano from the age of 11, but was strongly interested in jazz, having been introduced to i ...

Jaki Byard John Arthur "Jaki" Byard (; June 15, 1922 – February 11, 1999) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and arranger. Mainly a pianist, he also played tenor and alto saxophones, among several other instruments. He was known for hi ...

Buster Bailey William C. "Buster" Bailey (July 19, 1902 – April 12, 1967) was an American jazz clarinetist. Career history Early career Buster Bailey was taught clarinet by classical teacher Franz Schoepp, who also taught Benny Goodman. Bailey gained his s ...

, and Rohland Kohloff, among others.

Professional career

1970s

While still in his teens, Sherman played drums in a trio with pianist

Kenny Kirkland Kenneth David Kirkland (September 28, 1955 – November 12, 1998) was an American pianist and keyboardist. Biography Early life Born in Brooklyn, New York, United States, Kirkland was six when he first sat down at a piano keyboard. After years ...

. Later, Sherman introduced Kirkland to

, who would go on to hire Kirkland for his own band. In 1978, at age 21, Sherman began working on Broadway and in New York's active studio scene, playing percussion, piano, drums and vibraphone.

1980s

Sherman released his first album, ''Fulcrum Point'' featuring Mark Gould, Delmar Brown, Rael Wesley Grant and Kenwood Denard, on Unisphere records in 1980. This recording turned out to be an unknown fusion classic. He spent a lot of his time in the studio in the 1980s, working on commercial jingles. Pianist

Mike Renzi Michael Ernest Renzi (April 28, 1941 – September 29, 2021) was an American composer, music director, pianist, and jazz musician. Renzi graduated from the Boston Conservatory in 1973 and from Berklee College of Music in 1974. He was a musical ...

took him under his wing, connecting him with

and other singers. Sherman performed with Lee,

Tony Bennett Anthony Dominick Benedetto (born August 3, 1926), known professionally as Tony Bennett, is an American retired singer of traditional pop standards, big band, show tunes, and jazz. Bennett is also a painter, having created works under his birth ...

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and

Ruth Brown Ruth Alston Brown (; January 12, 1928 – November 17, 2006) was an American singer-songwriter and actress, sometimes referred to as the " Queen of R&B". She was noted for bringing a pop music style to R&B music in a series of hit songs for Atl ...

. In 1986, after being recommended by Wynton Marsalis, Sherman signed to

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and released his major label debut, ''A New Balance''. Sherman also played on albums by

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and

1990s

Sherman continued to perform with Peggy Lee in the early 1990s, appearing on albums by Lee in 1990 and 1993. He also began a seven-year playing relationship with

, producing and performing on Coryell's albums ''I'll Be Over You'' (1994) and ''Sketches of Coryell'' (1996). During most of the decade, Sherman was an active studio musician, contributing to albums by Rodney Jones,

Gloria Lynne Gloria Lynne (born Gloria Wilson; November 23, 1929 – October 15, 2013), also known as Gloria Alleyne, was an American jazz vocalist with a recording career spanning from 1958 to 2007. Career Lynne was born in Harlem in 1929 to John and Mary W ...

Michael Bolton Michael Bolotin
, The Jewish Historical Society of New Haven, 1998. (born February 26, 1953), known professio ...

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, LaVerne Butler,

and

, as well as playing on many film and Broadway soundtracks, including ''Armageddon'', ''

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'', ''Hercules'', and the Broadway versions of ''Footloose'' and ''Kiss of the Spider Woman''. In 1997, Sherman reemerged as a leader playing vibraphone. He also formed Miles High Records, releasing ''High Rolling'' in 1998 and ''Spiral Staircase'' in 1999.

2000s

Sherman ended his run with Larry Coryell at the start of the decade, having appearing on three of Coryell's recordings, as well as producing two of them. "It's All Over You" CTI, and "Sketches Of Coryell" (Shanachie records), and 2000 recording ''New High''(High Note). In addition Coryell recorded 10 of Mark's tunes on these CD's. Mark also continued his active career as a sideman, recording with Capathia Jenkins,

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, Tony Bennett,

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and many others. He appeared on more than a dozen film and Broadway soundtracks, including ''

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'', ''Failure To Launch'', ''Miss Congeniality'', '' Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous'', ''The Alamo'' and ''

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''. Sherman continued to release his own albums on Miles High Records: ''The Motive Series'' (2004, featuring

), ''One Step Closer'' (2005, featuring

), ''Family First'' (2007), and ''Live At The Bird’s Eye'' (2008). Sherman was selected as the winner in the Rising Star (Vibes) category in the

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magazine critics poll in 2007-2018

2010s

Sherman has released several albums so far this decade, including "Interplay" (2015,

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with NEA Jazz Master

, ''Good Rhythm Good Vibes'' (2010), ''Explorations In Space And Time'' (2011, Chesky Records), ''Live At Chorus'' (2012), ''The LA Sessions'' (2012) and Project ''THEM'' (2013). He recorded as a sideman with

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as well as with Larry Cornell, Ruth Brown, Lena Horne, Tony Bennett, Peggy Lee, Maureen McGovern, Rodney Jones, Tim Horner, and Tim Hegarty. Sherman has performed live in New York at top clubs like Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, Smalls, and the Kitano, and in Europe with his Mark Sherman 4tet composed of some of the top performers in modern Jazz including Carl Allen and

in the US and with the Mark Sherman 4tet Europa Antonio Farao, In 2013-2014 a band with the great Bob Franceschini "Project THEM" toured Europe 3 times with the CD release in 2013. He produced and performed on Laura Perlman's debut 2016 release "Precious Moments" on his Miles High Records label and arranged all but two of the tracks, the latter being done by GRAMMY winning pianist

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, who also performed on the album along with bassist Chris Colangelo, and drummer Joe LaBarbera.

Educational career

Sherman is currently on the faculty of The

, his alma mater, as well as

and th
New York Jazz Workshop
Sherman is an instructor in the Juilliard jazz program since 2008. In 2015, he wrote his first book "Skills for the Poetic Language of Jazz Improvisation, with School and Career Guidance" (Miles High Music Books), which was one of the first music education books to synthesize both instruction in performance, and in developing a professional career path as a working musician.

Honors and accolades

In 2010, he was selected as

for the

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and

Jazz at Lincoln Center Jazz at Lincoln Center is part of Lincoln Center in New York City. The organization was founded in 1987 and opened at Time Warner Center in October 2004. Wynton Marsalis is the artistic director and the leader of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orches ...

. Sherman has been chosen on the

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Critics' Poll as one of the top jazz vibraphonists in the world for more than ten years.

Discography

As leader/co-leader

* ''Fulcrum Point'' (Unisphere, 1980) * ''A New Balance'' (CBS, 1986) * ''High Rollin'' (

, 1998) * ''Spiral Staircase''(

, 1999) * ''The Motive Series''(

2004) featuring

* ''One Step Closer'' (

, 2005) featuring

* ''Family First'' (

, 2007) * ''Live at the Bird's Eye'' (

, 2008) * ''Live at Sweet Rhythm NYC'' (DVD, (

, 2010) * ''Good Rhythm Good Vibes'' (

, 2010) * ''Explorations in Space and Time'' ( Chesky, 2011) featuring

Lenny White Leonard "Lenny" White III (born December 19, 1949) is an American jazz fusion drummer who was a member of the band Return to Forever led by Chick Corea in the 1970s. White has been called "one of the founding fathers of jazz fusion". He has won ...

and

Jamey Haddad Jamey George Haddad (born July 2, 1952 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American percussionist who works primarily in the fields of jazz and world music and specializes in hand drums. Biography Haddad is of Lebanese ancestry. From the age of four, he b ...

* ''Live at Chorus'' (

, 2012) * ''The L.A. Sessions'' (

2012) * ''Project THEM'' (

, 2013) * ''Interplay'' with

(Chesky, 2015) * ''Life Cycle'' (Ropeadope, 2018) VENTURE with Mike Clark,

Chase Baird David "Chase" Baird (born March 18, 1988) is an American saxophonist and composer. Biography Early life Baird was born in Seattle, Washington. He was introduced to music at an early age by his father, a trumpet player who played in rock band ...

and

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* ''My Other Voice'' (

, 2019) featuring

Vincent Herring Vincent Dwayne Herring (born November 19, 1964) is an American jazz saxophonist, flautist, composer, and educator. Known for his fiery and soulful playing in the bands of Horace Silver, Freddie Hubbard, and Nat Adderley in the earlier stages of h ...

, Nana Sakamoto and Dan Chmielinski,

Ray Drummond Ray Drummond (born November 23, 1946 in Brookline, Massachusetts) is an American jazz bassist and teacher. He also has an MBA from Stanford University, hence his linkage to the Stanford Jazz Workshop. He can be heard on hundreds of albums and co- ...

and Carl Allen * ''Bright Light'' ( The Audiofile Society, 2022) featuring

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, Dean Johnson and Tim Horner * ''Third Eye Visio''n ((

2023 featuring Sam Dillon, Ugonna Okegwo, and Johnathan Blake

As sideman

, Back to Beck ( DMP, 1988) *

, ''Naughty Baby'' (

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, 1989) * ''Peggy Lee Sings the Blues'' (1989) *

, ''Musicmasters Jazz Sampler'' ( Musicmasters, 1989) * Peggy Lee, ''There Will Never Be Another Spring'' (1990) * Maureen McGovern, ''Gershwin'' (1990) * ''Love Songs'' (Sony, 1992) * LaVerne Butler ''Daydreamin'' ( Chesky, 1992) * Rodney Jones, ''The Unspoken Heart'' (1992) * ''Christmas Songs'' (

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, 1993) * ''Smooth Jazz Slow Jams'' (1993) * Peggy Lee, ''Love Held Lightly Songs of Harold Arlen'' (1993) *

, ''Songs of My Life'' (

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, 1993) * ''Best of Chesky Classics'' (Chesky, 1994) *

, ''I'll Be Over You'' ( CTI, 1994) * Rhymes and Fables, Cab Calloway, Freddie Hubbard (1995) * ''Kiss of the Spiderwoman'', Original Cast Recording (1995) * LaVerne Butler, ''No Lookin' Back'' (Chesky, 1994) * ''Chesky Records Collection No. 1'' (1995) *

, ''Sketches of Coryell'' ( Shanachie, 1996) * ''Boys Next Door'' (1996) * ''In and Out'' Original Soundtrack (1997) * ''Steel Pier'' (Original Cast Recording) (1997) *

, ''Duality'' (N2K, 1997) *

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, The Jewish Historical Society of New Haven, 1998. (born February 26, 1953), known professio ...

, ''All That Matters'' (1997) * ''The Lion King'' (Original Soundtrack) (1997) * ''Hercules'' (Original Soundtrack) (1998) *

, ''This One's on Me'' (

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, 1998) * ''Armageddon'', Aerosmith (Original Soundtrack) (1999) * ''Footloose'' (Broadway Cast Album) (1999) * Rodney Jones, ''Undiscovered Few'' (

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, 1999) * Scott Hesse, ''Flame Within a Fire'' (2000) * Larry Coryell, ''

New High ''New High'' is an album by guitarist Larry Coryell which was recorded in 1999 and released on the HighNote label the following year.

'' (HighNote, 2000) * ''The Prime Gig'' (Original Soundtrack (2000) * ''The Score'' (Original Soundtrack) (2001) *

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, Off the Record (2001) * ''The Rookie'' (Original Soundtrack) (2002) * ''Two Weeks Notice'' Original Soundtrack (2002) *

, ''Liza's Back'' (2002) * Blue Voices, ''The Finest in Jazz Ballads'' (2003) * Mary Fahl, ''The Other Side of Time'' (CBS, 2003) * DJ Spinna, ''Here to There'' (2003) * ''Intolerable Cruelty'' Original Soundtrack (2003) * ''

David Chesky David Chesky is an American pianist, composer, producer, arranger, and co-founder of the independent, audiophile label Chesky Records. He is also co-founder and CEO of HDtracks, an online music store that sells high-resolution digital music. Ches ...

's Surround Sound Show'' (2004) * Ronny Jordan, ''After 8'' (Blue Note, 2004) * ''The Alamo'' (Original Soundtrack) (2004) *

, ''Slow'' (Shanachie, 2004) * ''Miss Congeniality'' Original Soundtrack (2004) * ''Miss Congeniality 2'' (2005) * ''Last Holiday'' Soundtrack (2005) *

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, ''Defying Gravity'' (CBS Masterworks, 2005) * ''The Light and the Piazza'' (Broadway Cast Album) (2005) * ''Failure to Launch'' Original Soundtrack (2006) * ''See What I Wanna See'' (Broadway Cast Album) (2006) *

, ''Seasons of a Life'' (Blue Note 2006) * ''The Last Mimzy'' (Original Soundtrack) (2006) * Jennifer Holiday (2008) * ''Manure'' (Original Soundtrack (2008) * Capathia Jenkins, Louis Rosen (PS Classics, 2009) *

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, ''Outside the Soiree'' *

, ''From His World to Mine'' (Miles High, 2010) * Jerry Costanza, ''Can't We Be Friends'' (Daywood Drive, 2011) * Eddie Mendenhall, ''Cosign Meets Tangent'' (Miles High, 2011) * Andy Farber, ''Big Band'' (2010) *

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, ''The Places We Feel Free'' (Miles High, 2012) * Dan Block, ''Duality'' (Miles High, 2012) * Tim Hegarty, ''Tribute'' (Miles High, 2014) * Laura Perlman, ''Precious Moments'' (Miles High, 2016)

As a producer

, ''I'll Be Over You'' (

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, 1994) *

, ''Sketches of Coryell'' ( Shanachie, 1996) * Dan Block, ''From His World to Mine'' (

, 2010 * Eddie Mendenhall, ''Cosign Meets Tangent'' (

, 2011) * Dan Block, ''Duality'' (

, 2013) * Tim Hegarty, ''Tribute'' (

, 2014) * Laura Perlman, ''Precious Moments'' (

, 2016) * Masumi Ormandy “By The Sea” (

2023

Singles

* "Changes in My Life" Columbia Records 1986

Bibliography

* ''Skills for the Poetic Language of Jazz Improvisation, with School and Career Guidance'' (Miles High Music Books), 2015

References

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