马克·哈特)

An engaging jazz pianist, 马克·哈特) emerged in the 1970s 和 gained early notice working with luminaries like Pete Escovedo 和 Billy Cobham. Following his Top Ten-charting debut with 1979’s Rhythm Vision, he spent over a decade with saxophonist Sonny Rollins before settling in 纽约 City. Along with teaching at Manhattan School of Music, he is an active performer, issuing a mix of highly regarded solo, 三人组, 和 quartet dates, including 2007’s 充满希望的一天 with saxophonist Chris Potter 和 2015’s Live at Smalls.

Born in 1953 in Brooklyn, 纽约, Soskin became interested in music at a young age 和 first started playing piano as a child. 十几岁的时候, he had discovered jazz 和 was listening heavily to artists like Horace Silver, 赫比·汉考克, 比尔埃文斯, 和 Keith Jarrett, 等. After high school, he enrolled as a language 和 classics major at Colorado State University but quickly realized music was his main calling. He transferred to Boston’s Berklee College of Music where he switched focus to composition 和 arranging. It was while living in Boston that he also started working professionally. Graduating from Berklee, Soskin moved to San Francisco. 在那里, he met legendary Latin percussionist Pete Escovedo 和 joined his group Azteca, playing alongside luminaries like Escovedo’s daughter Sheila E. 和 trumpeter Tom Harrell. He recorded two albums with the group, one of which was produced by drummer Billy Cobham. This led to Soskin joining Cobham’s b和 和 recording two albums for Columbia, 1977’s Magic 和 1978’s Alivemutherforya.

Also during this period, Soskin was a member of the CBS All-Stars 和 took on regular session work at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, 加州. He caught the ear of veteran producer Orrin Keepnews, who helped sign him to Prestige 和 recorded his debut album, 1979’s Rhythm Vision. The album featured contributions by Bennie Maupin 和 Harvey Mason和 charted in the Top Ten of Billboard’s Jazz Chart. It was also through Keepnews that Soskin met saxophonist Sonny Rollins. He spent the next 14 years playing with the jazz icon, including appearing on albums like 1979’s Don’t Ask 和 1986’s G-Man 和 in the 1986 documentary film Saxophone Colossus.

In the early ’80s, Soskin relocated full-time to 纽约 City, where he furthered his work as a sideman, appearing often with Rollins as well as George Russell, 赫比曼, 克劳迪奥·Roditi, 和其他人. He also 继续d to lead his own ensembles, issuing albums

In 2001, he issued 17 (Seventeen), a quartet date featuring trumpeter Tim Hagans, saxophonist Billy Drewes, bassist Jay Anderson, drummer Matt Wilson, 和 percussionist Daniel Sadownick. 五重奏约会, 充满希望的一天, followed in 2007 with tenor saxophonist Chris Potter, bassist John Patitucci, 和 drummer Bill Stewart. Soskin then paired with saxophonist Ravi Coltrane for the hearty straight-ahead date Man Behind the Curtain. A solo piano recording of the music of Nino Rota arrived in 2012, followed by 2015’s Live at Smalls, which featured his quartet with bassist Anderson, saxophonist Rich Perry, 和 drummer Anthony Pinciotti. Anderson 和 Pinciotti were also on board for the 2017 三人组 session Hearts 和 Minds on SteepleChase.