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About the AuthorMark Elf has been on the jazz scene for over 30 years.

He was born in Queens, New York in 1949 and started play-

ing the Guitar at the age of I 1. He has played and or record-

ed with the Jazz Giants: Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Jimmy

Heath & the Heath Brothers, Wynton Marsalis & Jon

Hendricks just to name a few. His first professional Jazz pet-

formance occurred around 197 | as a sideman at the Club

Barron in Harlem, New York with Gloria Coleman and Etta

Jones. This performance was a double bill with the George

Benson Quintet.During the 1970's he toured with Lou Donaldson,

Jimmy McGriff, Groove Holmes & Charles Earland and

recorded a number of albums with them. He recorded his

first album as a sidernan with Jimmy McGriff & Groove

Holmes in 1973 on the Groove Merchant Record label enti-

tled Giants of the Organ Come Together. In the late 1970's,while living in New York he also worked with Junior Cookand Bill Hardman.

In the 1980's he toured Europe with Dizzy Gillespie,

Clark Terry and other jazz luminaries and also recorded his

first album as a leader in 1986 entitled the Mark Elf Trio

Volume l.In 1988 he recorded his second album as a leader, The

Eternal Triangle, with Hank Jones, Jimmy Heath, Ray

Drummond and Ben Riley. This album was released in 1996 on Mark's Jen Bay Record Label.

The year 1993 brought Mark his first overseas record deal with The Alerce Record Label and The M

was recorded in Santiago, Chile. This recording was marketed to radio in 1996 and went to #7 on The

Chart.The year 1995 found Mark recording for Telarc on the Jon Hendricks CD, Boppin'at The BIue

Wynton Marsalis, Benny Golson, Al Grey & Red Holloway. This recording went to #l and opened up

doors just before the Alerce recording released in 1996.After forming his own record company in 1995, Jen Bay Records, he stunned the record industry witl

ings on Iazz Radio. From 1996 to 2OO2 all nine of his recordings had finished in the top ten on Nationalwith seven of them going to #l consecutively from 1997 to 2O02.

In 1996 he joined the Jimmy Heath band and also worked with the Heath Brothers During this time

Triangle was released and it went to #4 on The Gavin Jazz Chart. He recorded As We Were Saying wit

Brothers for Concord Records in 1997 . This same year Mark's third recording as a leader, A Minor Sc

released. This was the second record for his own company and it hit #l on The Gavin Jazz Chart. This '

of seven consecutive chart toppers! The other six were: 1998 - Trickynometry (#l), 1999 - New York Cat- OverThe Airwaves and Live At Smalls (#l), 2OOl - Swingin'(#l) and 2002 - Dream Steppin'(#l).

From l97O to the present Mark has taught guitar and theory at independent studios, colleges and unthe USA and abroad. His clinics are recognized as some of the finest in the world as attested to by Clarhired Mark to teach at several of his jazz camps in the 1980's and 1990's. Clark said, "The students love

sense practical approach. He's a great clinician."Beside owning his own successful record label, he also owns his own publishing company. He is sou

his lectures on "How To Succeed As An INDIE."

Presently Mark is touring with his trio performing at festivals, colleges and clubs.

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