Career
Two-time Grammy award winner with the Dave Holland Big Band, Gross swings and sings with soul and rhythm along today's jazz vanguard. He constantly pushes the music forward, while staying true to the elements of the classic sound. Gross has recorded on over 40 notable jazz recording, including Grammy winning projects by the Dave Holland Big Band - 'What Goes Around' on ECM Records, and 'Overtime' on Dare 2 Records. Gross has recorded 3 CDs under his own name to date. 'Preach Daddy' on King Records, 'Riddle of the Sphinx' on J Curve Records and his latest recording released in 2013 'Blackside" on Jazz Legacy Productions, (JLP). His consistently professional musicianship has led to live and recorded efforts with many of his fellow pacesetters in jazz music.
Gross has toured the world with the Mark Gross Quartet, Buster Williams, Philip Harper, Nat Adderley, Dave Holland, Mulgrew Miller, Nicholas Payton, Delfeayo Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Dizzy Gillespie, Nancy Wilson, Jimmy Heath, Dizzy Gillespie Alumni Big Band, Village Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Tom Harrell Big Band, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Frank Foster and the Loud Minority, Charles Mingus Big Band, Freddie Hubbard, Donald Harrison, Mark Whitfield, Joe Dukes, Captain Jack McDuff, Joe Chambers, Neal Smith, Cyrus Chestnut, Regina Carter, Lionel Hampton, Stephon Harris, Walter Booker, Jimmy Cobb, Don Braden, Vincent Gardner, Lenora Zenzalai Helm, Marlon Saunders, SEPIA, and Jann Parker to name a few. His professional relationships with these musicians and others have been long lasting and far-reaching.
Gross has performed on Broadway several times, as well. He performed in Five Guys Named Moe (1992-1993) based on the music of Louis Jordan. Kat and the Kings (1999-2000). This musical explores the joyous sounds that were born out of oppression during the 1950s in Cape Town, South Africa; Apartheid. Mark has also added to the exciting musical that showcased music of the same title, 'Swing! (2000-2001).
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