http://www.markrapp.com What is happening with jazz trumpeter and composer Mark Rapp Jazz music http://www.markrapp.com/images/mark_rapp_top_pic.png http://www.markrapp.com http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=60834 How Jazz Trumpeters Understand Their Music: Twenty-Seven Interviews... 2. Kenny Wheeler, 3. Terence Blanchard, 4. Lew Soloff, 5. Rick Braun, 6. Freddie Hubbard, 7. Dave Douglas..., 11. Eddie Henderson, 12. Donald Byrd..., 14. Herb Alpert, 15. Wallace Roney..., 19. Brian Lynch, 20. Mark Isham..., 22. Chris Botti..., 25. Tim Hagans..., 27. Mark Rapp http://exm.nr/9JImWa Music and art often go hand-in-hand, but rarely fit together as well as on acclaimed young jazz trumpet player Mark Rapp's debut album from last year, Token Tales. http://www.bluenote.net/newyork/schedule/moreinfo.cgi?id=8394 The Song Project, initially a digital collaboration between trumpeter Mark Rapp and guitarist/vocalist Derek Lee Bronston, became a fully realized concept with their first tour in the early Spring of 2010 which included venues in Geneva and New York City. http://thesongproject.net You're getting an insider look at the creative process, our record in the making, the upcoming CD release by The Song Project. It's due to be released in September on Paved Earth Music. http://www.bradenrapp.com Currently at #4, The Strayhorn Project continues to be a Top 10 Record on Jazz Radio in the USA and Canada. Mark Rapp, Don Braden, Gerald Clayton (GRAMMY nominee), Sachal Vasandani, Rene Hart and Greg Gonzales recorded their modern-day interpretations of songs from the Billy Strayhorn songbook. "This CD project is a true successful experiment in the art of re-composing the composition." - George W Carroll, The Musicians' Ombudsman http://www.jazzreview.com/article/review-7020.html In this in-depth interview, Rapp discloses how he found his calling to become a jazz composer and trumpet player, the organic chemistry which he has with his band, and the making of his debut release, Token Tales. http://www.markrapp.com/gigs.html In support of the brand new CD "Braden-Rapp: The Strayhorn Project", Rapp is playing Blues Alley, Feinsteins, private showcases and in-store signings at Barnes and Noble in NY.