Mark McKenzie Jazz
Jazz music since 2008-ish. Straight-ahead jazz for clubs, restaurants, wine bars, wedding receptions, parties, events, wherever.
11/27/2023
Happy holiday times yesterday at the Artisan Holiday Market. We hit our quota for Christmas tunes and it’s not even December yet. Thanks to trio-mates Merik Gillett and Lincoln Apeland, and special guest Mike Garvey on piano.
11/25/2023
11/06/2023
Fun times yesterday with .gillett and Kyp Green.
Our Sept. 8 gig at the Wine Therapist? Yeah, never mind. I won't bug you about it except to say it's not happening.
07/14/2023
It’s happening…
Mark McKenzie
Lincoln Apeland
Merik Gillett
07/02/2023
Great turnout and fun times with the trio at Vector Brewing last night. Thanks to everyone who came. Hopefully we’ll be back!
06/24/2023
06/07/2023
05/23/2023
Three men with the blues.
Mark McKenzie Trio: Housed From Edward "Housed From Edward" (Branford Marsalis), Mark McKenzie, tenor saxophone; Lincoln Apeland, bass; Merik Gillett, drums. The Wine Therapist, May 12, 2023.
05/09/2023
It’s happening again. Mark McKenzie/Lincoln Apeland/Merik Gillett.
03/16/2023
Mark McKenzie/Lincoln Apeland/Merik Gillett
The trio will not be playing this Friday night (March 10) at the Wine Therapist.
03/01/2023
Steve Swallow is a famous jazz bassist and composer. On his website he offers lead sheets for lots of his tunes, and when scanning the list some years ago, one caught my eye, “The City of Dallas.” Huh? I could find no evidence that this song (yes, a song — with lyrics) was ever commercially recorded, and even on YouTube only a couple of random covers showed up. Of course I started playing it. Curious about this curious little tune, I emailed Steve Swallow a couple of yeas ago and asked about it. He sent a nice reply, saying that he wrote the song in 1970 at the Fairmont Hotel while backing the singer Jack Jones. Steve was practicing hard in his room, he said, making his famous switch from upright to electric bass, and the song “kind of popped out.” Fast forward to this year, and I sent him this video from a recent gig. Now 82, he sent another nice reply and was, dang, very complimentary. Such a nice guy! Anyway, here’s the video. Warning: I sing the song.
Mark McKenzie Trio: The City of Dallas "The City of Dallas" (Steve Swallow). Feb. 10, 2023, at the Wine Therapist. Mark McKenzie, tenor saxophone; Lincoln Apeland, bass; Merik Gillett, drums.https...
01/30/2023
Mark McKenzie Trio: Friday the 13th Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. The Wine Therapist, Dallas. Mark McKenzie, tenor saxophone; Lincoln Apeland, bass; Merik Gillett, drums. Composition: Thelonious Monk
01/12/2023
This Friday the 13th. With Lincoln Apeland, bass, and Merik Gillett, drums.
Happy winter, everyone.
11/28/2022
From the Wine Therapist, Nov. 18.
Mark McKenzie Trio: Footprints (Wayne Shorter) Mark McKenzie, tenor saxLincoln Apeland, bassMerik Gillett, drumsThe Wine Therapist, Dallas, Nov. 18, 2022
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