Aug 25, 2014
Jazz trumpeter Mark Rapp plays a groove/jazz version of Lorde's hit single "Royals" to a great festival crowd in Pipa, Brasil at the 2014 Pipa Bossa & Jazz Festival.
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Jazz trumpeter Mark Rapp plays a groove/jazz version of Lorde's hit single "Royals" to a great festival crowd in Pipa, Brasil at the 2014 Pipa Bossa & Jazz Festival.
Get your tkts now! This is a killer band and a lot of fun!
"Circle of Life"
Original by Elton John
Covered by Mark Rapp
Cherokee with Christian Tamburr (by mark rapp)
I had the pleasure of playing with Christian Tamburr (vibraphonist extraordinaire) at the start of his "Ignite the Arts" tour (2012) sponsored by the Dave Brubeck Institute. This clip contains solo clips of us playing on "Cherokee" and "Eleanor Rigby".
Selected Christmas Tunes
In preparation of corporate, private and VIP holiday events, I arranged a handful of Christmas tunes and produced a number of lead sheets. Keep in my mind, these were created specifically for my band – guys I know well, are exceptionally creative and amazing players – so these charts are very bare-bones and minimal. They provide a skeleton from which we’ll have fun reinventing and playing a variety of ways.
As I explained on a recent Facebook post answering a question from a fellow musician, when I write arrangements or originals, I intentionally do not write every accent, every rhythmic permutation, or dictate every nuance. I give enough information so everyone understands the vibe, the general idea, the basic scene and the story to be told. From that context, we dive in, play and have fun.
At any rate, here are 17 Christmas charts that might come in handy for your holiday gigs. Enjoy and Merry Christmas!
Angels We Have Heard on High Christmas Time is Here Deck the Halls Frosty the Snowman Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas It’s Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas Jingle Bells Jolly Old St. nicholas Last Christmas Let It Snow O Come All ye Faithful Rocking Around the Christmas Tree Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer The Christmas Song Up on the Housetop We Three Kings of Orient Are
Download the PDF here: Rapp_Christmas_Tunes.pdf
Just in time for Thanksgiving, jazz trumpeter and composer Mark Rapp launched a simple, but effective, web app to spread the feeling of thanks and gratitude. It features an original composition by Rapp appropriately named “Thank You” which was recorded and released on the trumpeter’s debut CD “Token Tales” (Paved Earth Music, 2009).
You can enjoy the presentation as-is, download the MP3 for free, or the cool feature is how you can customize the text, then quickly and easily share your personalized message. The sharing capability is powered by Facebook’s new Share Button which allows the user to send their unique “Thank You” message to one friend, to many or even all of their friends on Facebook. You can also email the link and use it anyway you wish or choose from a selection of social networks with the buttons provided.
http://thankyou.markrapp.com
Rapp is no stranger to utilizing web technology in unique and innovative ways. The Song Project, a group co-led with guitarist Derek Lee Bronston, was created by the two emailing across the Atlantic ocean individual mp3 tracks which they recorded on GarageBand, discussing and sometimes creating in the moment via Skype and iChat. In using current technology, they were able to effectively develop and rehearse to the point they became an active, working jazz group out on the scene. They have played the Blue Note Jazz festival to Carnegie Hall.
The Song Project also released an industry first “Applum”. The Applum was coined and created by Derek Lee Bronston and was used to release the duo’s debut offering called “Art of the Song, vol. 1″. It was the first new model of distributing and presenting an album solely through an iPad app. It is a complete multimedia art piece that later, artists like Bjork, began doing similar things. Find out more on the applum:http://www.thesongproject.net/the-applum/
Happy Birthday to Lou Donaldson
I made this CD in honor of the great alto-saxophonist Lou Donaldson. Heres some fun links comparing new arrangements with Lou's originals - hope you enjoy!
http://markrapp.com/#goodeats