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Mark Sherman was born on 17 April, 1957 in New York City, U.S., is an American jazz musician. Discover Mark Sherman's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 66 years old?

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Occupation Musician, composer
Age 66 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 17 April 1957
Birthday 17 April
Birthplace New York City, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1957

Mark Sherman (born April 17, 1957) is a jazz vibraphonist, pianist, drummer, producer, arranger, author, and classical percussionist.

Sherman has performed for some of the world's top orchestral conductors including Leonard Bernstein, Sir Georg Solti, Zubin Mehta and Herbert Von Karajan, in Jazz as a leader and sideman with Kenny Barron, Peggy Lee, Wynton Marsalis, Joe Lovano, Michael Brecker, Larry Coryell and many more.

He worked in Broadway musicals, and has been one of the most in-demand studio musicians, appearing on more than two dozen film and Broadway soundtracks including The Lion King.

He has worked as a sideman for pop artists Michael Bolton, Natalie Cole, and Michael McDonald.

Sherman's song "Changes in My Life" became a cult hit in Asia with YouTube videos that earned more than 80 million views.

He is on the faculty of The Juilliard School, New Jersey City University and the New York Jazz Workshop.

He produces records under his Miles High Records label and publishes music books through his Miles High Music Books subsidiary.

Sherman was born in New York City.

His mother, Edith Gordon, was a Juilliard-trained soprano who performed with the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Sherman grew up around opera and studied classical piano as a child.

1975

Sherman attended The High School of Music and Art in Manhattan in 1975, where he met and performed with many future Jazz musicians including bassist Marcus Miller, Saxophonist Bob Franceschini, guitarist Bobby Broom.

He went on to study classical percussion at Juilliard under Saul Goodman, who played in the New York Philharmonic for 50 years.

Sherman performed in ensembles under the direction of Leonard Bernstein, Sir Georg Solti, Zubin Mehta and Herbert Von Karajan.

Sherman attended Juilliard at the same time as Wynton Marsalis, with whom he jammed regularly.

During the course of his career, Sherman also studied with Elvin Jones, Justin Diciocco, Roland Hanna, Jaki Byard, Buster Bailey, and Rohland Kohloff, among others.

While still in his teens, Sherman played drums in a trio with pianist Kenny Kirkland.

Later, Sherman introduced Kirkland to Wynton Marsalis, who would go on to hire Kirkland for his own band.

1978

In 1978, at age 21, Sherman began working on Broadway and in New York's active studio scene, playing percussion, piano, drums and vibraphone.

1980

Sherman released his first album, Fulcrum Point featuring Mark Gould, Delmar Brown, Rael Wesley Grant and Kenwood Denard, on Unisphere records in 1980.

This recording turned out to be an unknown fusion classic.

He spent a lot of his time in the studio in the 1980s, working on commercial jingles.

Pianist Mike Renzi took him under his wing, connecting him with Peggy Lee and other singers.

Sherman performed with Lee, Tony Bennett, Mel Torme, Lena Horne and Ruth Brown.

1986

In 1986, after being recommended by Wynton Marsalis, Sherman signed to Columbia Records and released his major label debut, A New Balance.

Sherman also played on albums by Joe Beck, Maureen McGovern and Peggy Lee.

1990

Sherman continued to perform with Peggy Lee in the early 1990s, appearing on albums by Lee in 1990 and 1993.

1994

He also began a seven-year playing relationship with Larry Coryell, producing and performing on Coryell's albums I'll Be Over You (1994) and Sketches of Coryell (1996).

During most of the decade, Sherman was an active studio musician, contributing to albums by Rodney Jones, Gloria Lynne, Michael Bolton, Julian Coryell, LaVerne Butler, Ruth Brown and Maureen McGovern, as well as playing on many film and Broadway soundtracks, including Armageddon, The Lion King, Hercules, and the Broadway versions of Footloose and Kiss of the Spider Woman.

1997

In 1997, Sherman reemerged as a leader playing vibraphone.

1998

He also formed Miles High Records, releasing High Rolling in 1998 and Spiral Staircase in 1999.

Sherman ended his run with Larry Coryell at the start of the decade, having appearing on three of Coryell's recordings, as well as producing two of them.

2000

"It's All Over You" CTI, and "Sketches Of Coryell" (Shanachie records), and 2000 recording New High(High Note).

In addition Coryell recorded 10 of Mark's tunes on these CD's. Mark also continued his active career as a sideman, recording with Capathia Jenkins, Jennifer Holliday, Lena Horne, Ann Hampton Callaway, Tony Bennett, Liza Minnelli and many others.

He appeared on more than a dozen film and Broadway soundtracks, including The Last Mimzy, Failure To Launch, Miss Congeniality, Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous, The Alamo and Two Weeks Notice.

2004

Sherman continued to release his own albums on Miles High Records: The Motive Series (2004, featuring Michael Brecker), One Step Closer (2005, featuring Joe Lovano), Family First (2007), and Live At The Bird’s Eye (2008).

2007

Sherman was selected as the winner in the Rising Star (Vibes) category in the Down Beat magazine critics poll in 2007-2018

2013

Sherman has performed live in New York at top clubs like Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, Smalls, and the Kitano, and in Europe with his Mark Sherman 4tet composed of some of the top performers in modern Jazz including Carl Allen and Kenny Barron in the US and with the Mark Sherman 4tet Europa Antonio Farao, In 2013-2014 a band with the great Bob Franceschini "Project THEM" toured Europe 3 times with the CD release in 2013.

2015

Sherman has released several albums so far this decade, including "Interplay" (2015, Chesky Records with NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron, Good Rhythm Good Vibes (2010), Explorations In Space And Time (2011, Chesky Records), Live At Chorus (2012), The LA Sessions (2012) and Project THEM (2013). He recorded as a sideman with Dan Block as well as with Larry Cornell, Ruth Brown, Lena Horne, Tony Bennett, Peggy Lee, Maureen McGovern, Rodney Jones, Tim Horner, and Tim Hegarty.

2016

He produced and performed on Laura Perlman's debut 2016 release "Precious Moments" on his Miles High Records label and arranged all but two of the tracks, the latter being done by GRAMMY winning pianist Bill Cunliffe, who also performed on the album along with bassist Chris Colangelo, and drummer Joe LaBarbera.

Sherman is currently on the faculty of The Juilliard School, his alma mater, as well as New Jersey City University and the New York Jazz Workshop.