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Mark Summer was born on 3 April, 1958 in Encino, Los Angeles, California, United States, is an American jazz musician. Discover Mark Summer'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 65 years old?

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Age 65 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 3 April 1958
Birthday 3 April
Birthplace Encino, Los Angeles, California, United States
Nationality United States

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1958

Born on April 3, 1958, in Encino, CA, Summer grew up in Los Angeles, California, playing piano, guitar and, from the age of nine, cello.

From the beginning, he was very interested in alternative genres, and as a teenager playing in a rock band called The Purple Testament, later known as The Plague.

Summer studied cello with Edwin Geber of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, then with Geber’s wife Gretchen Geber, and graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Music, continuing his studies with the Geber family with Stephen Geber as a cello performance major.

After conservatory, Summer worked in the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra for three years.

Looking for alternative genres, he went on to play in an assortment of alternative ensembles until, in Winnipeg, he met the violinist Darol Anger.

1985

Mark Summer is the original cellist of the Turtle Island Quartet; he is a co-founder of the quartet and performed with Turtle Island (a.k.a. Turtle Island String Quartet) from its founding in 1985 until the fall of 2015.

Shortly after, he was invited by David Balakrishnan and Anger to join Turtle Island, and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1985 to perform permanently with the band.

2009

He has lived in the town of Novato, outside of San Francisco since 2009.

Besides the Turtle Island Quartet, which has released fifteen albums, Summer has played with many other crossover artists.

He was a member of the Jazz Chamber Trio with the pianist Alon Yavnai and the Grammy-winning clarinetist Paquito D'Rivera which played primarily Latin jazz.

2011

In 2011, Summer made his solo concerto debut with the Alexandria Symphony, performing Balakrishnan's Force of Nature, written especially for him.

2015

Summer left the band in 2015 to pursue a solo career.

He has also composed pieces for solo cello, including Kalimba and Julie-O, (both the solo and duo versions), the last of which has become very popular among cellists and was included in a 2015 advertising campaign for the Apple Watch.

He has also arranged pieces for solo cello including "Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming" and Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing".

He currently performs in a trio with 7 time Grammy winning jazz vocalist Tierney Sutton and is featured on 4 tracks of Ms. Sutton's Grammy nominated recording, "AfterBlue".