Mark Sherman
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Not to be confused with Associated Press reporter Mark Sherman, the Mark Sherman profiled in this bio is a jazz vibist/composer with a post-bop/hard bop orientation. This Mark Sherman (who also plays acoustic piano, electric keyboards, marimba, drums, and percussion) has been greatly influenced by Bobby Hutcherson and the late Milt Jackson, and his other direct or indirect influences on the vibes have included Gary Burton and Mike Mainieri; there is also some of Cal Tjader's sophistication in Sherman's vibes solos.
The native New Yorker grew up in the Bronx, where he was born on April 17, 1957. As a teenager, Sherman attended the High School of Music and Art and hoped to become a jazz drummer -- Elvin Jones was his hero, and he studied the drums with that post-bop giant. But eventually, the vibraphone became the primary instrument of Sherman, who recorded his first album as a leader, Fulcrum Point, for the Unisphere label in 1980 (when he was 23). Sherman was studying at the famous Juilliard School of Music in the '80s when he met trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, who had been recording for Columbia Records; Marsalis introduced Sherman to A&R exec George Butler at Columbia/CBS (now Columbia/Sony), and the vibist recorded his second album as a leader, A New Balance, for Columbia in 1986.
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The native New Yorker grew up in the Bronx, where he was born on April 17, 1957. As a teenager, Sherman attended the High School of Music and Art and hoped to become a jazz drummer -- Elvin Jones was his hero, and he studied the drums with that post-bop giant. But eventually, the vibraphone became the primary instrument of Sherman, who recorded his first album as a leader, Fulcrum Point, for the Unisphere label in 1980 (when he was 23). Sherman was studying at the famous Juilliard School of Music in the '80s when he met trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, who had been recording for Columbia Records; Marsalis introduced Sherman to A&R exec George Butler at Columbia/CBS (now Columbia/Sony), and the vibist recorded his second album as a leader, A New Balance, for Columbia in 1986.
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