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The following link takes you to a separate page where you can download demos of many of the different jazz groups available for your event. Promotional material and pictures are also included.
As a young trumpet player Mark was always drawn to the sound of the great jazz guitarists such as Wes Montgomery, George Benson and Joe Pass. While touring Central and South America, Mark was exposed to some classic Latin-American guitar music, which included the well known Bossa Nova and Samba styles of guitar playing.
It was in 1976, while touring Latin-America that Mark began to study the guitar. From 1976-1979 he toured Central and South America with the 79th Army Showband, performing on guitar and trumpet. That time offered a wealth of playing experience, while performing music that included American jazz, rock and swing to latin music such as salsa and merengue.
Although Mark's guitar abilities encompass many styles, from funk to rock and contemporary jazz, this site is dedicated to the stylings of the great jazz guitar masters. The mp3 samples below contain short segments of many different jazz songs, ranging in style from jazz ballads and swing to bossa nova and samba. All the songs were performed on an Ibanez Hollow Body Jazz guitar with no over dubs or retakes.
Click here to find out what the Berklee School of Music and
WGBH Radio has to say about Mark Greel
 To hear these mp3 samples a suitable MP3 player is required, such as the free Quicktime plug-in from Apple, or the free Windows Media Player. NOTE: For better playback performance, right-click one each link (control-click on the Mac) and save the files to your hard disk. |
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| Autumn Leaves | Black Orpheus |
| Chelsea Bridge | In A Mellow Tone |
| Once I Loved | Stardust |
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| All Blues | Bluesette |
| How Insensitive | Moonlight in Vermont |
| One Note Samba | Willow Weep for Me |
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| All The Things You Are Piano and Trumpet |
Black Orpheus Piano and Flute |
| Blue Moon Piano and Vocal |
Georgia On My Mind Piano and Soprano Sax |
| In A Mellow Tone Piano and Trumpet |
Things Ain't The Way They Used
To Be Piano and Flugelhorn |
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| Skylark Solo Piano |
Body and Soul Solo Guitar |
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