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Mark MARK ELF
Jazz Guitarist, Composer, Arranger & Educator

Recordings as Leader: 
>New York Cats- 1999-Jen Bay Records-featuring Jay Leonhart & Dennis Mackrel. 
>Trickynometry-1998-Jen Bay Records- 
#1 Gavin Jazz 4 weeks featuring 
Christian McBride, Mcholas Payton, Yoron Israel, Grady Tate & Miles Griffith. 
>A Minor Scramble- 1997-Jen Bay Records- 
#1 Gavin Jazz-Featuring Lewis Nash, Peter Washington, Nicholas Payton and Benny Green. 
>The Mark Elf Trio -1993 Alerce-
#7 Gavin Jazz 
South American Debut Album. 
>The Eternal Triangle 1988-Jen Bay Records
#4 Gavin Jazz-Featuring Hank Jones, Timmy Heath Ray Drummond and Ben Riley. 
>The Mark Elf Trio.Vol. I-Half Note Records 1986 Featuring Leroy Williams, Al HarewoodDrums & Paul Brown-Bass 
>Recordings as Sideman: Jimmy Heath, Lou Donaldson, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Jimmy McGriff, Groove Holmes, Junior Cook, Bill Hardman, Wynton Marsalis, Benny Golson, Jon Hendricks, Al Grey lDakota Staton, Lonnie Smith and Charles Earland.

Festivals & Concerts: 5/98 Texaco Jazz Festival 
at the Knitting Factory-Mark Elf Trio. 9/97&98 Providence Waterfront Jazz Festival ,Providence RI.-The Mark Elf Trio 7/97 Bushnell Park-Mark Elf & Guitars Inc.4/96 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival with The Heath Brothers- Percy, Tootie and Jimmy Heath. 6/95 We Love Jazz Cruise with Gark Terry,~ Ray Brown, Ed Thigpen and Curtis Fuller. 5/88 European tour with The Dizzy Gillespie AllStars ieaturing Kenny Barron, Ben Riley and Larry Ridley. 5/87 Lugano Jazz Festwal with The Billy Mitchel All Stars. In Performance with Jazz Luminaries: Wynton Marsalis, Clark Terry, Dizy Gillispie, Lionel Hampton, Benny Golson, Walter Bishop Jr., Kenny Barron, Jimmy Heath, Curtis Fuller, Joe Newman, Al Grey, Barry Harris, Branford Marsalis, Slide Hampton, Jimmy Cobb, Donald Byrd, Al Foster.

Educational Presentations, Concerts & Private Instruction: 1997-Aaron Copeland School of Music, Queens College, NY. 1995/96-CW. Post L.I.U. Greenvale, NY. 1995
Italy Summer Jazz Camp with Clark Terry & Ray Brown. 
1990/94-Nassau Boces Cultural Arts Center 1990/94-Five Towns College, Dix Hills, NY. 
1996-89 New School NYC 
1978/88 International Art of Jazz S.U.NY., Stonybrook, NY. 
1974/75-I.A.J. Concert Series Nassau County Schools, NY. Headline Singers: Cab (~lloway, Joe Williams, Jon Hendricks, Etta Jones, Ruth Brown, Liza Minelli. Personal Education: 1969-1971 Berklee College of Music, Private Studies with Barry Gailbraith and Chuck Wayne.

Web Site: www.jenbayjazz.com 

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