Saxophonist and composer Mark Vinci has performed, toured
and/or recorded with artists such as Joe Lovano, Stefon Harris,
Rosemary Clooney, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Zoot Sims,
Benny Carter, Tommy Flanagan, Clark Terry, Mel Lewis, Michael
Feinstein, Gene Bertoncini, and Joe LaBarbera.
As a soloist he has toured Denmark, the Czech Republic,
Poland, Germany, and the USA where he has performed in such
places as One Step Down and The Nest in Washington, D.C.,
Catalina Bar and Grill in LA, and Birdland in NYC. Mark played
lead alto with the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band conducted by Jon
Faddis, Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra and John Fedchock's
New York Big Band. He is also a veteran of Woody Herman and
Gerry Mulligan big bands. He has performed at festivals such
as North Sea, Kool, Montreaux, Monterey and Nice. Mr. Vinci
has recorded on Bluenote, Capital, Concord, Telarc, SONY,
Enja, and Iris, among others. Grand Slam, As I Think About
You, and Interplay present him as a leader and composer.
Frequently, he is a featured soloist with big bands in the
USA and Europe, performing arrangements of his tunes from
As I Think About You, and other original compositions.
He has received numerous big band commissions, and a commission
for 200-piece band for a performance at the United Nations.
As an educator Mark Vinci is on the faculty of Skidmore
College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. and has taught clinics
and residencies at colleges and high schools throughout the
US, Denmark and, with support from the US Embassy, in the
Czech Republic.
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