Marc Seales facts for kids
Marc Seales is an American jazz pianist. He plays a style of jazz called post-bop. Marc studied at Western Washington University. He was a senior there from 1977 to 1978.
Quick facts for kids Marc Seales |
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| Born | July 1954 (age 71) |
| Origin | Seattle, Washington |
| Genres | Jazz; blues; post-bop |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Labels | Origin; Challenge |
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About Marc Seales
Marc Seales is a Professor of Jazz Piano. He teaches at the University of Washington in Seattle. He has worked with many famous musicians. These include Benny Carter, Howard Roberts, Bobby Hutcherson, and Art Pepper.
Marc has his own music groups. Two of them are called New Stories and the Marc Seales Quartet. He won the Earshot Jazz Golden Ear Award in 1999. This award was for being the Best Instrumentalist. His biggest musical heroes were Floyd Standifer and Don Lanphere. They were both from Seattle too.
A small part of his song 'Highway Blues' was very famous. It was included by default in Windows XP. This meant many computers had his music! Other songs included were Beethoven's 9th Symphony and David Byrne's "Like Humans Do". His band, New Stories, had a special reunion tour in 2019.
Marc has won many awards from Earshot. He was named Instrumentalist of the Year in 1999. His group won Acoustic Jazz Group in 2000 and 2001. In 2009, he was added to the Jazz Hall of Fame.
Albums and Music
Marc Seales has released many albums. He has made music with different groups.
With New Stories
- Circled By Hounds (self-released, 1995)
- Get Happy (Origin, 1996) - with Don Lanphere, Pete Christlieb
- Remember Why (Origin, 1997)
- Speakin' Out (Origin, 1999) - special guest: Ernie Watts
- Home At Last (Origin, 2001) - with Don Lanphere
- Still Life (Origin, 2001) - with Lynn Bush
- Where Do You Start (Origin, 2002) - with Don Lanphere
- Art Of The Groove (Origin, 2003) - with Brent Jensen, Rob Walker
- Hope Is In The Air: The Music Of Elmo Hope (Origin, 2004)
With Franklin, Seales, Clover
- Two Worlds (A Records/Challenge, 1998)
- Three Worlds (Beezwax, 2000)
- Ears Wide Open (Beezwax, 2001)
- Colemanology (Beezwax, 2004)
- Summer Serenade (Beezwax, 2005)
Marc Seales / Marc Seales Band
- A Time, A Place, A Journey [live] (Origin, 2004)
- The Paris Suite (self-released, 2008)
- American Songs, Volume 1 (self-released, 2010)
- American Songs, Volume 2: Blues...And Jazz (Origin, 2012 [rel. 2014])
- American Songs, Volume 3: Place & Time (Origin, 2012 [rel. 2015])
