MARK SHERMAN
Post Bop / Hard Bop / Fusion • United States
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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,
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