Mark Masters has conceptualized ten projects for Capri Records where he arranged the music of notable composers like Grachan Moncur III, Gary McFarland, Lee Konitz, Dewey Redman, and Clifford Brown.... more

Mark Masters has done it again! His latest outing features the great Oliver Lake joining the Mark Masters Ensemble (including Tim Hagens, Peter Erskine, Dave Carpenter and others) paying tribute to... more

(SACD-HYBRID) All but forgotten, Gary McFarland has long been relegated by jazz history to footnote status. For Mark Masters, it was obviously an intimidating task to arrange an arranger's... more

A jazz orchestra in the tradition of Stan Kenton & Johnny Richards, 16 piece band arranged by Mark Masters.

Porgy and Bess was Gershwin's longest and most ambitious work as well as his personal favorite. Many jazz arrangers have found the epic folk opera's thematic material fertile ground for embellishment... more

This CD pays tribute to the great trumpet player through striking arrangements of his compositions, unique orchestrations of his solos, and improvised solos by some of Mark Masters' favorite... more

This recording marks the return of one of the most original and distinctive voices of the early 1960s. While Grachan Moncur III never completely left the musical scene, he certainly has been out of... more

Mark Masters & Tim Hagens - Sui Generis / Mark Masters composes music for legendary trumpeter Tim Hagens on Sui Generis, which is Latin for "Of it's own kind". It was nearly fifty years ago that a... more

Adam Schroeder & Mark Masters - Ct! Celebrate Clark Terry. The music of Clark Terry is celebrated by this great large ensemble led by baritone saxophonist Adam Schroeder and arranged by Mark Masters.... more

The American Jazz Institute brings together jazz saxophonist Lee Konitz and the Mark Masters Big Band for a very special outing. Most of the compositions are by Lee Konitz with spectacular... more

Mark Masters' latest project Everything You Did gives an entirely new perspective to the music of Steely Dan and yet maintains the essence of what made their music so popular. Masters has put his own... more

The late, great bandleader's alumni were feeling nostalgic in '91, the year that marked the 50th anniversary of the Kenton Orchestra's debut at the Rendezvous Ballroom on Balboa Island, California.... more

Arranger Mark Masters and baritone saxophonist Gary Smulyan share a great love for the music of Duke Ellington and have produced a collection of arrangements that highlight compositions by members of... more