Traditional swing-bass style solo piano renderings of great American standards.

14 MP3 Songs
JAZZ: Traditional Jazz Combo, EASY LISTENING: Cabaret



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Mark Randall plays Broadway, movie and jazz standards - the music of Gershwin, Kern, Porter, Ellington et al, in a style that borrows from great old swing jazz pianists such as Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson and Erroll Garner, as well as sophisticated salon players such as Cy Walter. Perhaps too melodic and too old-school to be called âjazzâ these days, Mark Randallâs music swings nonetheless in that idiom that keeps changing its name but not its appeal. Call it old jazz; call it cocktail, call it cabaret. Whatever.

FROMMERâS Guide to Philadelphia called Mark Randall Philadelphiaâs best café pianist. PHILADELPHIA Magazine mentioned him five consecutive years in its Best of Philly issue.

He has been called âfirst rateâ by The Philadelphia Inquirer, and featured in the national KEYBOARD Magazine. He has been invited to play at the Mellon Jazz Festival, at the Bar Cavalados in Paris, and at numerous parties and receptions for notables such as Rudolf Nuryev, Martha Graham and Bill Blass.

A long-time resident of Philadelphia, Mark Randall grew up in Pittsburgh where he studied with Vince Lascheid.