Norden Farm Jazz Club: Mark Crooks Quartet at Norden Farm Centre for the Arts

Much in
demand as both leader and sideman, Mark works in a wide variety of musical
settings including jazz, big band, classical, shows and recording sessions on
clarinet and saxophone.

Mark is a
member of the award-winning Back to Basie Orchestra and the celebrated John
Wilson Orchestra, with which he has played regularly at the BBC Proms. He has
performed with artists ranging from Tony Bennett to Sir Simon Rattle, Lady Gaga
to Dame Cleo Laine at venues from Ronnie Scott’s in London to the Lincoln
Center in New York.

Currently
Mark is enjoying playing in Jazz At The Movies with singer Joanna Eden, Salud
Tom Jobim! with Georgia Mancio and with his own quartet in concerts around the
UK. Mark Crooks always gets great reactions for his performances on clarinet
and on tenor sax: 'luscious sound and apparently effortless phrasing'; 'a big,
warm, engaging tone'; 'gorgeous, liquid and elegant.' Gabriel Latchin has 'a
particular crispness in his playing and a lucidity that grips the attention'
and 'explores every niche of the melody.'