Marc Seales

Marc Seales is a pianist specializing in post-bop compositions, based in Seattle. He has worked with <a href="spotify:artist:7okZVcIpC2FdS1BSbDYE2E">Don Lanphere</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5dlCVmfRbWVGOJYHzGyk32">Benny Carter</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3uO6HG2JwyP744sg4PMmg5">Bobby Hutcherson</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:3GpMtIOC5ZLvMBMI7IxPvA">Art Pepper</a>, among many, many others. His group <a href="spotify:artist:0D3sKoZrNacdOFYQjGXIc1">New Stories</a> has released three albums on Origin Arts and worked with vocalist <a href="spotify:artist:3NSAbrtudtKqp7j0C4bqxQ">Mark Murphy</a> on the Grammy-nominated Song for Geese album. Seales tours relatively regularly on his own for studio sessions, as well as with <a href="spotify:artist:0D3sKoZrNacdOFYQjGXIc1">New Stories</a> for various concerts. He also leads the Marc Seales Quartet and is a member of Milo Peterson's Jazz Disciples. Seales generally takes on a style that sounds similar to <a href="spotify:artist:2ZvrvbQNrHKwjT7qfGFFUW">Herbie Hancock</a>'s earlier work (before the funk), but there are also aspects of many other artists in his work, perhaps <a href="spotify:artist:4jXfFzeP66Zy67HM2mvIIF">Bill Evans</a>. He holds a position as the head of Jazz Studies, where he teaches both jazz history and playing instruction at the University of Washington. ~ Adam Greenberg, Rovi