Mark Lewis Jazz at Casa Mexico

Jazz saxophone and flute master Mark Lewis is performing Fridays in Keyport, each week with a different guest musician. All ages. No cover. May 1 with George Radebaugh on piano.

Mark Lewis is master of the alto sax, baritone sax, flute and piano; author of approximately 1,700 compositions; and has recorded and produced more than twenty albums on various labels. Rotterdam, Holland was Mark's home base for many years. He toured and played in the better clubs throughout Europe, and taught jazz theory and improvised music classes in several music conservatories. Mark lived and performed for several years in San Francisco and Victoria, BC as well. Mark's CD "In The Spirit," recorded at Music Annex in Menlo Park, CA, made the Top 40 on Billboard Magazine's Jazz Albums chart. Jazz musicians Mark has performed and recorded with include pianists Mark Levine, Overton Berry, and Ted Gioia; drummers Candy Finch and Eddie Moore; bassists David Friesen and Chuck Metcalf; saxophonists Johnny Griffin and Noah Howard; trumpet player Randy Brecker; and vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson. Mark often subbed for Stan Getz and John Handy during his time in San Francisco....

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Jazz saxophone and flute master Mark Lewis is performing Fridays in Keyport, each week with a different guest musician. All ages. No cover. May 1 with George Radebaugh on piano.

Mark Lewis is master of the alto sax, baritone sax, flute and piano; author of approximately 1,700 compositions; and has recorded and produced more than twenty albums on various labels. Rotterdam, Holland was Mark's home base for many years. He toured and played in the better clubs throughout Europe, and taught jazz theory and improvised music classes in several music conservatories. Mark lived and performed for several years in San Francisco and Victoria, BC as well. Mark's CD "In The Spirit," recorded at Music Annex in Menlo Park, CA, made the Top 40 on Billboard Magazine's Jazz Albums chart. Jazz musicians Mark has performed and recorded with include pianists Mark Levine, Overton Berry, and Ted Gioia; drummers Candy Finch and Eddie Moore; bassists David Friesen and Chuck Metcalf; saxophonists Johnny Griffin and Noah Howard; trumpet player Randy Brecker; and vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson. Mark often subbed for Stan Getz and John Handy during his time in San Francisco.

George Radebaugh has a bachelor’s degree in music composition from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Originally from the East Coast, he now resides in Port Townsend and can be heard throughout the Northwest playing jazz, funk and other styles. He has worked with Pete Toyne, Rickey Kelly, Phil Sparks, Bud Shank, and many other Northwest jazz greats.

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