Mark Portmann is a musician, songwriter, and record producer who has worked with

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and Josh Groban. Portman began to learn classical piano as a child, but beginning at Coconut Creek High School he turned to pop music and jazz. He went to the

Eastman School of Music The Eastman School of Music is the music school of the University of Rochester, a private research university in Rochester, New York. It was established in 1921 by industrialist and philanthropist George Eastman. It offers Bachelor of Music ...

on a scholarship, studying composition, and attended the

University of Miami The University of Miami (UM, UMiami, Miami, U of M, and The U) is a private research university in Coral Gables, Florida. , the university enrolled 19,096 students in 12 colleges and schools across nearly 350 academic majors and programs, ...

. In 1988, he became a keyboardist in the jazz group The Rippingtons and left the group four years later. In 1997, he released a solo album on Zebra Records titled ''No Truer Words''. Songs co-produced by Portmann were nominated for

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Latin Music Awards in 2003 and 2010.

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Official website
Living people University of Miami alumni American jazz keyboardists The Rippingtons members Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-jazz-keyboardist-stub