Mark Shim (born November 21, 1973 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a

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tenor saxophonist.

History

Shim's family moved from Kingston to

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when he was eight years old, and then settled in

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five years later. He started on sax in seventh grade, graduating from

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in 1991 and attending Virginia Commonwealth University and William Paterson College. In 1994 he moved to

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, where he played and recorded with Hamiett Bluiett in

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. He then played with Elvin Jones, Mose Allison,

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, Greg Osby, and the Mingus Big Band. Shim's debut record for Blue Note appeared in 1998, with two more following on the label in 2000.

Discography

*''Mind over Matter'' ( Blue Note, 1998) *''New Directions'' with Stefon Harris, Jason Moran, Greg Osby (Blue Note, 2000) *''Turbulent Flow'' (Blue Note, 2000) *'' Far from Over'' with Vijay Iyer (ECM, 2017) *''Travail, Transformation, and Flow'' with the Steve Lehman Octet (Pi Recordings, 2009) *''Mise en Abîme'' with the Steve Lehman Octet (Pi Recordings, 2014)

References

* Leonard Feather and Ira Gitler, ''The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz''. Oxford, 1999, p. 600. Jamaican jazz saxophonists Male saxophonists Living people 1973 births 21st-century saxophonists 21st-century male musicians Male jazz musicians {{Jamaica-musician-stub