Mark Crooks Quartet
Mark Crooks Quartet at 606 Club, London
About the show
A terrific, tasteful player on both saxophone and clarinet, Mark Crooks has forged an unrivalled reputation on the UK music scene. Mark’s considerable talent has seen him performing alongside artists such as Tony Bennett, Sir Simon Rattle, Lady Gaga and Dame Cleo Laine and for this 606 show Mark has teamed up with the fantastic organist Pete Whittaker to “explore some of the grooviest tenor sax/organ repertoire from the likes of Stanley Turrentine, Shirley Scott and Jimmy Smith.” Also featuring the excellent Colin Oxley-guitar and Matt Home-drums.
"The phenomenally gifted Mark Crooks...the quartet is everything you could wish for” Jazz Journal; “virtuoso perfection” Jazzwise
Featuring - Mark Crooks Quartet
Clarinet/tenor sax-led modern jazz quartet. A graduate of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music, Mark won the 'Young Jazz Player of the Year' in 1991 and has since built a solid career playing in big bands, recording CDs and leading his own ensemble.