About SaxMarc

SaxMarc with his bari sax.

My first professional gig was at the age of 14 (I’m over 50 now!) playing with a variety band called “Sweet Thunder”. We played all over the Midwest for several years. I went to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as a music major on the baritone saxophone and played with several of the jazz groups there. Over the years we appeared with or opened for such greats as Urbie Green, Don Ellis, Bobby Rosengarden and Joe Williams.

I played baritone sax, clarinet, and soprano sax with Big Time Operator, a very successful, 10 piece swing band which played often in Las Vegas, including gigs at the Desert Inn and monthly appearances at the Hard Rock Cafe Casino, as well as regular appearances at the Derby, the Viper Room, the Hollywood Athletic Club and other high profile venues in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Big Time Operator also appeared on national TV shows produced by Glen Larson. Big Time Operator recorded a CD called “High Altitude Swing”, which sold several thousand copies throughout the country.

I’ve also recorded with the jazz quartet Deuterium, on the CD “Dreams of Madrid”. I also appeared on and produced the CD “Soul Space” with Julie Stewart and the Rio Chama Trio. Click here to buy it.

My most recent CD is with my group Sweet Thunder Jazztet.  It is called MONSOON.

You can buy it here.