Dr. Mark Andrew Cook
Loudoun Jazz Ensemble
Music Director
Mark Andrew Cook is an active composer and performer. Although trained as a classical trumpet player under the tutelage of Donald R. Tison (Principal Emeritus, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra), he is now primarily regarded as a Jazz pianist.
As pianist for the SU Faculty Jazz group, he performed frequently with bassist David Marsh and drummer Ronnie Shaw, both of whom carry international reputations as the rhythm section “backbone” for Cook, Dixson, and Young (The Three Mo’ Tenors).
He leads/co-leads various configurations of his own groups, Set Theory and the Mark Andrew Cook Jazz Group. The CD, Prime Form, displays the virtuosity of the late Chris Vadala (saxophones and woodwinds), Steve Zerlin, (acoustic bass) Spyro Gyra’s bassist Scott Ambush, and drummer/co-leader, the late Marty Knepp.
Set Theory/Prime Form is available on Apple Music, Spotify, cdbaby, Deezer, and Amazon.com
His release, Mark Andrew Cook Jazz Group: Live at St. John's, featuring Chris Vadala, Mike Kamuf, David W. Marsh, III, and Ronnie Shaw, is also available from Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon, Deezer, CDBaby and a host of other outlets.
His most recent release, Mark Andrew Cook and Set Theory, featuring Chris Vadala, is a live recording masterfully re-mastered by Guitarist and Engineer Corey Horn.