Amphora

1. Amphora

2. A Million Notes From Now

3. Suki's Web

4. Flowers and Flames

5. Illadroly

6. Miss Knows (it all)

7. Horse from the North

8. Forty-Nine

9. Interlucent

10. Another Spring

11. We Never Knew

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist
Mark Kleinhaut has been playing jazz guitar for over twenty-five years, during which time he has developed a highly personal sound and recognizable voice on his instrument. He completed formal music studies at Rutgers University (B.A.1979) under the direction of the late Ted Dunbar. Mark has also studied privately in NYC with guitarist Jack Wilkins and participated in numerous master classes, including sessions with Pat Martino and Jim Hall. Mark currently teaches privately and recently conducted clinics and workshops with Tiger Okoshi at Bowdoin College and Univerity of Maine at Augusta. He was also formerly adjunct faculty at University of Southern Maine.

Mark Kleinhaut has appeared in concerts with nationally recognized jazz artists such as Bobby Watson, Tiger Okoshi, Jerry Bergonzi, Brad Terry, and Alex Foster and also performs regularly with many top local and regional jazz musicians. As leader of the Mark Kleinhaut Trio, with bassist Jim Lyden and drummer Les Harris, Jr., he and the trio have performed a repertoire of his original jazz compositions in a wide variety of venues and concert series ranging from the Key Maine Jazz Festival in Portland Maine to the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York City. In 2002, the Trio made its first European visit with a six city tour of Germany and the Netherlands.

Mark Kleinhaut is a prolific jazz composer and has released three CDs of all original jazz compositions and is presently completing work on a fourth project that features world renowned sxophonist, Bobby Watson, as well as frequent collaborators Jim Lyden and Les Harris, Jr.

Product Description
Guitarist Mark Kleinhaut’s CD, Amphora, street date April 15, 1999 is Kleinhaut’s first album as leader, and debuts 11 of Kleinhaut original compositions, offering music of diverse emotions and influences. Amphora, demonstrates Kleinhaut’s formidable chops, as he and the rhythm section have fun burning up the charts of his up-tempo tunes including Horse from the North as well as the title track. Mark’s introspective side is demonstrated on ballads, like the evocative Illadroly and the hauntingly beautiful Forty-nine. Mark Kleinhaut is joined by Thomas Snow on piano, Phil Verill on drums, Annegret Baier on percussion, with bass duties shared by Josh Davis and John Hunter.

Amphora,Mark Kleinhaut

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