AAA Magazine Features Skipp Pearson and Mark Rapp

Proving that musical diversity is alive and well in the Carolinas, musicians like legendary saxophonist Skipp ‘Pops’ Pearson and trumpeter Mark Rapp are working to boost a burgeoning jazz scene in Columbia, S.C. Pearson, a Palmetto state native whose career spans more than 50 years collaborating with musical greats like Otis Redding, Wynton Marsalis and … Read more

Ronda

Ronda is a composition by the Brazilian composer Paulo Vanzolini. This is Mark Rapp‘s arrangement incorporating an original chorinho introduction and ending along with a little frevo in the middle. Watch the video Mark Rapp: trumpet Jonathan Lovett: piano Dustin Retzlaff: bass Jay Ware: pandeiro, vibraphone Download the music .pdfs