MARK GROSS
Genres: Post Bop, World Fusion, Hard Bop • United States

Gross, Mark [Mark Ivan Gross Sr.], alto saxophone; b. Baltimore, MD, 20 February 1966. His parents are Lucy Cornelia Gross (b. February 15, 1928, Hamlet, NC) and Norwood Eugene Gross, Sr. (b. March 1, 1928 Baltimore, MD). Mark's father is still the Pastor of his hometown church Mt. Zion C.O.G.I.C. His siblings are Norwood Eugene Gross, Jr., Judith Carol Pearson, Otto LaMonte Gross, Sr., Brenda Mae McMillan, Barbara Jeanette Johnson and Vincent Eric Gross, Sr., a trumpet player and vocalist. He is the youngest of seven. After developing his interests in classical music at the Baltimore School for the Arts, Mark studied one semester at Howard University and four years at Berklee College of Music. Berklee College of Music awarded him a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music Performance in 1988. He studied with Chris Ford at the Baltimore School for the Arts (1980-1984). He studied with Reggie Jackson at Howard read more...