Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Free Times Power List: 30 people who shape Columbia’s culture
Free Times may have changed in the last year, but the power of the city’s culture remains. And the people who work to make the city’s arts, music and food scenes what they are still deserve recognition. So we present this complement to The Post and Courier Columbia list of important political, government, business and […]
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7 Nominations in Freetimes Best of Columbia
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HOUSE RESOLUTION SALUTES MARK RAPP AS AMBASSADOR OF JAZZ
HOUSE RESOLUTION SALUTES MARK RAPP AS AMBASSADOR OF JAZZ FOR THE CITY OF COLUMBIA AND THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia, SC, Feb 20th, 2018: On Thursday, February 8th, during the morning legislative session, House Representatives Kirkman Finlay and Beth Bernstein presented jazz trumpeter Mark Rapp with the framed resolution naming him jazz ambassador of […]
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Wess Anderson & Mark Rapp Booked: New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2017
Excited to announce Wess “Warmdaddy” Anderson and I are presenting our new project at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on April 30, 2017! Stay tuned…
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Jasper Artist of the Year 2016
Speechless and beyond thankful to be the The Jasper Project 2016 Artist of the Year in Music! However, this award is not for me, it is for all of our amazing ColaJazz musicians. This award is for our growing jazz community. This award is for everyone who supports live jazz from our dedicated fans and […]
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Ronda
Listen 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. This recording is featured on the ColaJazz vol.1 CD – an initiative to raise awareness of and to grow the amazing jazz scene in […]
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Impractical Jokers
My growling trumpet stripper theme surfaces again! This is a snippet of music I recorded while living in NYC for what was to be a YouTube comedy series. I was hired for many recording sessions most often never knowing what was going to happen with the tracks I recorded. I first found my growling trumpet […]
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A Thousand Words
This is my original composition “A Thousand Words” I composed for the TSP vol.II release “Ballads”. Part I portrays a timeless beauty; love and longing; a yearning passion, yet peaceful and calm; a knowing. Part II starts around 5’30” and portrays adventure, celebrating, fun and happiness employing a mixed meter of 5/8, 3/4 and 2/4. […]
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Water Be Still
UPDATE: “Water Be Still” was featured on NPR. Listen to the interview here! In October 2015, devastating flooding caused $12 billion in damages in South Carolina. It destroyed homes, businesses and took precious lives too early. It was a disaster which many are still recovering from. As an artist, I express and process feelings through […]
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iCool Menopause Commercial
When I was living in NYC, I was hired for many studio recording sessions most often never knowing what was going to happen with the tracks I recorded. I’m on countless demo CDs for bands, songwriters hustling music for commercials, DJs sampling a jazz trumpet and so much more. A few years passed and one […]
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