Mark O'Connor

EVENT: Heart 'N Soul of Jazz 01/19/2012

Christmas List: New Holiday Songs in 2011 12/16/2011

Christmas List: New Holiday Songs in 2011 12/16/2011

PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Jazz This Week: Keith Fullerton Whitman, Scratch, Mark O'Connor, a Tribute to Women in Jazz, and More 11/11/2011

CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Happy 50th Birthday, Wynton Marsalis - Legacy Recordings Announces Swinging into the 21st for October 18th 10/25/2011

Born and raised in Seattle, O'Connor was always a bit out of sync with his teenage peers. Understandably so, since he was winning fiddle contests and had mapped out a sketchy career path. O'Connor moved to Nashville in 1983, already a former sideman for jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli, a job that allowed him to play the stage at Carnegie Hall. At the time O'Connor arrived in Music City (the ...more