Parker Jazz Club Presents... Saxophonist Mark O'Connor!

Sunday, June 23, 2024

"O'Connor's tenor is meaty enough to channel the jazz tradition, but modern enough to capture the yearning vulnerabilities of his own time" - Neil Tesser, Chicago Jazz Music Examiner. Saxophonist Mark O'Connor has been an active performer, composer, and educator throughout the Midwest since 1996. O’Connor’s current CD, Suspended Reality, has received airplay throughout the U.S. and Europe garnering such praise as "O'Connor and colleagues, heard on Suspended Reality are sophisticated soloists and ensemble players. He shows great skill as a saxophonist and is someone to keep an eye on in future."- Michael Steinman, Cadence Magazine. In addition to performing with his groups at such venues as the Chicago Jazz Festival, The Jazz Kitchen, the Jazz Showcase, the Elephant Room, and the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, O'Connor has shared the stage with Tamir Hendelman, Bob Mintzer, Emmet Cohen, Jeff Hamilton, Dan Haerle and many more.