CHECK OUT MARKO WITH DAVE SAMUELS AND RON OSWANSKI: 

More Marko on youtube:

            Marko Marcinko began his professional music career in 1994 while touring and recording with trumpet legend Maynard Ferguson.   Marcinko served as drummer and arranger for Ferguson and his Big Bop Nouveau Band for three years.

          Born in Archbald, Pennsylvania, Marcinko studied technique with drumming master Joe Morello, and continued his training at the University of Miami where he studied Classical, Jazz, Brazilian, and Afro-Cuban styles under professors, Fred Wickstrom, Steve Bagby, Steve Rucker, Harry Hawthorwne, and Ney Resaro.

Over the years Marcinko has played with Jazz greats such as Joe Henderson, Clark Terry, Al Grey, Phil Woods, Bob Dorough, Paquito D’Rivera, Arturo Sandoval, Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, Mike Stern, Bob Mintzer, Tierney Sutton and Will Lee.  Other notables Marcinko has worked with include Jon Secada, Constantine Maroulis, Juan Gabriel, Melba Moore, Joan Rivers, Connie Francis, Don Rickels, Bob Newhart and Nicol Williamson.  During his years in the music industry Marcinko has worked  as a freelance musician playing drum set, percussion, piano/keyboards, bass guitar, and trombone.  Marcinko has served as a studio session player, arranger, musical director, and producer for numerous commercial jingles, indie-films and off-broadway, club and theater engagements.

           Currently, Marcinko tours and records with jazz saxophone icon Dave Liebman, as well as french jazz vocalist Ilona Knopfler.  He is also an adjunct professor of jazz drum set studies at Pennsylvania State University, State College PA.
         You can view a video of Marko live in Brazil with Dave Liebman at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbNwrYwniDs, or check out his website at www.markomarcinko.com.

              Marko wanted to let everyone know about these performance dates for The Dave Liebman Group.
The group is promoting new music for a CD release on Omni Tone Records scheduled in the fall
The Dave Liebman group is:
Vic Juris -guitars
Tony Marino -basses
Marko Marcinko - drums and percussion
Dave Liebman- Tenor/soprano saxes and wood flutes

> April 18, 19 & 20  The Jazz Standard  116 east 27th st. Two shows each night (7:30pm) and (9:30pm) 212-576-2232
> April 21st   Cecils' Jazz Club, West Orange, NJ (2 shows)
> April 22nd  The Deer Head Inn, Deleware Water Gap, PA  8pm-12am
> April 25th   Blues Alley, Washington DC (georgetown)  (2 shows)
> April 26th   The State Street Grill, Clarks Summit, PA 8pm-11pm
> April 27th   Falcon Arts, Marlboro, NY  (for times email falcon.arts@verizon.net)
> April 28th   The Philadelphia Museum of Arts. Philly, PA 5pm -8pm