musicians and groups I've been privileged to perform with
Boogie Foot - funky jazz and blues (current)In Between Days, Cure tribute band
North of the Quarter - 8 piece funky soul and New Orleans (3 years)
St. Louis Mardi Gras Mayor's Ball
4 Real Saxophone Quartet
Ozark Theatre Monday Night Big Band
Kinda Blue, Sorta Hot big band (The Sheldon Concert Hall)
The Oday Project - jazz, rhythm & blues (3 years)
Born to Boogie - variety act, some international work
Nicodemus Jones - disco revival midwest tour
Knights of Swing - jazz big band
Washington University Wind Ensemble
Forest Park Community College jazz combos
Meramec Community College Jazz Lab band and Orchestra
Donnelly's Rhythm & Blues Revue - Blues Brothers cover band
Swing Shift - jazz trio
Automatix - rockin' rhythm & blues
Swinging Love Corpses - avant garde
Freeway - music for all occasions
Giant Steps - danceable funk/jazz
John Zorn Trio - avant garde
2005 - present saxophone, clarinet and EWI (electronic wind instrument) wind controller teacher
2002 - 2019 Webster University adjunct professor of sound design, audio production, MIDI and synthesis
1999 Webster University School of Communications, Bachelor of Arts in Audio Production
2007-08 Saxophone lessons at The Corral Performing Arts Center in St. Peters, MO
1973 - present Saxophone and Clarinet performance in the St. Louis area, with some regional and brief international stints
One delightful year as a traveling music teacher for Palmer Music, working at elementary and middle schools as band leader, guitar and piano instructor.
St. Louis Community College, University of Missouri and Webster University - music theory and performance classes
teachers
Mike Buerk, saxophones, clarinet, flute - Mr. Buerk is a woodwind and saxophone specialist, principal woodwind for the Municipal Opera and
first-call woodwind specialist in the St. Louis area including the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.
first-call woodwind specialist in the St. Louis area including the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.
Paul DeMarinis, Professor and Program Chair Webster University Jazz Studies, tenor saxophone
nis "Chicago Slim" Lansing, renowned jazz and blues saxophonist, tenor saxophone\r\nDaniel Diplacido, clarinet - Mr. Diplacido studied with George Silfies of St. Louis Symphony
Kim Portnoy, Associate Professor Webster University, Music Theory
Steve Schenkel, Professor Webster University, MIDI and Synthesis
in brief
Originally hailing from Schenectady, NY - Mark "Casey Reed" now wails on tenor and baritone saxophone with soul/funk/New Orleans/jazz combo Boogie Foot. While his early years included a blissfully brief stint with ukulele, Mark soon found the clarinet more to his liking and then discovered saxophones, synthesizers and microphones.
Through a variety of combo bands and ensembles, Mark has gigged all around the St. Louis area, with road trips to midwest engagements with fond memories of Jamaica jams in January.v