Mark can be seen regularly with the local Tampa Bay based band Hot Tonic, playing a mix of jazz, latin, and popular music, in addition to other gigs with familiar local artists such as Alejandro Arenas, Simon Lasky, Allison Nash, Bryan Hughes, James Suggs, Patrick Bettison, and many others.

Mark is also the drummer with the Jaco Pastorius Big Band. Although the band is not actively recording or touring anymore, they do present a special concert in South Florida once every few years to honor Jaco's memory and music.

Mark has played on three albums with the band, and has toured the world playing major jazz festivals including the North Sea Jazz Festival, the Detroit Jazz Festival, and the Montreal Jazz Festival, as well as three trips to Japan to perform at the Blue Note Tokyo.

New original single “Seems so Long Ago” is available now on Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and many more streaming platforms.

Featuring Damian Erskine (Gino Vannelli) on bass. and Ray Lyon on keyboards and synths.

Seems so Long Ago

Mark Griffith

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  Seems so Long Ago

  Mark Griffith