MARK KAYE BAND

Mark Kaye Band led by singer/songwriter keyboard extraordinary Mark Kaye.  The Band features some of the funkiest musicians on planet earth.  They have released six CD’Äôs on the Dafunk label, one instrumental and five of them with vocals by Mark Kaye.

They have toured extensively in Japan, Australia and Europe.  When at home in the San Francisco Bay Area they mainly perform at corporate parties and festivals. 

Mark Kaye Band features:
Mark Kaye: Keyboards/Lead Vocals
Mark also performs as the keyboardist and lead singer with EastBay Messengers.  The EastBay Messengers features Paul Jackson on the Bass and Mike Clark on the drums from Herbie Hancock and The Headhunters.

Tebo: Bass Guitar

Billy Johnson: Drums
Billy has recorded and performed with Santana, Sly and The Family Stone, MC Hammer, Booker T and the MG’Äôs and many more.

Wilton Rabb: Guitar
Wilton has recorded or performed with Prince, Sly and The Family Stone, Mariah Carey, and Graham Central Station.

Mark Kaye Biography

Singer, songwriter, keyboardist and producer Mark Kaye, was born 1-10-76 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Mark Kaye has been playing the piano since age 5.  After receiving a music scholarship from San Francisco Mission High School, Mark continued his music education at the San Francisco conservatory of Music.  Mark also majored in Music composition at San Francisco State University.  Mark has studied piano with Tom Coster, Mark Lavine, and Smith Dobson.  Mark has studied Voice with the great Judy Davis, Marylyn Heinmiller, Pamela Poland, and Horace Tolson.

In 1993 Mark wrote and produced a one man musical called ’ÄúTales from the Far Country’Äù.   Mark performed this Musical from 1994 to 1996 in small theaters on the West Coast. In 1996 Mark started recording as a solo artist for Dafunk records.  Mark has released 7 CD’Äôs with Dafunk records.  The latest CD was released in late 2009  titled ’ÄúJust Funky’Äù. 

Mark’Äôs music has been licensed for use in TV and movies. Like the Today Show, Good Morning America, Discovery Channel, and Disney.  Mark has also worked on movie soundtracks with Grammy nominated producer Greg Landu, since 1998.  In 2006 Mark’Äôs music was released in Europe by Sony/BMG. 

Mark performs with his band ’ÄúThe Mark Kaye Band’Äù in festivals, nightclubs, and corporate parties on the West Coast.  Marks’Äôs music has been described by producer Jeff Weinstein as ’Äúthe New Funk’Äù.  Mark has also been described as ’Äúthe Funkiest Jazz musician on the West Coast’Äù by R&B producer Tebo.

Mark has just finished co producing, and co writing a CD with a new band called ’ÄúThe Eastbay Messengers’Äù Scheduled to be released in early 2010.  The EastBay Messengers features Paul Jackson on Bass and Mike Clark on drums from Herbie Hancock and The Headhunters.

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Mark Kaye Review

Lain Pop and Soul singer/songwriter Mark Kaye is an energetic and new era artist! Mark was born January 10, 1976 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is 6 ft., 190 lbs., with brown hair and brown eyes. He now resides in California in the San Francisco Bay Area.

With his talent and good looks, Mark has a stage presence and appeal that is incredible and everybody loves him and his music. Love, passion, and fantasy inspire his songs! In addition to recording five CDs, Mark, the busy and versatile artist, also sings and plays a custom guitar keyboard synthesizer with The Mark Kaye Band on the West coast.
Mark grew up listening to and playing a range of Latin styles of music such as: Salsa, Merengue, Bachata, and Son. His roots also stem out to playing with various R&B and Hip-Hop bands as well. Mark also shines on the dance floor with experience in Latin dances.

            Grammy nominated producer Greg Landau has referred to Mark as a ’Äúmodern day Ricky Martin’Äù!

Mark Kaye Discography:

Fairy Tales                       Thunder Records 1995
Far Country                     Thunder Records 1996
I Can Love You                 Dafunk 2001
Passion                              Dafunk 2003
M                                        Dafunk 2004
I’Äôm On A Mission             Dafunk 2005
What Would Love Do     Dafunk 2005
Singer Songwriter            Dafunk 2008
Latin Soul                          Dafunk 2009
Just Funky                         Dafunk 2009

1.) Just Funky
2.) Bumpin
3.) Doctor Phil Good
4.) DaBomb
5.) Let's Get Stupid
6.) Sex Sells
7.) Forever Funky

1.) Mystery
2.) Bang
3.) Sex Is Good
4.) Chocolate World
5.) Sexy Woman
6.) Cup Of Coffe
7.) Let's Make Love Tonight

1.) Shine
2.) Come My Way
3.) The Miracle
4.) Have You Ever Been to Heaven
5.) Dangerous Woman
6.) Lonely Heart
7.) Love Has A Way

1.) To Love is to Let Go
2.) Shake it up
3.) There She Goes
4.) Tears in My Eyes
5.) Get N Ready to Love
6.) God in my Pocket

1.) Little Sister
2.) I Can Love You
3.) Passion
4.) Just Looking for Love
5.) All the Wonderfuls

1.) M
2.) M - 6
3.) M - 10
4.) M - 12
5.) M - 5

1.) I've Been Watching You
2.) Work That Thing
3.) I'm on a Mission
4.) My Lonely Heart
5.) The Power of Soul

1.) Only Found Me
2.) Just For Love
3.) That Part of Me
4.) To be Free

1.) Echo
2.) Paul Harold and Me
3.) Michael Sky
4.) Calvin Darkness
5.) Shadow
6.) Soul Searchers

1.) Winds of Change
2.) Wizard
3.) Far Country
4.) Singing Waters
5.) The Childrens Room
6.) Home
7.) The Moon Worlds

1.) I Can Love You
2.) Funk It Up
3.) Real People
4.) Little Sister
5.) Passion
6.) All The Wonderfuls
7.) Until You've Tried Me