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BOZO allegro first existed in a dream. Bozo Mark woke one morning in California with those two words reverberating in his head. No context, just the words. He first named a cat BOZO allegro, then later titled an instrumental overture to a theatre piece with the same phrase. That piece proved to be the link to the band today.

The precursor to BOZO allegro was a band in Los Angeles called Sherman and the Sharks, a quintet (piano/bass/drums/guitar/sax) for which Mark played bass and wrote a lot of material. Primarily a rehearsal band, the weekly get-togethers combined with a competition between Mark and the keyboardist to inspire each composer to bring at least one new tune a week to practice.

After moving to Minnesota, Mark wanted to see if any of the old Sharks material still had merit. So he had an August '95 gathering of musicians (including Bozos Diane, Alan, and Ron), to read through some of his charts. He liked what he heard, and spent about six weeks rearranging the compositions for five horns. He ran an ad in a local free weekly: "Jazzers Who Rock: I got the charts if you got the chops. Horns and rhythm call Mark, 629-7766." Among the respondants were the two Bozo Scotts: M and D.

When it came time to choose a name for the band, leading contenders were Sherman and the Sharks (Mark planned to write a tune entitled "Sorry, Sherman Couldn't Make It Tonight"), Big Fun, and BOZO allegro, after the overture from the theatre piece, which the group was playing. It wasn't much of a contest. Rehearsals commenced. The first, catch-22 demo (can't get gigs without a demo, can't get good enough for a demo without gigs) was recorded in December. The first gig was 8 January 1996 at a local coffee house. The place was packed, the joint was jumping.

The rest is mystery.

Le BOZO, C'est Moi Original rock/latin/jazz in a sort of Horace-Silver-meets-Jimmy-Smith-meets-Booker-T-&-The-MGs-meets-The-Jazz-Messengers synthesis, but this time it's the BOZO sextet, with three horns and a Hammond organ in the rhythm section. CD Price: $14.97

Relentlessly Cheerful Original rock/latin/jazz featuring featuring cameos by James Brown/P-Funk trombonist Fred Wesley, monster trumpeter Lew Soloff, bass legend Steve Swallow, fusion guitarist Steve Khan and prolific session keyboardist Rob Mounsey (Steely Dan, James Taylor, Paul Simon). Featuring tributes to Philip Glass and Steve Reich, Chick Corea, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, Sonny Rollins, Philip Glass, Antonio Carlos Jobim, and steamy sex. CD Price: $14.97

the Revolver suite Nine-piece horn band BOZO allegro plays jazz-rock arrangements of every song from The Beatles' classic 1966 album Revolver in styles that explore the development of African-influenced American popular music. The first half of the album is a history of jazz ,from its African roots into spirituals and gospel through ragtime and dixieland and ending with the big bands and bebop. The second half explores more contemporary styles: soul, funk, reggae, fusion, hip-hop, blues, and R&B. CD Price: $14.97

Magic Music - Chants For Meditation Bozo Mark's relaxation/meditation ambient group BOZO adagio expands its vision with an 18-voice chorus, Indian drones, and guest Bozos. "BOZO adagio's first album, Turn Off Your Mind, Relax and Float Downstream, was sitting in the Marx Music vaults when we began recording this, the group's sophomore voyage. I had not wanted Turn Off... to compete with the appearance of BOZO allegro's Relentlessly Cheerful (which premiered in January, 2001) and planned to hold the album back until April or May. (As it turns out, the first two BOZO adagio albums are being released together.)" - Mark Browning Milner CD Price: $14.97

Turn Off Your Mind, Relax and Float Downstream Bozo Mark goes solo - with an able assist from the Ocean Pacifica - in this relaxing keyboard-drenched minimalistic meditative fantasia. Part Brian Eno, part Philip Glass, part John Cale, and all BOZO. Bozo Mark has taken the three folk songs and slowed them waaaaaaaaaay down, so that a quarter note equals 30 seconds. (That's slow!) Then, with a bunch of keyboards and improvisations by the Pacific Ocean, he lays down some of the most relaxing, soothing, meditative, mimimalistic sounds you can imagine. Whether you meditate, sleep, or just kick back and breathe deeply to it, BOZO adagio guarantees a restful time for all. CD Price: $14.97

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