Trumpeter, composer and arranger Mark Rapp is featured alongside Roy Hargrove, Dave Brubeck, Esperanza Spalding, The Bad Plus, Joshua Redman and many more on Disney's recent release "Everybody Wants to be a Cat" (Feb 2011). With Rapp's celebrated 2009 debut release "Token Tales" and being named a "Top Emerging Trumpeter" by Downbeat Magazine the year before, Rapp is quickly establishing himself as one of the most interesting, cool and creative artists in modern jazz.

Rapp released an industry first "Applum" (a complete multimedia album experience packaged and distributed for the iPad and iPhone) with The Song Project (thesongproject.net), a unique trio co- led with guitarist/vocalist Derek Lee Bronston and recorded an amazing tribute to Billy Strayhorn (bradenrapp.com) with saxophone great Don Braden, GRAMMY-nominee Gerald Clayton on piano and vocal sensation Sachal Vasandani.

"Good Eats", Rapp's first release on the European label Dinemec Jazz (dinemecrecords.com) confirms the high praises showered on his other releases and proves the trumpeter is one of the more versatile and titillating artists to emerge onto the scene in recent memory.

"With a tribute to Billy Strayhorn already under his belt, and this strong Donaldson-based outing added to his discography, Rapp is quickly developing a reputation as a superb interpreter and great stylist, willing to tackle the history of this music with his eyes on the past and his mind on the present and future of this music." - AllAboutJazz.com

Rapp has played sold out shows at the Blue Note (NY), Joe’s Pub, Yoshi’s (San Fran) and such venues as Blues Alley (D.C.), the JVC Newport Jazz Festival, Dizzy’s at Jazz Lincoln Center, JazzTime Festival (Croatia), Jazzland (Vienna), Jazz Standard (New York) and more. Mark was named a "top emerging trumpeter" by Downbeat Magazine, featured on a Travel Channel documentary and has played with such diverse artists as Branford Marsalis to Hootie and the Blowfish.

"Rapp has his own way of defining jazz, which keeps its standard principles… while delving into the experimental side..." - JazzTimes