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Mark Anderson is retired from full time teaching at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, California, where he served as Dean of the Fine Arts Division from 2009 - 2016, Founder/Director of the Music Technology Program from 1997 - 2009, Chair of the Music Department and Director of Jazz Studies from 1989 - 1997. Prior to joining the faculty at Foothill in 1989, he was Director of Jazz Studies at Fresno City College from 1987 - 1989, and Graduate Teaching Assistant in Jazz Studies at the University of Denver, Lamont School of Music from 1980 - 1983. After graduate school, he enjoyed a career as a full time professional musician and booking agent in Denver during the 80's, playing hundreds of recording sessions and performing nightly with many of the greatest musicians in the world such as Carl Fontana, Bobby Shew, Jack Sheldon, Joe Williams, George Shearing, Randy Brecker, Clark Terry,
James Moody, Branford Marsalis, Frank Wess, Stanley Turrentine, Plas Johnson, Woody Herman, Louie Bellson, Billy Eckstine, Glen Campbell, Jimmy Buffet, The Temptations, John Denver, Burt Bacharach, Dionne Warwick, Lou Rawls, The Four Tops, Rosemary Clooney, Tanya Tucker, Charlie Pride, Kenny Rankin, and many others.