Mark-Almond
English music group of the 1970s
Mark–Almond was a jazz-influenced English pop group of the 1970s and early 1980s, sometimes also called The Mark-Almond Band. The core members were Jon Mark, who sang lead and played guitar, percussion, and harmonica, and Johnny Almond, who played saxophone, flute and bass flute and sang back-up. Various other musicians recorded and toured with the duo at various times, notably including drummer Dannie Richmond, a longtime associate of jazz bassist Charles Mingus.
Early history
In 1963, Jon Mark, using his given name John Michael Burchell, and a former schoolmate, Alun Davies, singer-songwriter, folk guitarist and skiffle musician (later of Cat Stevens' band), recorded as a duo an album entitled Relax Your Mind, on Decca Records.
From 1965 on, Mark accompanied Marianne Faithfull on her recordings and concerts. He also wrote and arranged many tracks on her first three albums (Marianne Faithfull, Come My Way and North Country Maid) and wrote a few songs for her ("Come My Way", "Lullaby").
In 1968 Mark and Davies founded the short-lived band Sweet Thursday. The five-piece band had only one recording, the eponymous Sweet Thursday, on Fontana Records. The band comprised Jon Mark, Alun Davies, Nicky Hopkins, Harvey Burns, and Brian Odgers. Their album was not promoted by their record label, and the group never toured.
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