Marc Piane

Marc has played and recorded with talents throughout Chicago including Myles Hayes, Heather Moran, Sarah Marie Young, Keri Johnsrud, Erin McDougald, Jesse Palter, Lady T, Dan Cray, Robert Shy, Rusty Jones, Frank Parker Jr, Randy Murray, Tommy Bradford, Laura Hoffman, Brienn Perry, The J. Davis Trio, Radiant Darling, The Chris Greene Quartet, The Damian Espinosa Trio, QBlue, The Lori McClain Trio, The Hunter Adams Trio,  Jazz Conspiracy, and many others. 

He has arranged, composed, engineered, and produced material for Quest Ensemble including arranging music for their production of ‘The Wizard Of Oz’.  He also worked extensively on the soundtrack for Quest’s short film ‘Blue Nativity’.  He has done sound designs and original compositions for productions of ‘The Jungal Book’, ‘Anna Karenina’ and several original theatre works for various companies.

Marc co-founded and co-directs Summer Lab On Stage, a musical theatre program for 5th through 8th graders, at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools.  He also teaches privately at the Chicago School of Music. 

His influences range from Ray Brown and Paul Chambers to Dave Holland, Eric Revis, Drew Gress, and Stanley Clarke.  

Marc has had the chance to play some of the finest rooms in Chicago as well as touring the U.S. and Europe. 

These are some of the venues he’s played.

The Chicago JazzFest 

Green Dolphin Street

Pops For Champagne

Pete Miller's Steakhouse

Jazz Showcase

Andy’s

The Green Mill

Velvet Lounge

Chicago Cultural Center

The Signature Room

Navy Pier

Jazzin at the Shedd

African American Music Festival

Taste Of Chicago

MGM Grand - Las Vegas

clubs throughout Barcelona

and many more.

He spends his free time going the park with his son and his daughter. His love of jazz and black coffee runs deep, and consequently, he rarely sleeps.