Mark Flugge is active in the Central Ohio area as a pianist, composer, educator, and bandleader. As a leader he has recorded three CDs: “February’s Promise” (all original compositions), “Familiarity” (Cojazz), which also features Gene Bertoncini and Michael Moore, and his latest,"In Love, In Blue". A solo piano recording, it's a mix of American popular songbook gems, Flugge originals, and a unique reworking of"Rhapsody In Blue". He has recorded four CDs with Columbus singer Dick Mackey, and is also the featured soloist on the Famous Jazz Orchestra CD “Sight Readin’ Baby”. Performance credits include work with such notables as David “Fathead” Newman, Joe La Barbera, Jimmy Heath, Marcus Belgrave, Ken Peplowski, Joe Lovano, Jon Faddis, Eddie Daniels, John Abercrombie, and Ira Sullivan, among many others. Classically trained, Mr. Flugge is a diligent student of jazz piano styles. In July 2006 he appeared with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra as soloist in Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”, which he also performed