Mark Towns News

Mark Towns releases his new Latin Jazz album Unspoken Invitation (featuring Hubert Laws) on 11/29/19.

Mark Towns performs standup comedy (and kills!, as they say) in Hollywood at Broadwater Theater November 6, 2019.

Mark Towns (actor) performs two featured roles in the play “With a Little Help – It’s John Belushi” at Whitefire Theater in L.A. September 25 and October 2, 2019.

Mark Towns debuts Cumere (his new all-merengue and cumbia Latin Jazz project) at South by Southwest in Austin, March 2019.

Mark Towns appears in the Emmy award-winning TV show “Veep” with Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Season 6, Episode 8)

Mark Towns Latin Jazz Band performs at LACMA in L.A. (January 2017) featuring an all-star lineup: Airto Moreira (percussion), Oscar Hernandez (piano), Tiki Pasillas (drums), Joey DeLeon (congas), Diana Purim (vocals), Ross Schodek (bass), and Mark Towns (guitar).

Mark Towns appears in the latest Coen Brothers movie Hail Caesar! starring George Clooney, released February, 2016

Mark Towns performs at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas at Guero’s Outdoor Stage on Saturday, March 19, 2016.

Mark Towns to perform in the 2016 Houston Art Car Parade with Zip Dagger Band on Saturday, April 9, 2016.

Mark Towns Latin Jazz Band performs for the Poncho Sanchez Concert After-Party at Sammy Hagar’s Cabo Wabo Cantina Hollywood Tuesday, July 28, 2015.

Mark Towns appears in the music video by multi-platinum rapper Drake for his song “Energy,” released August 18, 2015. (Mark wears a Drake mask & is shaking the front tire of the motorcycle at the 1:26 mark.)

Mark Towns performed as a featured artist in the “3 Guitars” Show at Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Houston with Joe Carmouche, Lawrence Overshown, and Pieces of a Dream on Saturday, May 16, 2015

Mark Towns performed in the Houston Art Car Parade with Zip Dagger Band on Saturday, April 11, 2015, winning 1st Place for “Best Performance” in front of an audience of 300,000.

Mark Towns performed with Grammy-winning trumpet player Arturo Sandoval at Catalina Jazz Club, Hollywood on March 17, 2015.

Mark Towns performed at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas at Guero’s Outdoor Stage on Saturday, March 21, 2015 with The Psychedelic Mambo Layer.

Mark Towns performed Stand-Up Comedy in L.A. at Montrose Theatre on Sunday, February 22, 2015.

Mark Towns performed Stand-Up Comedy in L.A. at The World-Famous Comedy Store on Sunday, March 15, 2015.

Mark Towns performed (May, 2014) on guitar with Stevie Wonder percussionist Munyungo Jackson’s Jungle Jazz All Star Band at packed shows in L.A.

Mark Towns made another special guest appearance (February, 2014) with the Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band at a sold-out show at Steamers Jazz Club in Fullerton, CA.

Mark Towns performed (October, 2013) with with Texas music legend Augie Meyers (Texas Tornados) & Grammy-winning accordionist Joel Guzman in a sold-out show in Italy.