Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Shim's family moved to Canada when he was eight and then settled in Richmond, Virginia five years later. He started on sax in seventh grade, graduating from high school in 1991 and attending Virginia Commonwealth University and William Paterson College. In 1994 he moved to Brooklyn, where he played and recorded with Hamiett Bluiett in Harlem. He then played with Mose Allison, Betty Carter, Greg Osby, and the Mingus Big Band.
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Mark Shim has had 2 concerts.
Mark Shim is most often considered to be Jazz, Post-Bop, Saxophone, Jamaica, and Tenor Sax.
The last Mark Shim concert was on October 05, 2019 at Attucks Theatre in Norfolk, Virginia, United States.
