Marc Sabatella is a jazz pianist, composer, and educator based in Denver, Colorado (USA). His music has been characterized as “happily subverting the mainstream,” combining the “unpredictability of Thelonious Monk and lyricism of Bill Evans.”

For two years, Marc could be heard leading the band every Friday night at Denver's most famous jazz club, El Chapultepec, and he was the house pianist there for six years in all. He has also headlined at virtually all other Denver area jazz clubs over the years, including Dazzle, Vartan Jazz, Trios, and Sambuca. Marc has worked with the area's top players such as Keith Oxman, Fred Hess, Ron Miles, Art Lande, and Hugh Ragin, as well as jazz greats Delfeayo Marsalis, Bobby Shew, John Fedchock, Allan Harris, Greg Abate, Red Holloway, Pete Christlieb, Marcus Printup, Wessell Anderson, Javon Jackson, Chico Freeman, Mel Martin, Sunny Wilkinson, and others.

Marc has released several recordings as a leader in addition to appearing as a sideman on several CDs by Fred Hess and by Hugh Ragin. Marc's latest release is Determination, a quartet session.

Marc received an MM in Composition (Jazz Emphasis) from the University of Denver.  He currently teaches Jazz Theory and Aural Skills there at DU, and he leads the jazz ensemble and teaches music at Regis University.  He also leads ensembles for Colorado Jazz Workshop and has done so for the Colorado Conservatory for the Jazz Arts as well.

Marc is recognized internationally as the author of A Jazz Improvisation Primer. This work is perhaps the oldest and best known online jazz reference in the world. It has been translated into several other languages and is published in printed form as A Whole Approach To Jazz Improvisation. Marc has also published The Harmonic Language of Jazz Standards, and both books are distributed by jazz education legend Jamey Aebersold. Marc has worked as an arranger and editor on the acclaimed Real Book series from Hal Leonard, and he is a technical contributor to MuseScore, the free and open source music notation software project.