Mack Grout - Seattle Jazz Pianist

“One of the great things about Mack as a musician is his versatility in diverse musical genres, and his ability to absorb music and interpret it with his own personal vision.”

Mackenzie Grout was born in Seattle, Washington in 1985. He grew up living in the Pacific Northwest, and began taking private instruction on the piano at age four. He played classical piano until he was fourteen, and then he started focusing more on jazz and modern music studies with Belfair based pianist Larry Key as a mentor.
Through high school Mack performed as much as possible. He was involved in all the music groups that were offered at his high school, playing piano in jazz choirs and trumpet in orchestra and jazz band. Through out these years, Mack won seventeen outstanding soloist awards at jazz festivals in Washington, Oregon and California. This whole time he was also leading his own trio, playing around town at public events such as the national Relay for Life charity events and at festivals such as the Sequim Lilac festival and the Kitsap County Fair. His senior year in high school Mack won the ‘Outstanding Instrumentalist’ award at the Mt. Hood Jazz Festival. That year he also won the international Louis Armstrong Award, as well as scholarships to Berklee College of Music, and Cornish College of Music for musical ability as well as academic achievement.
From 2004 – 08 Mack attended the renowned academy, Cornish College of the Arts. While at Cornish, Mack got to study under the tutelage of professional working musicians such as Chuck Deardorf, Denney Goodhew and Jim Knapp as well as work professionally in the pacific northwest. Mack majored in piano performance, with an emphasis in composition in college, and studied voice with Kelly Harland (Origin Records) and Beth Winter. In the spring of 2008 Mack graduated Magna Cum Laude from Cornish College of the Arts, and is now living in Seattle working as a musician, and climbing the ladder to bigger and better shows.
Mack has performed with notables such as Christian McBride, Bobby Watson, Robin Eubanks, The Jim Knapp Orchestra, Jovino Santos-Neto, Julian Priester, Pete Christliebe and Ingrid Jensen. Mack has performed up and down the west coast at many notable jazz clubs and theaters such as Tulas, Jazz Bones, Jazz Alley and many more.

Mack Grout :::: Pianist