Researched musician profile
About Mark DeJong
Mount Royal University identifies DeJong as a saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and Conservatory instructor. Its faculty biography documents degrees in saxophone performance from the University of Calgary and jazz performance from Rutgers University.[1]
Chronograph’s artist biography traces DeJong’s Calgary teaching and Beat Niq programming, his role in the all-original Outer Bridge Ensemble, and his return to Canada after graduate study. The profile keeps that ensemble history separate from his leader album The Unknown.[2][3]
DeJong also co-leads Calgary’s Redline Trio. The label’s 2023 Underdog page documents him on tenor saxophone with Jeff Sulima and Steve Shepard, while his artist-run Bandcamp streams The Unknown with six original compositions and two arrangements.[1][4][5]
Redline Trio
DeJong co-leads the residency-built Calgary trio with drummer Jeff Sulima and bassist Steve Shepard.[1][4]
The Unknown
His leader album pairs six DeJong compositions with two standards in an Outer Bridge Ensemble setting.[3][5]
Mount Royal educator
The university’s faculty profile documents DeJong’s saxophone teaching, training, and clinician work.[1]