The Allaway/Antonia Quartet was formed in the early 1990's,'SAMIZDAT' was their first released album.


Born into a musical family, Mark started performing professionally as a young teenager. After graduating from the Guildhall School of Music in London where he received expert tuition from Jean Toussaint [ex Art Blakey] and British jazz legend Don Rendell, Mark was invited to tour Europe with the internationally renowned saxophone quartet Itchy Fingers playing opposite many top American artists including David Sanborn, Cecil Taylor, Bob Berg and Chick Corea. The tour incorporated most of the major European Jazz festivals - Stokholm, Vienna, Lugano, Leipzig and Frankfurt.

Mark has recorded two critically acclaimed jazz albums under his own name 'Samizdat' and 'When Time Stops'. He also recorded with the London Jazz Orchestra and as a sideman on various other musicians' projects.

Over the years Mark has toured extensively with Shirley Bassey, Salena Jones and Helen Shapiro and has appeared at Ronnie Sco