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Mark–Almond was a jazz-influenced English pop group of the 1970s and early 1980s, sometimes also called The Mark-Almond Band. The core members were Jon Mark, who sang lead and played guitar, percussion, and harmonica and Johnny Almond who played saxophone, flute and bass flute and sang back-up. Various other musicians recorded and toured with the duo at various times, notably including drummer Dannie Richmond, a long-time associate of jazz bassist Charles Mingus.
Mark-Almond's first two albums, Mark-Almond (1970) and Mark-Almond II (1971) were recorded for Bob Krasnow's Blue Thumb label, and were noted for their embossed envelope-style album covers. The first album, including "The Ghetto," received many plaudits. It also contained "The City," which, at 10 minutes, 32 seconds, is notable for its range of styles and musical expertise.
The band's second album contained the Boston regional hit song "One Way Sunday," which garnered airplay for them in the United States on album-oriented rock stations in Boston, Massachusetts on the WBCN FM AOR radio station, and in Baltimore, MD at WAYE, according to Program Director Ty Ford. The group then recorded two albums for Columbia Records, Rising (1972) and the live album, Mark-Almond 73 (1973), by which time the group's members had grown to seven.