Mark Dresser

Mark Dresser
Background information
Born (1952-09-26) September 26, 1952
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
GenresJazz rock, chamber rock
OccupationsMusician, composer
InstrumentDouble bass
Years active1970s–present
LabelsSoul Note, Knitting Factory, Tzadik, Cryptogramophone, Enja, Clean Feed, Pi, CIMP
Websitemark-dresser.com

Mark Dresser (born September 26, 1952)[1] is an American double bass player and composer.

Career

Dresser was born in Los Angeles, California, United States.[1] In the 1970s, he was a member of Black Music Infinity led by Stanley Crouch and performed with the San Diego Symphony.[2] During the next decade he moved to New York City and became a member of the Anthony Braxton quartet with Marilyn Crispell and Gerry Hemingway.[2][3][4] He composed for the Arcado String Trio and Tambastics and for the film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.[2]

Discography

As leader

  • Arcado with Arcado String Trio (JMT, 1989)
  • Behind the Myth with Arcado String Trio (JMT, 1990)
  • For Three Strings and Orchestra with Arcado String Trio (JMT, 1992)
  • The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Knitting Factory, 1994)
  • Invocation (Knitting Factory, 1995)
  • Force Green (Soul Note, 1995)
  • Live in Europe with Arcado String Trio (Avant, 1996)
  • Banquet (Tzadik, 1997)
  • Eye'll Be Seeing You (Knitting Factory, 1998)
  • C/D/E with Andrew Cyrille (Pao, 2000)
  • Marinade (Tzadik, 2000)
  • Later with Fred Frith (Victo, 2000)
  • The Marks Brothers with Mark Helias (W.E.R.F., 2000)
  • Sonomondo with Frances-Marie Uitti (Cryptogramophone, 2000)
  • Duologues with Denman Maroney (Victo, 2001)
  • Reunion Live... at the Guelph Festival with Gerry Hemingway (Intrepid Ear, 2001)
  • Aquifer (Cryptogramophone, 2002)
  • Nine Songs Together with Ray Anderson (CIMP, 2003)
  • Tone Time with Susie Ibarra (Wobbly Rail, 2003)
  • Time Changes with Denman Maroney (Cryptogramophone, 2005)
  • Unveil (Clean Feed, 2005)
  • Airwalkers with Roswell Rudd (Clean Feed, 2006)
  • House of Mirrors with Ed Harkins (Clean Feed, 2008)
  • Duetto with Diane Moser (CIMP, 2008)
  • Starmelodics with Kauffman/Eisenstadt (Nuscope, 2009)
  • Live in Concert with Denman Maroney (Kadima Collective, 2009)
  • Live at Lotus with Vinny Golia (Kadima Collective, 2010)
  • Soul to Soul with Remi Alvarez (Intolerancia, 2010)
  • Guts (Kadima Collective, 2010)
  • Synastry with Jen Shyu (Pi, 2011)
  • Nourishments (Clean Feed, 2013)
  • Code Re(a)d with Gerry Hemingway (Hopscotch, 2014)
  • Sedimental You (Clean Feed, 2016)
  • Modicana (NoBusiness, 2017)
  • Ain't Nothing But a Cyber Coup & You (Clean Feed, 2019)

As sideman

With Ray Anderson

  • Harrisburg Half Life (Moers Music, 1980)
  • It Just So Happens (Enja, 1987)
  • Blues Bred in the Bone (Enja, 1988)
  • What Because (Gramavision, 1990)

With Tim Berne

  • Sanctified Dreams (Columbia 1987)
  • Tim Berne's Fractured Fairy Tales (JMT, 1989)
  • Pace Yourself (JMT, 1991)
  • Diminutive Mysteries (Mostly Hemphill) (JMT, 1993)
  • Nice View (JMT, 1994)

With Jane Ira Bloom

  • The Red Quartets (Arabesque, 1999)
  • Sometimes the Magic (Arabesque, 2001)
  • Chasing Paint (Arabesque, 2003)
  • Like Silver, Like Song (ArtistShare, 2005)

With Bobby Bradford

  • Live in L.A. (Clean Feed, 2011)
  • Live at the Open Gate (NoBusiness, 2016)

With Anthony Braxton

  • The Coventry Concert (West Wind, 1987)
  • Five Compositions (Quartet) 1986 (Black Saint, 1986)
  • If My Memory Serves Me Right (West Wind, 1987)
  • Quartet (London) 1985 (Leo, 1988)
  • Quartet (Birmingham) 1985 (Leo, 1991)
  • Willisau (Quartet) 1991 (hat ART, 1992)
  • Quartet (Coventry) 1985 (Leo, 1993)
  • (Victoriaville) 1992 (Victo, 1993)
  • Twelve Compositions (Music & Arts, 1994)
  • Quartet (Santa Cruz) 1993 (hat ART, 1997)
  • Quartet (New York) 1993 Set 1 (Braxton Bootleg, 2011)
  • Quartet (New York) 1993 Set 2 (Braxton Bootleg, 2011)
  • Quartet (London) 1991 04.02 Set 1 (Braxton Bootleg, 2013)
  • Quartet (London) 1991 04.02 Set 2 (Braxton Bootleg, 2013)
  • Quartet (London) 1991 04.03 Set 1 (Braxton Bootleg, 2013)
  • Quartet (London) 1991 04.03 Set 2 (Braxton Bootleg, 2013)
  • Quartet (Santa Cruz) 1993 1st Set (hatOLOGY, 2015)
  • Quartet (Santa Cruz) 1993 2nd Set (hatOLOGY, 2015)
  • Quartet (Willisau) 1991 Studio (hatOLOGY, 2018)

With Dave Douglas

  • Parallel Worlds (Soul Note, 1993)
  • Sanctuary (Avant, 1997)

With Satoko Fujii

  • Looking Out of the Window (Ninety-One, 1997)
  • Kitsune-bi (Tzadik, 1999)
  • Toward To West (Enja, 2000)
  • Junction (EWE, 2001)
  • Bell the Cat! (Tokuma, 2002)
  • Illusion Suite (Libra, 2004)
  • Live in Japan 2004 (Natsat Music, 2005)
  • When We Were There (PJL, 2006)
  • Trace a River (Libra, 2008)

With Gerry Hemingway

  • Demon Chaser (hat ART, 1993)
  • Down to the Wire (hat ART, 1993)
  • The Marmalade King (hat ART, 1995)
  • Slamadam (Random Acoustics, 1995)
  • Perfect World (Random Acoustics, 1996)
  • Johnny's Corner Song (Auricle, 1998)
  • Chamber Works (Tzadik, 1999)
  • Waltzes, Two-Steps & Other Matters of the Heart (GM, 1999)
  • Devils Paradise (Clean Feed, 2003)

With Bob Ostertag

  • Say No More (RecRec Music, 1993)
  • Say No More in Person (Transit, 1993)
  • Verbatim (Rastascan, 1996)
  • Verbatim, Flesh and Blood (Rastascan, 1998)

With John Zorn

  • Spy vs Spy: The Music of Ornette Coleman (Nonesuch, 1988)
  • Kristallnacht (99 Records, 1993)
  • Bar Kokhba (Tzadik, 1996)
  • Cobra: John Zorn's Game Pieces Volume 2 (Tzadik, 2002)

With others

  • Laurie Anderson, Strange Angels (Warner Bros. 1989)
  • Gregg Bendian, Counterparts (CIMP, 1996)
  • Gregg Bendian, Gregg Bendian's Interzone (Eremite, 1996)
  • Salvatore Bonafede, For the Time Being (CAM Jazz, 2005)
  • Eugene Chadbourne, Pain Pen (Avant, 2000)
  • Alex Cline, For People in Sorrow (Cryptogramophone, 2013)
  • Nels Cline, The Inkling (Cryptogramophone, 2000)
  • Tom Cora, It's a Brand New Day (Knitting Factory, 2000)
  • Marilyn Crispell, The Kitchen Concert (Leo, 1991)
  • Marilyn Crispell, Mark Dresser, Gerry Hemingway, Play Braxton (Tzadik, 2012)
  • Stanton Davis, Manhattan Melody (Enja, 1988)
  • Robert Dick, Jazz Standards On Mars (Enja, 1997)
  • Paul Dresher & Ned Rothenberg, Opposites Attract (New World/CounterCurrents 1991)
  • Marty Ehrlich, The Long View (Enja, 2002)
  • Amir ElSaffar, Radif Suite (Pi, 2010)
  • Ellery Eskelin, Vanishing Point (hatOLOGY, 2001)
  • David Garland, Togetherness: Control Songs Vol. 2 (Ergodic, 1999)
  • Osvaldo Golijov Yiddishbbuk (EMI, 2002)
  • Osvaldo Golijov, Upshaw the Andalucian Dogs Ayre & Folk Songs (Deutsche Grammophon, 2005)
  • Sebastian Gramss, Thinking Of (Wergo, 2014)
  • Burton Greene, Peace Beyond Conflict (CIMP, 2002)
  • Francois Houle, In the Vernacular (Songlines, 1998)
  • Jason Hwang, Unfolding Stone (Sound Aspects, 1990)
  • Steve Lehman, Interface (Clean Feed, 2004)
  • Steuart Liebig, Pomegranate (Cryptogramophone, 2001)
  • Frank London, The Debt (Tzadik, 1997)
  • Russ Lossing, Metal Rat (Clean Feed, 2006)
  • Joe Lovano, Flights of Fancy: Trio Fascination Edition Two (Blue Note, 2001)
  • Denman Maroney, Fluxations (New World/CounterCurrents 2003)
  • Raz Mesinai, Cyborg Acoustics (Tzadik, 2004)
  • Sato Michihiro, Rodan (hat ART, 1989)
  • Tisziji Munoz, Auspicious Healing! (Anami Music, 2000)
  • Simon Nabatov, Projections (Clean Feed, 2015)
  • Simon Nabatov, Equal Poise (Leo, 2016)
  • James Newton, Binu (Circle, 1978)
  • Kevin Norton, Integrated Variables (CIMP, 1996)
  • Kevin Norton, Change Dance Troubled Energy (Barking Hoop, 2001)
  • Ivo Perelman, Suite for Helen F. (Boxholder, 2003)
  • Hot Pstromi, With a Little Horseradish On the Side (Global Village Music, 1993)
  • Hank Roberts, Black Pastels (JMT, 1988)
  • Herb Robertson, Elaboration (Clean Feed, 2005)
  • Herb Robertson, Real Aberration (Clean Feed, 2007)
  • Mick Rossi, One Block from Planet Earth (OmniTone, 2004)
  • Ned Rothenberg, Power Lines (New World, 1995)
  • Bernadette Speach, Reflections (Mode, 2002)
  • Yale Strom, Klezmer: Cafe Jew Zoo (Naxos, 2002)
  • Richard Teitelbaum, Blends (New Albion, 2002)
  • Tiziano Tononi, Strange Mathematics (Splasc(H), 2008)
  • Eric Watson, Silent Hearts (Free Flight, 1999)
  • Eric Watson, Full Metal Quartet (OWL, 2000)
  • Matthias Ziegler, Marsyas' Song (Percords, 1992)

References

  1. ^ a b Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 732/3. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
  2. ^ a b c Layne, Joslyn. "Mark Dresser". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  3. ^ Layman, Will (28 May 2019). "Mark Dresser Seven: Ain't Nothing But a Cyber Coup and You". PopMatters. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  4. ^ Dansby, Andrew (28 February 2019). "Mark Dresser still the ace of bass". HoustonChronicle.com. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
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