Mark Dresser

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

• Lost in L.A. (Soul Note, 1984)
• 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)
• Five (Soul Note, 1996)
• 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

External links

• Official site