MARK DRESSER

Avant-Garde Jazz / 21st Century Modern / Third Stream / Jazz Related Soundtracks / Jazz Related Improv/Composition • United States
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Classically trained American jazz bassist and composer who has played with the cream of the experimental jazz world crop.

Bassist and composer Mark Dresser has developed a recognizable sound and masterful technique through the years -- from the L.A. avant-garde jazz scene of the early '70s, to '80s European tours in Anthony Braxton's Quartet, to the late-'90s' N.Y.C. downtown scene of musicians who are frequently booked at such venues as the Knitting Factory and Tonic. In addition to his acclaimed work as a composer, Dresser has emerged as a master of the contrabass and has played in all manner of improvisatory and composed settings with just about every major experimental, creative, and/or improviser around -- including Misha Mengelberg, Evan Parker, Henry Threadgill, Tim Berne, John Zorn, and even Diamanda Galas! He has worked as a professional musician since he was 20 years old. In the early '70s, he played in
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MARK DRESSER Arcado album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Arcado
Avant-Garde Jazz 1989
MARK DRESSER Arcado: Behind The Myth album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Arcado: Behind The Myth
Avant-Garde Jazz 1990
MARK DRESSER Arcado: For Three Strings And Orchestra album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Arcado: For Three Strings And Orchestra
Third Stream 1992
MARK DRESSER The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari - Music For The Silent Film By Mark Dresser album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari - Music For The Silent Film By Mark Dresser
Jazz Related Soundtracks 1994
MARK DRESSER Force Green album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Force Green
Avant-Garde Jazz 1995
MARK DRESSER Invocation album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Invocation
Avant-Garde Jazz 1995
MARK DRESSER Banquet album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Banquet
Avant-Garde Jazz 1997
MARK DRESSER Eye'll Be Seeing You album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Eye'll Be Seeing You
Jazz Related Soundtracks 1998
MARK DRESSER Later… (with Fred Frith & Ikue Mori) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Later… (with Fred Frith & Ikue Mori)
Avant-Garde Jazz 2000
MARK DRESSER The Marks Brothers album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Marks Brothers
Avant-Garde Jazz 2000
MARK DRESSER Sonomondo (with Frances-Marie Uitti) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sonomondo (with Frances-Marie Uitti)
Avant-Garde Jazz 2000
MARK DRESSER Marinade album cover 5.00 | 1 ratings
Marinade
Avant-Garde Jazz 2000
MARK DRESSER Duologues (with Denman Maroney) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Duologues (with Denman Maroney)
Avant-Garde Jazz 2001
MARK DRESSER Aquifer album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Aquifer
Avant-Garde Jazz 2002
MARK DRESSER Nine Songs Together (with Ray Andersson) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Nine Songs Together (with Ray Andersson)
Avant-Garde Jazz 2003
MARK DRESSER Time Changes (with Denman Maroney) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Time Changes (with Denman Maroney)
Avant-Garde Jazz 2005
MARK DRESSER Unveil album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Unveil
Avant-Garde Jazz 2005
MARK DRESSER House of Mirrors album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
House of Mirrors
Avant-Garde Jazz 2008
MARK DRESSER Sonic Brotherhood - DTFP Israel 2009 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sonic Brotherhood - DTFP Israel 2009
Avant-Garde Jazz 2011
MARK DRESSER Nourishments album cover 3.00 | 1 ratings
Nourishments
Avant-Garde Jazz 2013
MARK DRESSER Sedimental You album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sedimental You
21st Century Modern 2016
MARK DRESSER Mark Dresser Seven : Ain't Nothing But A Cyber Coup & You album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Mark Dresser Seven : Ain't Nothing But A Cyber Coup & You
21st Century Modern 2019
MARK DRESSER Tines of Change album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Tines of Change
Jazz Related Improv/Composition 2023
MARK DRESSER In the Shadow of A Mad King album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
In the Shadow of A Mad King
Jazz Related Improv/Composition 2024
MARK DRESSER Mark Dresser, Paul Nicholas Roth : signal_Blur album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Mark Dresser, Paul Nicholas Roth : signal_Blur
Avant-Garde Jazz 2024

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MARK DRESSER Arcado String Trio : Live In Europe album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Arcado String Trio : Live In Europe
Third Stream 1996
MARK DRESSER Reunion Live ...At The Guelph Festival (with  Gerry Hemingway • David Mott) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Reunion Live ...At The Guelph Festival (with Gerry Hemingway • David Mott)
Avant-Garde Jazz 2001
MARK DRESSER Mark Dresser & Denman Maroney : Live In Concert album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Mark Dresser & Denman Maroney : Live In Concert
Avant-Garde Jazz 2009
MARK DRESSER Code Re(a)d album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Code Re(a)d
Avant-Garde Jazz 2014
MARK DRESSER Jones Jones - The Moscow Improvisations album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jones Jones - The Moscow Improvisations
Avant-Garde Jazz 2016
MARK DRESSER Modicana album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Modicana
21st Century Modern 2017
MARK DRESSER Mark Dresser, Davide Barbarino : Duets album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Mark Dresser, Davide Barbarino : Duets
Avant-Garde Jazz 2019

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Guts
Avant-Garde Jazz 2010

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