Mark and his large dog Louie endeavor daily to find and listen to new and interesting sounds.
At first told he was raised by gypsies, later found it was wolves, Mark
discovered jazz by way of Raymond Scott and Carl Stalling's music for
Warner Brothers' cartoons. Early on he wondered why the saxophone solos
on Pink Floyd's “Dark Side Of The Moon” and Van Morrison's “Moondance” were
so bad. “You're a jazz critic, that's why” a friendly drifter told him. Mark packed
his bags and waited for a passenger train to the Big Apple, only to find the
train station boarded up. He's lived in Ohio ever since.
Home
Delaware, OH
My Desert Island Picks
- John Coltrane - Love Supreme
- Albert Ayler - Live In Greenwich Village
- Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
- Clusone 3 - An Hour With
- Bill Frisell - Music for the Films of Buster Keaton
- Cassandra Wilson - Blue Skies
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Bright Moments
- David Murray - Spirituals
- Evan Parker - Lines Burnt In Light
- Horace Tapscott - The Dark Tree
What I'm Listening To Now (As of 2010-01-31)
- Pixies - Doolittle 20th Anniversary LIVE
- Ken Vandermark - Resonance Box (Not Two)
- Allison Miller - Boom Tic Boom (Foxhaven)
- Cuong Vu - It's Mostly Residual (Auand)
- Ben Perowsky Moodswing Orchestra (El Destructo)
- Radian - Chimeric (Thrill Jockey)
- Tom Abbs & Frequency Response - Lost & Found (Engine)
- Mickey Finn - Dudek! (El Gallo Rojo)
- Rossi/Massaroni/Pacho/Pacorig/Pupillo - Just In The Wine House (Long Sound)
- Quartet San Francisco - Plays Brubeck (ViolinjAzz)
- Brian Blade - Mama Rose (Verve)
- The Necks - Silverwater (ReR)
- Ken Vandermark/Frame Quartet - 35mm (Okka)
- Jonas Kullhammar Quartet - The Half Naked Truth (Moserobie)
- Chad Eby - Broken Shadows (Cellar Live)
- Mike Longo - Sting Like A Bee (CAP)
- Parker/Wong/Kavee/Aoki - 3 Big Guys +1 (Asian Improv)
Favorite Web Sites
Favorite Artists
Adam Nussbaum
Andrew Cyrille
David Binney
FLY: Jeff Ballard, Larry Grenadier, Mark Turner
Fred Anderson
Keith Flint
Louis Armstrong
Nesuhi Ertegun
Wayne Krantz
Favorite Columns
Book Reviews
CD/LP Review
DVD/Video/Film Reviews
Favorite Contributors
C. Andrew Hovan
C. Michael Bailey
Derek Taylor
John Kelman
Favorite Jazz Genres
Ambient
Beyond Jazz
Free Improvisation/Avant-Garde
Fringes of Jazz
Modern Jazz
Straightahead/Mainstream
