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 2009-09-03)
- Vandermark/Guy/Sanders - Fox Fire (Maya)
- DJ Spooky - The Secret Song (Thirsty Ear)
- Jonas Kullammar Quartet - The Half Naked Truth 1998-2008 (Moserobie Music)
- Steve Beresford, His Piano and Orchestra - Signals For Tea (Avant)
- Pixies - NYC December 13 2004 (live recordings)
- Jon Irabagon & Mike Pride - I Don't Hear Nothin' But The Blues (Loyal Label)
- Donny McCaslin - Recommended Tools (Greenleaf)
- Jim Black - Houseplant (W&W)
- Joe McPhee & Paal Nilssen-Love - Tomorrow Came Today (Smalltown Superjazz)
- The Thing - Bag It! (Smalltown Superjazz)
- Bobby Selvaggio - Modern Times (Arabesque)
- Elements Of The 7th - Rhythm Process = 2x(y)+3 (8th Harmonic Breakdown)
- Jason Stein's Locksmith Isidore - Three Less Than Between (Clean Feed)
Favorite Web Sites
Favorite Artists
Adam Nussbaum
Andrew Cyrille
David Binney
FLY: Jeff Ballard, Larry Grenadier, Mark Turner
Fred Anderson
Louis Armstrong
Nesuhi Ertegun
Wayne Krantz
Favorite Columns
Book Review
CD/LP Review
DVD/Video/Film Review
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/Bop/Hard Bop/Cool
