Mark Dresser/Denman Maroney

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Mark Dresser/Denman Maroney: Time Changes

by John Kelman
June 7, 2005

Since emerging in the mid-'80s alongside artists like woodwind multi-instrumentalist/composer Anthony Braxton, drummer Gerry Hemingway, and trombonist Ray Anderson, bassist Mark Dresser has combined a frightening command of his instrument that includes all manner of extended techniques with a remarkably musical approach that often makes greater sense of the more outré artists with whom he's often been associated. With a deep tone and at times intensely physical approach, he's also proven himself capable of playing in contexts as wide-ranging as ...