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The Line Up

Label: Clean Feed Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: 01. Insistent - 4:43; 02. Rainbow - 7:24; 03. The Line Up - 6:40; 04. Sisyphus Effect - 8:27; 05. And Then Some - 8:02; 06. A Cuppa - 6:45; 07. 1,2,3 - 4:36; 08. On Solid Ground - 5:59; 09. Rallier - 5:42

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BassDrumBone: The Line Up

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 27, 2007

Un ménage a trois consolidato e sempre vivo quello tra Mark Helias, Gerry Hemingway e Ray Anderson, semplicemente BassDrumBone, a sottolineare con essenzialità che non c'è bisogno di dire molto altro. D'altronde, basta fare due conti: sono ormai trent'anni che i tre artisti hanno deciso di incrociare i propri destini musicali - a partire proprio da ...

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Mark Helias

by Celeste Sunderland
February 22, 2007

Perpetually in the moment, musicians have a unique perception of things, according to bassist Mark Helias, an advantageous attribute in a world where most of the population slumbers and self-expression is the goal. “It's a Darwinian thing. Some people believe 20 percent of the population is awake, the rest is asleep, just follows the flow. In ...

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Atomic Clock

By Mark Helias

Label: Radio Legs
Released: 2006
Track listing: Subway; Chavez; Cinematic; Momentum Interrupted; Modern scag; Atomic Clock; Plantini; What Up; Zephyr; Many Nows.

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Mark Helias: Atomic Clock

Read "Atomic Clock" reviewed by Donald Elfman

by Donald Elfman
December 11, 2006

Mark Helias--his big steady bass and organic, his compositions ever-changing--continues to set the standard for making music that bears shape and direction but also celebrates the freedom to improvise openly and... er... loosely. For ten years he and his powerful trio have refined and broadened the scope of this music so by now the players share ...

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Mark Helias' Open Loose: Atomic Clock

Read "Atomic Clock" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

by Jerry D'Souza
October 27, 2006

In a career spanning over twenty years, Mark Helias has worked with some interesting musical collaborations and concepts. He has constantly searched for the new and challenging, whether it has been in the company of musicians like Ray Anderson, Pheeroan akLaff, Mark Dresser and Gerry Hemingway, to name a few--or in his writing, which encompasses chamber ...

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Fictionary

By Mark Helias

Label: W.E.R.F.
Released: 1998

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Mark Helias: Fictionary

by Jim Santella
September 1, 1998

A creative composer and bassist, Mark Helias gathers familiar harmonies and fresh melodies, combines them with checkered rhythms, and produces music guaranteed to hold your interest. Fictionary was recorded at performances in the Netherlands for the Groningen Jazz Festival and the Nijmegen Music Meeting in 1995 and '96, respectively. The quartet, which combines Ellery Eskelin's tenor ...

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Mark Helias "Fictionary": Fictionary

by Glenn Astarita
August 1, 1998

Highly regarded bassist Mark Helias is also a fine composer and bandleader. His latest effort “Fictionary" is a live recording featuring Mark Feldman; violin, Ellery Eskelin; sax, Mike Sarin and Tom Rainey on drums. This cd captures performances from Helias' unit during the 1995 Groningen and 1996 Nijmegen jazz festivals. The interplay is magnificent. Helias compositions ...

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