Mark Stewart (American musician)

Mark Stewart
In Governors Island in 2013
In Governors Island in 2013
Background information
OriginNew York City, New York, United States
OccupationsMulti-instrumentalist, composer, singer, instrument designer
InstrumentsGuitar, daxophone, theremin, cello, baritone saxophone

Mark Stewart is a New York City-based multi-instrumentalist, composer, singer and instrument designer.[1][2][3]

He has been a member of the Bang on a Can All-Stars, the Fred Frith Guitar Quartet, Steve Reich and Musicians,[1][2] Zeena Parkins' Gangster Band,[4] and Arnold Dreyblatt's Orchestra of Excited Strings. Stewart is a founding member of the Bang on a Can All-Stars band and The Jerry Wortman Nonette. Also, he has worked with Paul Simon,[5] Anthony Braxton, Bob Dylan, Cecil Taylor, Meredith Monk, Philip Glass, Bruce Springsteen, Edie Brickell, Don Byron, Paul McCartney, Marc Ribot,[1][2] and in the duo Polygraph Lounge with Rob Schwimmer,[6] with whom he also contributed to Simon & Garfunkel's "Old Friends" reunion concert tour.[1][2] He plays many experimental and lesser-used instruments, such as the daxophone,[7][8] slide didgeridoo,[9] theremin.[10]

Stewart was raised in Appleton, Wisconsin and now lives in Brooklyn, New York.[11]

Selected discography

With Bang on a Can

  • Bang on a Can Live, Vol. 2 (Composers Recordings Inc., 1993)
  • Bang on a Can Live, Vol. 3 (Composers Recordings Inc., 1994)
  • Industry (Sony Classical, 1995)
  • Cheating, Lying, Stealing (Sony Classical, 1996)
  • Music For Airports - Brian Eno (Point Music, 1998)
  • Renegade Heaven (Cantaloupe, 2000)
  • Steve Reich: New York Counterpoint; Eight Lines; Four Organs (Nonesuch, 2000)
  • Terry Riley - In C (Cantaloupe, 2001)
  • Classics (Cantaloupe, 2002)
  • Bang On A Can & Don Byron - A Ballad For Many (Cantaloupe, 2006)

With Fred Frith Guitar Quartet

With Paul Simon

  • You're The One (Warner Bros., 2000) - dobro, banjo, sitar, cello, trumpet, pedal steel
  • So Beautiful or So What (Hear Music, 2011) - saxophone, vocals, wind instruments, e-guitar
  • Live In New York City (Hear Music, 2012 - e-guitar, saxophone, wind instruments

With Zeena Parkins

  • Mouth=Maul=Betrayer (Tzadik, 1996) - guitar, mandolin, cello
  • Pan-Acousticon (Tzadik, 1999) - guitar, cello, daxophone

With Ted Reichman

  • Emigré (Tzadik, 2003) - e-guitar, cello, mandocello, tenor banjo

With Evan Ziporyn

  • Gamelan Galak Tika (New World Records, 2000) - e-guitar, metallophone
  • Amok!, Tire Fire (New World Records, 2000) - e-guitar, metallophone
  • ShadowBang (Cantaloupe Music, 2003) - e-guitar

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Mark Stewart biography on the Bang on a Can website
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Polygraph Lounge : Mark Stewart". Polygraphlounge.com. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  3. ↑ MUSIC; A duo that plays its music for laughs: MUSIC (2002). . New York: New York Times Company. Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/blogs-podcasts-websites/music-duo-that-plays-laughs/docview/2230209267/se-2
  4. ↑ "Forced Exposure - Artist Page". Forcedexposure.com. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  5. ↑ Radomsky, R. R. (2024). Paul simon plays rare new york show in a downtown loft: Out & about. New York: New York Times Company. Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/blogs-podcasts-websites/paul-simon-plays-rare-new-york-show-downtown-loft/docview/3108833267/se-2
  6. ↑ Geoff Edgers, G. S. (2005, Feb 12). POLYGRAPH LOUNGE'S OFFBEAT SOUND IS ON THE NOSE: [THIRD EDITION]. Boston Globe Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/polygraph-lounges-offbeat-sound-is-on-nose/docview/404940007/se-2
  7. ↑ Allan, U. (1998, Oct 23). Bang on a can makes striking debut live "music for airports' has its ups and downs: [SECOND edition]. San Francisco Examiner Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/bang-on-can-makes-striking-debut-live-music/docview/270474627/se-2
  8. ↑ For 'twelfth night,' a daxophone, tibetan bowls and an indian drum (1998). . New York: New York Times Company. Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/blogs-podcasts-websites/twelfth-night-daxophone-tibetan-bowls-indian-drum/docview/2235734549/se-2
  9. ↑ Rideout, E. (2004, 07). Backstage pass. Keyboard, 30, 13. Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/magazines/backstage-pass/docview/229455667/se-2
  10. ↑ Krasnow, D. (2001, Dec 25). Clown college. The Village Voice Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/clown-college/docview/232273122/se-2
  11. ↑ Wilkinson, Alec (May 12, 2003). "An Instrumental Man". The New Yorker. Retrieved October 18, 2019.


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