Mark Stewart (American musician)
Musical artist
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Mark Stewart is a New York City-based multi-instrumentalist, composer, singer and instrument designer.[1][2][3]
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Mark Stewart | |
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In Governors Island in 2013 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | New York City, New York, United States |
| Occupations | Multi-instrumentalist, composer, singer, instrument designer |
| Instruments | Guitar, daxophone, theremin, cello, baritone saxophone |
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
- Ayaya Moses (1997, CD, Ambiances Magnétiques, Canada) - e-guitar
- Upbeat (1999, CD, Ambiances Magnétiques, Canada) - e-guitar
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
