Mark Dresser
American musician
Mark Dresser (born September 26, 1952) is an American double bass player and composer.
Career
Dresser was born in Los Angeles, California, United States. In the 1970s, he was a member of Black Music Infinity led by Stanley Crouch and performed with the San Diego Symphony. During the next decade he moved to New York City and became a member of the Anthony Braxton quartet with Marilyn Crispell and Gerry Hemingway. He composed for the Arcado String Trio and Tambastics and for the film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.
Discography
As leader
Arcado with Arcado String Trio (JMT, 1989)
Behind the Myth with Arcado String Trio (JMT, 1990)
For Three Strings and Orchestra with Arcado String Trio (JMT, 1992)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Knitting Factory, 1994)
Invocation (Knitting Factory, 1995)
Force Green (Soul Note, 1995)
Live in Europe with Arcado String Trio (Avant, 1996)
Banquet (Tzadik, 1997)
Eye'll Be Seeing You (Knitting Factory, 1998)
C/D/E with Andrew Cyrille (Pao, 2000)
Marinade (Tzadik, 2000)
Later with Fred Frith (Victo, 2000)
The Marks Brothers with Mark Helias (W.E.R.F., 2000)
Sonomondo with Frances-Marie Uitti (Cryptogramophone, 2000)
Duologues with Denman Maroney (Victo, 2001)
Reunion Live... at the Guelph Festival with Gerry Hemingway (Intrepid Ear, 2001)
Aquifer (Cryptogramophone, 2002)
Nine Songs Together with Ray Anderson (CIMP, 2003)
Tone Time with Susie Ibarra (Wobbly Rail, 2003)
Time Changes with Denman Maroney (Cryptogramophone, 2005)
Unveil (Clean Feed, 2005)
Airwalkers with Roswell Rudd (Clean Feed, 2006)
House of Mirrors with Ed Harkins (Clean Feed, 2008)
Duetto with Diane Moser (CIMP, 2008)
Starmelodics with Kauffman/Eisenstadt (Nuscope, 2009)
Live in Concert with Denman Maroney (Kadima Collective, 2009)
Live at Lotus with Vinny Golia (Kadima Collective, 2010)
Soul to Soul with Remi Alvarez (Intolerancia, 2010)
Guts (Kadima Collective, 2010)
Synastry with Jen Shyu (Pi, 2011)
Nourishments (Clean Feed, 2013)
Code Re(a)d with Gerry Hemingway (Hopscotch, 2014)
Sedimental You (Clean Feed, 2016)
Modicana (NoBusiness, 2017)
Ain't Nothing But a Cyber Coup & You (Clean Feed, 2019)
As sideman
With Ray Anderson
Harrisburg Half Life (Moers Music, 1980)
It Just So Happens (Enja, 1987)
Blues Bred in the Bone (Enja, 1988)
What Because (Gramavision, 1990)
With Tim Berne
Sanctified Dreams (Columbia 1987)
Tim Berne's Fractured Fairy Tales (JMT, 1989)
Pace Yourself (JMT, 1991)
Diminutive Mysteries (Mostly Hemphill) (JMT, 1993)
Nice View (JMT, 1994)
With Jane Ira Bloom
The Red Quartets (Arabesque, 1999)
Sometimes the Magic (Arabesque, 2001)
Chasing Paint (Arabesque, 2003)
Like Silver, Like Song (ArtistShare, 2005)
With Bobby Bradford
Live in L.A. (Clean Feed, 2011)
Live at the Open Gate (NoBusiness, 2016)
With Anthony Braxton
The Coventry Concert (West Wind, 1987)
Five Compositions (Quartet) 1986 (Black Saint, 1986)
If My Memory Serves Me Right (West Wind, 1987)
Quartet (London) 1985 (Leo, 1988)
Quartet (Birmingham) 1985 (Leo, 1991)
Willisau (Quartet) 1991 (hat ART, 1992)
Quartet (Coventry) 1985 (Leo, 1993)
(Victoriaville) 1992 (Victo, 1993)
Twelve Compositions (Music & Arts, 1994)
Quartet (Santa Cruz) 1993 (hat ART, 1997)
Quartet (New York) 1993 Set 1 (Braxton Bootleg, 2011)
Quartet (New York) 1993 Set 2 (Braxton Bootleg, 2011)
Quartet (London) 1991 04.02 Set 1 (Braxton Bootleg, 2013)
Quartet (London) 1991 04.02 Set 2 (Braxton Bootleg, 2013)
Quartet (London) 1991 04.03 Set 1 (Braxton Bootleg, 2013)
Quartet (London) 1991 04.03 Set 2 (Braxton Bootleg, 2013)
Quartet (Santa Cruz) 1993 1st Set (hatOLOGY, 2015)
Quartet (Santa Cruz) 1993 2nd Set (hatOLOGY, 2015)
Quartet (Willisau) 1991 Studio (hatOLOGY, 2018)
With Dave Douglas
Parallel Worlds (Soul Note, 1993)
Sanctuary (Avant, 1997)
With Satoko Fujii
Looking Out of the Window (Ninety-One, 1997)
Kitsune-bi (Tzadik, 1999)
Toward To West (Enja, 2000)
Junction (EWE, 2001)
Bell the Cat! (Tokuma, 2002)
Illusion Suite (Libra, 2004)
Live in Japan 2004 (Natsat Music, 2005)
When We Were There (PJL, 2006)
Trace a River (Libra, 2008)
With Gerry Hemingway
Demon Chaser (hat ART, 1993)
Down to the Wire (hat ART, 1993)
The Marmalade King (hat ART, 1995)
Slamadam (Random Acoustics, 1995)
Perfect World (Random Acoustics, 1996)
Johnny's Corner Song (Auricle, 1998)
Chamber Works (Tzadik, 1999)
Waltzes, Two-Steps & Other Matters of the Heart (GM, 1999)
Devils Paradise (Clean Feed, 2003)
With Bob Ostertag
Say No More (RecRec Music, 1993)
Say No More in Person (Transit, 1993)
Verbatim (Rastascan, 1996)
Verbatim, Flesh and Blood (Rastascan, 1998)
With John Zorn
Spy vs Spy: The Music of Ornette Coleman (Nonesuch, 1988)
Kristallnacht (99 Records, 1993)
Bar Kokhba (Tzadik, 1996)
Cobra: John Zorn's Game Pieces Volume 2 (Tzadik, 2002)
With others
Laurie Anderson, Strange Angels (Warner Bros.
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