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Biography Page
Mark Sanders
Born 31/08/1960
7 Loxley Rd
Bearwood
Birmingham B67 5BL
Mark`s first musical experiences in the early 1980`s were with left-field rock
groups a style he goes back to when asked, having played with amongst others
The Delta 5, Gene loves Jezebel, and recently Broadcast.
Through a friendship with bassist Paul Rogers and jazz music tutor Brian
Tueson, Mark was introduced to jazz and improvised music which by the late
1980`s he began playing improvised music and on the thriving London Jazz
scene.
Groups he played with includes Dudu Pukwana`s Zila, Dick Heckstall-Smith`s,
Peter Nu`s and Tim Richards Spirit Level which toured and played festivals in
Europe.
In the 1990`s he began working as a regular rhythm section with Paul Rogers
for his and many other groups including visiting musicians from overseas. Mark
also began touring and recording with the groups of Evan Parker and Elton
Dean, also starting to play regularly with European musicians like Georg Grawe,
Frode Gjerstad, Helene Labarierre, Peter Jaqcemyn, Lotte Anker, Hasse Poulsen,
Noel Akchote and for NATO records` Jean Rochard`s many projects with Native
American, Spanish and Morrocan collaborations.
In the late 1990`s Mark started working with dub/world/rock bassist Jah
Wobbles groups collaborating with Bill Laswell, Harold Budd, Evan Parker, The
Dubliners` Ronnie Drew and Lao musicians Molam Lao, playing in the UK, US and
Japan, he still tours and plays major rock and folk festivals around the world
recently touring and recording for the Award winning `Chinese Dub` project
He also then began a popular partnership with bassist John Edwards playing
with many people notably in trio with Veryan Weston and the groups of Evan
Parker, Mark also started a trio with Paul Dunmall and John Adams and working
in the projects of Steve Beresford and in the Martin Speake Trio with Oren
Marshall.
Mark has played with most of the UK`s major improvisers including Derek
Bailey, Paul Rutherford, Barry Guy, Lol Coxhill, Phil Wachsmann, John Butcher,
Keith Tippett and Larry Stabbins
He has also played with Henry Grimes, Wadada Leo Smith, John Tchacai, Roswell
Rudd, Tim Berne, Mark Dresser, Johannes Bauer, Butch Morris` London
Skyscraper, Peter Brotzmann. trios with Charles Gayle with Sirone , William
Parker and Gerald Benson.
A member of many groups including ; The Ken Vandermark/ Barry Guy / Mark
sanders Trio, ZFP quartet with Carlos Zingaro / Simon Fell / Marcio Mattos
SPEEQ with Hasse Poulsen,/ Luc Ex and Phil Minton or Sidsel Endresen
A long time interest in electronic music has seen Mark collaborating with in
long term duos with Pat Thomas, Phil Durrant , Steve Beresford and working
with electro-acoustic composer John Wall in duo and in trio with bass player
John Edwards . With Springheel Jack who use electro acoustic compositions as a
background for free improvising musicians Mark has played major festivals in
the UK, Spain and France.
Various recent work has seen Mark with composer Simon Fell`s Orchestra at
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, touring the England with Ken
Vandermark and Barry Guy and a tour of France with `The Deep Whole Trio` with
Paul Dunmall and Paul Rogers. European tours with Kris wanders `Outfit` and
SPEEQ.
He has toured and played festivals in the UK, Europe, the US , Canada, Turkey,
Japan, North and South Africa and Brazil
Mark has released over 100 CDs, and is a guest tutor in free improvisation at
The Royal Academy of Music and on the Music Therapy course at The Guildhall
school of Music
Selected reviews..
….the other special ingredient is the ubiquitous, diverse and constantly
creative drummer Mark Sanders, who always outdoes himself, whether playing
with restraint or erupting like a dynamo.
Bruce L Gallenter, Downtown Music Gallery. NY
…Mark is just incredible and immensely diverse, he is at the center of "Kwingyaw"
and it is difficult to tell what he is doing to get some of these sounds.
Bruce L Gallenter Downtown Music Gallery. NY
Ambient-pop chord patterns built to a huge, clamorous anthem, driven by a
towering performance from drummer Sanders.
John Fordham. The Guardian
…in a set of explorations with drummer Mark Sanders, a gifted player capable
of seamless movement between free-rhythms and propulsive swing
John Fordham. The Guardian
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