Marc Edwards (drummer)
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Marc Edwards is a free jazz drummer who has played and recorded with artists such as Cecil Taylor
, Charles Gayle
, and David S. Ware
. His influences include Charlie Parker
and Buddy Rich
. He is currently playing with a project with Weasel Walter
Cecil Taylor
Cecil Percival Taylor is an American pianist and poet. Classically trained, Taylor is generally acknowledged as one of the pioneers of free jazz. His music is characterized by an extremely energetic, physical approach, producing complex improvised sounds, frequently involving tone clusters and...
, Charles Gayle
Charles Gayle
Charles Gayle is a free jazz saxophonist, pianist, bass clarinetist, and percussionist.-Biography:Charles Gayle was born in Buffalo, New York. Some of Gayle's history is unclear. He was apparently homeless for approximately twenty years, playing saxophone on street corners and subway platforms...
, and David S. Ware
David S. Ware
David Spencer Ware , is an American jazz saxophonist.Ware grew up in Scotch Plains, New Jersey and graduated from Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School. He attended the Berklee College of Music and worked in New York City as a cab driver for 14 years, later returning to Scotch Plains to live...
. His influences include Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker
Charles Parker, Jr. , famously called Bird or Yardbird, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer....
and Buddy Rich
Buddy Rich
Bernard "Buddy" Rich was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. Rich was billed as "the world's greatest drummer" and was known for his virtuosic technique, power, groove, and speed.-Early life:...
. He is currently playing with a project with Weasel Walter
Weasel Walter
Weasel Walter is a composer and instrumentalist who founded the band The Flying Luttenbachers in Chicago in 1991 with late jazz cult figure Hal Russell and is a current member of Cellular Chaos and Behold...The Arctopus...
Partial Discography
- 1976 - Cecil Taylor - Dark to ThemselvesDark to ThemselvesDark to Themselves is a live album by Cecil Taylor recorded at the Ljubljana Jazz Festival, Yugoslavia on June 18, 1976 and released on the Enja label. The album features one continuous performance by Taylor with Raphe Malik, Jimmy Lyons, David S...
- Charles Gayle - More Live at the Knitting FactoryMore Live at the Knitting FactoryMore Live at the Knitting Factory is a 1993 album by Charles Gayle.-Tracks:CD One1. Sealed Books 2. Take Refuge 3. Covenants 4. Most HighCD Two1. Deliverance2. Sanctification3. Living Waters4. Newness of Life5. Gifts...
- David S. Ware trio - Hathut
- David S. Ware trio - Silkheart
- flight of David S. Ware
- Alpha Phonics presents Marc Edwards - Time And Space Vol 1
- Marc Edwards Quartet - Black Queen
- Marc Edwards Trio - Red Sprites and Blue Jets
- Marc Edwards and Slipstreams Time Travel - Ode to a Dying Planet
- Weasel Walter - Firestorm
- 2010 - Marc Edwards and Weasel Walter Group - Blood Of The Earth