Mark Bingham (musician)

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Mark Bingham (born 1949 in Bloomington, Indiana) is an American music producer, composer, musician, and engineer.

In 1966, Bingham was signed to a publishing contract with Elektra Records. After a brief stint at Elektra in Los Angeles and one single (deep regret/your problems and mine) released on Warner Bros., he returned to Bloomington where he attended Indiana University. There he joined the avant-rock group Screaming Gypsy Bandits and also began his own indie label, Bar-B-Q Records. [1] In 1975, he moved to New York City, forming the Social Climbers with bassist-singer Jean Seton Shaw and keyboardist/arranger/composer Dick Connette. [2]

In 1982, he moved to New Orleans. He started The Boiler Room recording studio and in 2001 opened Piety Street Recording. [3] Bingham and Piety Street were featured in HBO's "Treme" series. Other notable sessions Bingham recorded at Piety Street include Dr. John's Mercernary, James "Blood " Ulmer's Bad Blood In the City: The Piety Street Sessions and Fugs founder Ed Sanders' Poems For New Orleans for which Bingham co-produced and composed the music. In 2011, Bingham recorded, mixed and helped arrange the Marianne Faithfull LP Horses and High Heels .

Bingham has produced records for Flat Duo Jets, [4] Glenn Branca, [5] Dr. Michael White, [6] Ed Sanders, [7] Rebirth Brass Band, [8] John Scofield, [9] MX-80, [10] Happy Talk Band, [11] Cubanismo, [12] The Du-tels, [13] The Naked Orchestra, [14] Morning 40 Federation, [15] Mem Shannon, [16] Andrei Codrescu, [17] Sarah Quintana, Byron Knott, The Write Brothers, Paul Sanchez, Peter Stampfel [18] and Michael Cerveris among others.

A long-standing colleague of Hal Willner, Bingham participated in a series of Willner tribute recordings, including 1984’s That's the Way I Feel Now: A Tribute to Thelonious Monk, 1985’s Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill and 1989’s Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films . [19] [20] He also played guitar and contributed compositions to Allen Ginsberg's The Lion For Real. [21]

In 1991, Bingham arranged horns and strings on R.E.M.’s Out Of Time . [22]

He has released two albums under his own name; 1989's I Passed For Human and Psalms Of Vengeance (2009). [23]

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