Mark Egan | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Mark McDanel Egan |
Born | Brockton, Massachusetts, U.S. | January 14, 1951
Origin | Miami, Florida |
Genres | Jazz fusion, jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
Instrument(s) | Bass guitar, vocals |
Years active | 1975–present |
Labels | ECM, Antilles, Novus, Wavetone |
Website | www |
Mark Egan (born January 14, 1951, in Brockton, Massachusetts) [1] is an American jazz bassist and trumpeter known for his membership in the Pat Metheny Group and the Gil Evans Orchestra. [2] He is co-founder of the jazz fusion band, Elements.
Mark McDanel Egan was born in Brockton, Massachusetts in 1951. [3] Influenced by his father, he studied trumpet at age 10. [1] He played the trumpet throughout high school, and began playing the bass when he was 15. [1] While attending the University of Miami's Frost School of Music, initially as a trumpet student, [1] he studied with jazz educator Jerry Coker. He switched from trumpet to bass part way through the program. While in Miami he also became friends and performed with Ira Sullivan, Pat Metheny, Danny Gottlieb, Clifford Carter. [4] His teachers included Jaco Pastorius, Dave Holland, and Andy LaVerne. [1]
In 1975, after graduate school, Egan went on tour with Eumir Deodato and the Pointer Sisters and recorded with David Sanborn. [1] Two years later he worked as a studio musician in New York City, where he met Joe Beck and Steve Khan. He was part of the Pat Metheny Group until 1981, then with the group's drummer, Danny Gottlieb, started the jazz fusion band Elements. [1] They were joined by Bill Evans on saxophone and Clifford Carter on keyboards. Elements recorded and toured through the 1990s. During the 1980s and 1990s, Egan was also part of the Gil Evans Orchestra. [3] He founded his own record label, Wavetone Records. [4]
Egan has made three music videos: Om Yoga & Meditation, Music on the Edge, and Bass Workshop. He has appeared on the soundtracks of movies including Two Moon Junction , The Object of My Affection , You've Got Mail , The Color of Money , Rollover , Quick Change , Blown Away , and A Chorus Line . He recorded an album, Urge, with trumpeter Forrest Buchtel, Jr., featuring, among other things, the theme from CNN Headline News. [2]
Egan has toured and recorded with a vast range of artists including Gil Evans, Pat Metheny, Stan Getz, Sting, Arcadia, Roger Daltrey, Joan Osborne, Marianne Faithfull, Michael Franks, Carly Simon, Art Garfunkel, John McLaughlin, Larry Coryell, Pat Martino, Judy Collins, Sophie B. Hawkins, Bill Evans, Lew Soloff, Bryan Ferry, Joe Beck, Jim Hall, Airto Moreira, Flora Purim, Toninho Horta, Paul Shaffer and The Pointer Sisters.
1977 | David Sanborn Band | David Sanborn | Warner Bros. |
1977 | Exclusively Yours | Gordon Gordy | RCA |
1977 | Half and Half | Vicki Sue Robinson | RCA |
1977 | Hechizo | Frank Quintero | CBS/Sony |
1977 | Promise Me the Moon | David Sanborn | Warner Bros. |
1977 | Soul Village | Walter Bishop Jr. | Muse |
1977 | Tornader | Johnny Winter | Polydor |
1978 | Cubicle | Walter Bishop Jr. | Muse |
1978 | Infinity Is | Sonny Fortune | Atlantic |
1978 | Stolen Moments | Mark Murphy | 32 Jazz |
1978 | Pat Metheny Group | Pat Metheny Group | ECM |
1979 | Monuments | Jackie McLean | RCA |
1979 | Perspective | Steve Grossman | Atlantic |
1979 | With Sound Reason | Sonny Fortune | Atlantic |
1979 | American Garage | Pat Metheny Group | ECM |
1980 | Cosmic City | David Matthews | King |
1980 | Horn of a Different Color | Jerry Peel | Bull |
1980 | Satisfaction Guaranteed | Mark Murphy | Muse |
1980 | Tanger | Dwight Druick | Rio |
1981 | Beauty's Song | Stan Samole | Lotus |
1981 | Billy Highstreet Samba | Stan Getz | Phonogram |
1981 | Concerto de Aranjuez | Jim Hall | King |
1981 | Music of Chick Corea | Andy Laverne | Jazzline |
1981 | Ross Traut | Ross Traut | Headfirst |
1981 | Wrapped in a Cloud | Gil Goldstein | Muse |
1982 | Artistry of Mark Murphy | Mark Murphy | Muse |
1982 | Dune | David Matthews | CTI |
1982 | Manhattan Carnival | Dave Tofani | Solo Winds |
1982 | Objects of Desire | Michael Franks | Warner Bros. |
1983 | Grand Connection | Dave Matthews Orch. | GNP Crescendo |
1983 | Star Climber | Mitch Farber | Muse |
1984 | Islands | Scott Cossu | Windham Hill |
1984 | Living in the Crest of a Wave | Bill Evans | Elektra |
1984 | Theatre | George Gruntz | ECM |
1985 | A Chorus Line | Movie Soundtrack | Polygram |
1985 | Amanda | Randy Brecker & Eliane Elias | Passport Jazz |
1985 | Hanalei Bay | Lew Soloff | King |
1985 | Push | Bill Evans | Escapade |
1985 | Skin Dive | Michael Franks | Warner Bros. |
1985 | So Red the Rose | Arcadia | Capitol |
1985 | Speed Demon | Dave Mathews | King |
1986 | Aquamarine | Danny Gottlieb | Atlantic |
1986 | They Cannot Know | Dino Betti Van Der Noot | Soul Note |
1986 | Farewell | Gil Evans | King |
1986 | Live at Sweet Basil | Gil Evans | King |
1986 | Modern Manners | Special EFX | GRP |
1986 | Slice of Life | Special EFX | GRP |
1986 | Solo | Mimi Farina | Rounder |
1986 | The Alternative Man | Bill Evans | Blue Note |
1986 | The Color of Money | Soundtrack | MCA |
1986 | Trade Wind | Terumasa Hino | CBS/Sony |
1986 | Upside Downside | Mike Stern | Atlantic |
1987 | Alti Plano | Alex Digrassi | Novus |
1987 | Bud and Bird | Gil Evans | King |
1987 | Farewell | Gil Evans | Evidence |
1987 | Gift of Vision | Mark Knoble | Highland |
1987 | Homage to John Coltrane | Dave Liebman | Owl |
1987 | Nothing Like the Sun | Sting | A&M |
1987 | Nougayork | Claude Nougaro | Warner |
1987 | The Camera Never Lies | Michael Franks | Warner |
1987 | They Cannot Know | Van Der Noot | Soul Note |
1987 | Three Way Mirror | Airto Moreira | |
1988 | A Chance for a Dance | Dino Betti Van Der Noot | Nowo Spa |
1988 | Back to Beck | Joe Beck | DMP |
1988 | Body | Toshio Kamei | CBS/Sony |
1988 | Double Feature | Special EFX | GRP |
1988 | Forbidden Colors | Tania Maria | Capitol |
1988 | Music of Chick Corea | Andy LaVerne | Delta |
1988 | My Romance | Lew Soloff | King |
1988 | Punch Line | Soundtrack | A&M |
1988 | Sampler '88 | Various | Novus/BMG |
1988 | The Green Chinese Table | Seigen Ono | Virgin |
1988 | Whirlwind | Danny Gottlieb | Atlantic |
1989 | Away from Home | David Broza | EMI |
1989 | Glamour Camp | Glamour Camp | EMI |
1989 | Moonstone | Toninho Horta | Verve Forecast |
1989 | Songs from the Lost World | Jonathan Elias | Enigma |
1989 | Strange Angels | Laurie Anderson | Warner |
1989 | Strange Days | David Van Tieghem | Private Music |
1989 | Struck By Lightning | Airto Moreira | Venture |
1989 | Tears of Joy | Tuck and Patti | Windham Hill |
1989 | There Were Signs | Bill Gable | Private Music |
1989 | Tribute to Gil | Gil Evans | Soul Note |
1989 | Turning Point | Rory Block | Munich Records |
1990 | Dade in the Shade | The Dade | BigWorld |
1990 | Friends | Joe Beck | DMP |
1990 | Party in the Basement | Pete Levin | Gramavision |
1990 | Starclimber | Mitch Farber | Muse |
1990 | The Unspoken Heart | Rodney Jones | Minor Music |
1990 | Where You Lay Your Head | Bill Cosby | Polygram |
1991 | Afoxe | Ernie Watts | CTI |
1991 | Aidalai | Mecano | BMG/Sentia |
1991 | Cool Running | Jeremy Wall | Buffalo Records |
1991 | Home Again | David Wilcox | A&M |
1991 | Little Wing | Lew Soloff | Sweet Basil |
1991 | Marc Cohn | Marc Cohn | Atlantic |
1991 | Standards of Living | Tom Bones Malone | BigWorld |
1991 | Storyteller | Philippe Saisse | Polygram |
1992 | Gliding | Stan Samole | Jazz Inspirations |
1992 | Last Session | Sting & Gil Evans | |
1992 | Music on the Edge | Various | CTI |
1992 | NY First Calls | David Matthews | Funhouse |
1992 | Rocks in the Head | Roger Daltrey | Atlantic |
1992 | Stained Glass Memories | Scott Cossu | Windam Hill |
1992 | Tongues and Tails | Sophie B. Hawkins | Columbia |
1992 | Walkin' into the Sun | Clifford Carter | Soul Coast |
1992 | Youkali | Jim Hall | CTI |
1993 | Collection | Special EFX | GRP |
1993 | Driving into the Sea | Babel Hounds | Big Cow Records |
1993 | Free Falling | Red Grammer | Red Note |
1993 | Happier Blue | Chris Smither | Flying Fish |
1993 | Killer Bees | Airto Moreira | B&W Music |
1993 | Laughed Last | Lili Anel | Palmetto |
1993 | Little Victories | Darden Smith | Sony |
1993 | Rainbows Revenge | Glenn Alexander | Shanachie |
1993 | The Sands of Time | Gil Goldstein | Muse |
1994 | A Dip in the Pool | A Dip in the Pool | Epic |
1994 | Barney's Favorites Vol. 2 | Roberta Flack | Capitol |
1994 | Bassic Instinct 3 | Mark Egan W/Various Artists | Notes on Call |
1994 | Gao, Volume I | Gao | Vap |
1994 | Saxual | Dan Moretti | Par |
1994 | Simple Thing | Issei Ishida | East-West/Warner |
1994 | The Power Of Cool | Donald Harrison | CTI |
1994 | Tropical Escape | Craig Peyton | Earth Flight |
1994 | Wonder Child | Gao | Vap |
1994 | World Tour | Jason Miles | Lipstick |
1994 | Foot On The Road | Toninho Horta | Verve Forecast |
1995 | A Little Trip to the Stone Circle | Issei Ishida Moon | |
1995 | A Secret Life | Marianne Faithful | Island |
1995 | Abandoned Garden | Michael Franks | Warner |
1995 | Big Trip | Chris Hunter | Sweet Basil |
1995 | Calling You | William Galison | Verve Forecast |
1995 | Fingerpainting | Joe Beck | Wavetone |
1995 | Honey Man | Gil Evans | Newtone |
1995 | Miss You in New York | T-Square | Sony |
1995 | Pearls | David Sanborn | Elektra |
1996 | Hombre de Blues | Jaf | RCA/BMG |
1996 | I'll Be Your Baby Tonight | Bernadette Peters | Angel |
1996 | Mango Theory | Flying Monkey Orch. | Monkeyville |
1996 | Mortal City | Dar Williams | Razor and Tie |
1996 | Push | Johnathan Pagano | |
1996 | Regarding the Soul | Dee Carstensen | Exit Nine |
1996 | Relish | Joan Osborne | Blue Gorilla |
1996 | Signs of Life | Jeff Ciampa | Wavetone |
1996 | Speed Demon | David Matthews | King |
1996 | Tornado | Rory Block | Uni/Rounder |
1997 | Dig | Dig This | Wingnut Music |
1997 | End of the Summer | Dar Williams | Razor and Tie |
1997 | From a Parent To a Child | Art Garfunkel | Columbia |
1997 | From here to Nichternity | David Nichtern | Nudgie |
1997 | Loaded Leather Moonroof | Don Ross | Columbia |
1997 | Open Door | Michael Whalen | Helicon |
1997 | Reluctant Pilgrim | Stephan Schwartz | LML Music |
1997 | Starfish In The Moon | Bill Evans | Escapade |
1997 | VA-Street News | Bob Magnusson | Cap |
1997 | Who's afraid of Mark Egan with the big bad Bass | Various Artists | Hot Wire |
1997 | You Don't Know Me | Billy James | Uptown Sound |
1997 | Zone Unknown | Gabriel Roth and Mirrors | Raven |
1998 | Between Us | Jules Shear | High Street |
1998 | Fearless Dreamer | Pam Fleming | Infinite Room Records |
1998 | Holiday Songs and Lullabies | Shawn Colvin | Columbia |
1998 | Largo | Largo | Blue Gorilla |
1998 | The Wave is Coming | Armsted Christian | Siam |
1998 | Where are You Now | Deanna Kirk | Blackbird |
1998 | Who Loves You (Tribute to Jaco Pastorius) | Various Artists | Victor |
1999 | Bleeker Street | Various Artists | Astor Place |
1999 | Butter, Live at Mojo's | Dave Mullen | Dave Mullen |
1999 | Che Corazon | Gato Barbieri | Columbia |
1999 | In The Bush | Electric Breakwater | J-Bird |
1999 | I Remember You | Yujiro Wada | King |
1999 | Modern Man John | Sheehan | Sheehan CDS |
1999 | My Window | Ed Littman | Yeah Man |
1999 | Of Near and Distant Lands | Billy Eric | Mirror Wizard |
1999 | Pictures at the Family House | Tom Mcgrath | Tom Mcgrath |
1999 | Rainbow Mountain | Lew Soloff | Enja |
1999 | Slvia Hotel | Cheryl Wheeler | Philo |
1999 | Songbook | Mark Murphy | 32 Jazz |
1999 | Touch | Bill Evans | ESC |
1999 | House of Mirrors | Jeff Ciampa | |
2000 | Allow Me | Jules Shear | Unizoe Records |
2000 | Eye Contact | Jay Beckenstein | Windham Hill |
2000 | From Belo to Seoul | Jack Lee | Truespace Records |
2000 | Kiroron | Don Sebesky | Aosis Records |
2000 | Listen | Chuck Loeb | Shanachie |
2000 | Santa Rita | Richard Niles | Black Box Jazz |
2000 | Small Voices Calling | Martha Wash | Vital Records |
2000 | Solo Flights | Lynn Seaton | Omnitone |
2000 | Universal Language | Marc Antoine | Verve |
2000 | Vibes Revisited | Kurt Weil | TCB Records |
2000 | Without a Doubt | Frank Wess/Frank Vignola | Koch International |
2000 | You've Got Mail (soundtrack) | Various | Warner Bros. |
2001 | 75th Birthday Concert | Gil Evans | BBC Legends |
2001 | A Love Affair | The Music of Ivan Lins | Telarc |
2001 | Above Horizons | Masahiro Sayama | JVC |
2001 | An American Garden | Dave Tofani | Solo Winds |
2001 | Global Exchange | George Gruntz | TCB |
2001 | In A Heartbeat | Chuck Loeb | Shanachie |
2001 | Live at Umbria Jazz, Vol. 1 | Gil Evans Orchestra | Egea |
2001 | Live at Wolftrap | Judy Collins | Wildflower |
2001 | Peace of Mind | Carmen Questa | Skip |
2001 | Saundra Santiago | Saundra Santiago | SSRS |
2001 | This Day and Age | Clayton Bruce Ost | Tribeca |
2002 | Bardo | Gabrielle Roth | Raven |
2002 | Being in Dreaming | Michael Hewett- | Dharma Moon |
2002 | Brazilian Nights | Romero Lubambo | Q Records |
2002 | I'm Every Woman | Rory Block | Rounder |
2002 | In the Bush | Electric Breakwater | J-Bird Records |
2002 | Insect Warriors | Mark Stanley | Sir EEL Records |
2002 | Live at Umbria Jazz Vol.2 | Gil Evans Orchestra | Egea |
2002 | Sentimental Spirit | Kwang Min Kim | Nanjang |
2002 | When We were Kings | Eugene Ruffolo | Continental Song City |
2003 | 10 cc of Tears | April | Victor Entertainment |
2003 | Beat Avenues | Eric Andersen | Appleseed Recordings |
2003 | Chacon | Thom Chacon | Pie Records |
2003 | Folk Prayer | Jon Werking | Cedar-King Music |
2003 | Gil Evans 75th Birthday Concert | Gil Evans | BBC |
2003 | Just Friends | The Joe Beck Trio | Whailing City Sound |
2003 | Om Yoga Mix | David Nicturne | Dharma Moon |
2003 | Once in a Lifetime | Rene'e Snyder | NSW 1159 |
2003 | The Other Side of Time | Mary Fahl | Sony |
2003 | The Shadow of the Cat | Gato Barbieri | Peak |
2003 | Tricycles | Larry Coryell Trio | Inn and Out Records |
2003 | Yes Indeed | Billy Eric | Mirror Wizard Music |
2004 | All in Good Time | Don Ross | Boulder Hill |
2004 | Long Road to Nowhere | David Amram, Frank Messina | Spokeface Records |
2004 | Midnight Flower | Drala | Dharma Moon |
2004 | New York Confidential | Forest Buchtel, Gary Anderson | Monk Music |
2004 | Thelonius Bach's Lunch | Jeff Laibson, Mark Egan, Danny Gottlieb | Wavetone |
2005 | Flora's Song | Flora Purim | Narada |
2005 | Miles Away | Sam Morrison | Brown Bag |
2005 | OM Yoga and Meditation | Cyndi Lee & David Nictern | Dharma Moon |
2005 | Soul Grass | Bill Evans | BHM |
2005 | The Body Electric | Cyndi Lauper | Sony |
2005 | Tomorrow's Too Late | B.D. Lenz | Apria |
2006 | High Grade Fusion | Eriko Akiya | Shinko Music |
2006 | Mahoney's Way | Dave Mullens | Roberts Music Group |
2006 | Peace of Mind | Andy Laverne | Clavebop |
2006 | Phoenix | Edo Castro | Passion Star |
2006 | Strange Fruit | Sting | ITM |
2006 | The Word is Out | Jaco Pastorius Big Band | Heads Up |
2007 | Live in the Moment | Ken Serio | Tripping Tree |
2007 | Silvano Monasterios | Monasterios/Egan/Wertico | Dogleg Music |
2008 | Little Wild One | Joan Osborne | Saguaro Road Records |
2013 | Dusting The Time | Gianfranco Continenza | Videoradio |
2015 | Constellations The Music of Bjork | Karl Latham/Ryan Carniaux/Mark Egan/Nick Rolfe | Double Moon Records |
2015 | In The Bush | Electric Breakwater | WM - reissue |
2016 | "Living Standards" | Karl Latham-Mark Egan-Vic Juris | Drope Zone Jazz Records |
2016 | "The Cayote" | Vinnie Zummo | Vaz Music |
2017 | Be Cool | Dave Snider | Dave Snider Music |
2017 | Trust In The heart | Krishna Das | Krishna Das Music |
2018 | Peace of my Heart | Krishna Das | Krishna Das Music |
2019 | "The Future Ain’t What It Used To Be" | The 14-Arranged by Dan Bonsanti | |
2020 | For the Record | Linley Hamilton | Teddy D Records |
2023 | Ginger's Hollow | Linley Hamilton | Whirlwind Recordings |
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