Mark Stewart is a New York City-based multi-instrumentalist, composer, singer and instrument designer.Mark Stewart biography on the Bang on a Can websiteMUSIC; A duo that plays its music for laughs: MUSIC (2002). . New York: New York Times Company. Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/blogs-podcasts-websites/music-duo-that-plays-laughs/docview/2230209267/se-2
He has been a member of the Bang on a Can All-Stars, the Fred Frith Guitar Quartet, Steve Reich and Musicians, Zeena Parkins' Gangster Band, and Arnold Dreyblatt's Orchestra of Excited Strings. Stewart is a founding member of the Bang on a Can All-Stars band and The Jerry Wortman Nonette. Also, he has worked with Paul Simon,Radomsky, R. R. (2024). Paul simon plays rare new york show in a downtown loft: Out & about. New York: New York Times Company. Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/blogs-podcasts-websites/paul-simon-plays-rare-new-york-show-downtown-loft/docview/3108833267/se-2 Anthony Braxton, Bob Dylan, Cecil Taylor, Meredith Monk, Philip Glass, Bruce Springsteen, Edie Brickell, Don Byron, Paul McCartney, Marc Ribot, and in the duo Polygraph Lounge with Rob Schwimmer,Geoff Edgers, G. S. (2005, Feb 12). POLYGRAPH LOUNGE'S OFFBEAT SOUND IS ON THE NOSE: [THIRD EDITION]. Boston Globe Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/polygraph-lounges-offbeat-sound-is-on-nose/docview/404940007/se-2 with whom he also contributed to Simon & Garfunkel's "Old Friends" reunion concert tour. He plays many experimental and lesser-used instruments, such as the daxophone,Allan, U. (1998, Oct 23). Bang on a can makes striking debut live "music for airports' has its ups and downs: [SECOND edition]. San Francisco Examiner Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/bang-on-can-makes-striking-debut-live-music/docview/270474627/se-2For 'twelfth night,' a daxophone, tibetan bowls and an indian drum (1998). . New York: New York Times Company. Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/blogs-podcasts-websites/twelfth-night-daxophone-tibetan-bowls-indian-drum/docview/2235734549/se-2 slide didgeridoo,Rideout, E. (2004, 07). Backstage pass. Keyboard, 30, 13. Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/magazines/backstage-pass/docview/229455667/se-2 theremin.Krasnow, D. (2001, Dec 25). Clown college. The Village Voice Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/clown-college/docview/232273122/se-2
Stewart was raised in Appleton, Wisconsin and now lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Selected discography
With Bang on a Can Bang on a Can Live, Vol. 2 (Composers Recordings Inc., 1993) Bang on a Can Live, Vol. 3 (Composers Recordings Inc., 1994) Industry (Sony Classical, 1995) Cheating, Lying, Stealing (Sony Classical, 1996) Music For Airports - Brian Eno (Point Music, 1998) Renegade Heaven (Cantaloupe, 2000) Steve Reich: New York Counterpoint; Eight Lines; Four Organs (Nonesuch, 2000) Terry Riley - In C (Cantaloupe, 2001) Classics (Cantaloupe, 2002) Bang On A Can & Don Byron - A Ballad For Many (Cantaloupe, 2006)
With Fred Frith Guitar Quartet Ayaya Moses (1997, CD, Ambiances Magnétiques, Canada) - e-guitar Upbeat (1999, CD, Ambiances Magnétiques, Canada) - e-guitar
With Paul Simon You're The One (Warner Bros., 2000) - dobro, banjo, sitar, cello, trumpet, pedal steel So Beautiful or So What (Hear Music, 2011) - saxophone, vocals, wind instruments, e-guitar Live In New York City (Hear Music, 2012 - e-guitar, saxophone, wind instruments
With Zeena Parkins Mouth=Maul=Betrayer (Tzadik, 1996) - guitar, mandolin, cello Pan-Acousticon (Tzadik, 1999) - guitar, cello, daxophone
With Ted Reichman Emigré (Tzadik, 2003) - e-guitar, cello, mandocello, tenor banjo
With Evan Ziporyn Gamelan Galak Tika (New World Records, 2000) - e-guitar, metallophone Amok!, Tire Fire (New World Records, 2000) - e-guitar, metallophone ShadowBang (Cantaloupe Music, 2003) - e-guitar
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