Marc Edwards (born July 23, 1949) 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, and with his own group, Marc Edwards Slipstream Time Travel, an afrofuturistic free jazz ensemble. Many of his solo works have a science fiction theme. He also plays in the band Cellular Chaos, his first foray into rock drumming.
As leader 1991 – Marc Edwards Quartet – Black Queen
Tracks Creation 10:52 Bumblebees and Marigold Flowers 12:29 Lite Free 10:30 Black Queen 06:08 Quadratic Equation 13:00 A New Day-A New Age 09:21 Credits Alto Saxophone [Alto Sax] – Rob Brown (4) Bass – Fred Hopkins Cover [Photo] – Marc Edwards Drums, Cymbal, Chimes, Gong, Timpani [Piccolo Tympani] – Marc Edwards Engineer – Nick Prout, Lawrence J. Peet Liner Notes – Marc Edwards Piano – Matthew Shipp Producer – Marc Edwards Voice Actor [Spoken Words] – Laverne Maxwell
Alpha Phonics presents Marc Edwards – Time and Space Vol 1 Tracks Pi R Squared 16:40 Science Fiction 15:01 Dark Space, In E Diminish, Op. 4, First Movement - Largo, From "The Crab Nebula Suite" 15:26 The Speed Of Light: E=Mc² 22:5 Credits Alto Saxophone [Alto Sax] – Cara Silvernail, Rob Brown Bass – Hilliard Green Drums, Gong, Cymbals, Timpani, Wind – Marc Edwards Edited By – Bill Titus, Fred Kevorkian, Walter Sear Engineer – David Voigt Engineer, Edited By – John Rosenberg Photography By – Mette Tronvoll, Marc Edwards Producer – Marc Edwards
1997 – Marc Edwards Trio – Red Sprites and Blue Jets Tracks Positive Charge - Negative Release 11:30 Upper Atmosphere 13:57 African Rain Dance 12:06 Red Sprites & Blue Jets 15:07 Morning Dew 21:2 Credits Bass – Hilliard Greene Cover, Artwork – Kara D. Rusch Engineer – Marc D. Rusch Percussion, Composed By, Arranged By – Marc Edwards Producer – Robert D. Rusch Sleeve Notes – Robert D. Rusch, Marc Edwards Tenor Saxophone – Sabir Mateen Typography [Typesetting] – Hillary J. Ryan
2007 – Marc Edwards and Slipstream Time Travel – Ode to a Dying Planet Tracks Ode to a Dying Planet 13:08 We’re Lost in Space, Aren’t We? 14:11 Cygnus Loop Detail 14:28 Credits Marc Edwards, drums Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut, piano Tor Snyder, guitar Ernest Anderson III, guitar (Ayler Records) 2007 – Marc Edwards and Slipstream Time Travel – 12 Votes! Tracks Credits Alto Saxophone – Blaise Siwula Bass – Francois Grillot Drums – Marc Edwards Electric Guitar – Ernest Anderson III, Tor Snyder* Piano – Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut* Trumpet – James Duncan
2007 – Marc Edwards and Slipstream Time Travel – Ion Storm Tracks Credits Tor Snyder - Electric Guitar Ras Moshe - Saxophone James Duncan - Trumpet Marc Edwards - Drums
2013 – Planet X Just Blew Up! and Holographic Projection Holograms (double album) Holographic Projection Holograms Tracks Birth Of The Universe Floating In Space Star Flakes! Credits Marc Edwards - Drums Ernest Anderson III - guitar Takuma Kanaiwa - guitar Alex Lozupone - guitar/bass combo Planet X Just Blew Up! Tracks Dark Space Planet X Just Blew Up! Suspended Animation Credits Marc Edwards - Drums Ernest Anderson III - guitar Gene Janas - bass Tor Snyder - guitar Takuma Kanaiwa - guitar Lawry Zilmrah - bicycle wheel electronics
Others 2013 – Marc Edwards – Sakura Sakura (3 variations) 2015 – Mystic Mountain : Trouble in the Carina Nebula (Jazt Tapes CD-057) 2016 – There’s a Problem in the Keyhole Nebula (Jazt Tapes CD-062)
As sideman 1976 – Cecil Taylor – Dark to Themselves 1993 – Charles Gayle – More Live at the Knitting Factory 2009 - Weasel Walter – Firestorm 2009 - Marc Edwards Weasel Walter Group - Mysteries Beneath the Planet 2010 - Marc Edwards Weasel Walter Group - Blood of the Earth 2011 - Cellular Chaos - Demo Live 5.12.11 2012 - Marc Edwards Weasel Walter Group - Solar Emissions 2019 - Colin Fisher - Living Midnight
with David S. Ware Birth of a Being (HatHut, 1979) Passage to Music (Silkheart, 1988) Great Bliss, Vol. 1 (Silkheart, 1991) Great Bliss, Vol. 2 (Silkheart, 1991) Flight of I (DIW/Columbia 1992) Birth of a Being [Expanded] (AUM Fidelity, 2015)
with Cellular Chaos 2011 - demo 2012 - Cellular Chaos EP 2013 - Cellular Chaos LP
Other projects 2019 - Marc Edwards & Guillaume Gargaud - Black Hole Universe
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