Mark Dresser
# Mark Dresser

Mark Dresser (born September 26, 1952) is an American double bass player and composer.

## Career

Dresser was born in Los Angeles, California, United States. In the 1970s, he was a member of Black Music Infinity led by Stanley Crouch and performed with the San Diego Symphony. During the next decade he moved to New York City and became a member of the Anthony Braxton quartet with Marilyn Crispell and Gerry Hemingway. He composed for the Arcado String Trio and Tambastics and for the film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.

## Discography

### As leader

* Arcado with Arcado String Trio (JMT, 1989)
* Behind the Myth with Arcado String Trio (JMT, 1990)
* For Three Strings and Orchestra with Arcado String Trio (JMT, 1992)
* The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Knitting Factory, 1994)
* Invocation (Knitting Factory, 1995)
* Force Green (Soul Note, 1995)
* Live in Europe with Arcado String Trio (Avant, 1996)
* Banquet (Tzadik, 1997)
* Eye'll Be Seeing You (Knitting Factory, 1998)
* C/D/E with Andrew Cyrille (Pao, 2000)
* Marinade (Tzadik, 2000)
* Later with Fred Frith (Victo, 2000)
* The Marks Brothers with Mark Helias (W.E.R.F., 2000)
* Sonomondo with Frances-Marie Uitti (Cryptogramophone, 2000)
* Duologues with Denman Maroney (Victo, 2001)
* Reunion Live... at the Guelph Festival with Gerry Hemingway (Intrepid Ear, 2001)
* Aquifer (Cryptogramophone, 2002)
* Nine Songs Together with Ray Anderson (CIMP, 2003)
* Tone Time with Susie Ibarra (Wobbly Rail, 2003)
* Time Changes with Denman Maroney (Cryptogramophone, 2005)
* Unveil (Clean Feed, 2005)
* Airwalkers with Roswell Rudd (Clean Feed, 2006)
* House of Mirrors with Ed Harkins (Clean Feed, 2008)
* Duetto with Diane Moser (CIMP, 2008)
* Starmelodics with Kauffman/Eisenstadt (Nuscope, 2009)
* Live in Concert with Denman Maroney (Kadima Collective, 2009)
* Live at Lotus with Vinny Golia (Kadima Collective, 2010)
* Soul to Soul with Remi Alvarez (Intolerancia, 2010)
* Guts (Kadima Collective, 2010)
* Synastry with Jen Shyu (Pi, 2011)
* Nourishments (Clean Feed, 2013)
* Code Re(a)d with Gerry Hemingway (Hopscotch, 2014)
* Sedimental You (Clean Feed, 2016)
* Modicana (NoBusiness, 2017)
* Ain't Nothing But a Cyber Coup & You (Clean Feed, 2019)

### As sideman

With Ray Anderson

* Harrisburg Half Life (Moers Music, 1980)
* It Just So Happens (Enja, 1987)
* Blues Bred in the Bone (Enja, 1988)
* What Because (Gramavision, 1990)

With Tim Berne

* Sanctified Dreams (Columbia 1987)
* Tim Berne's Fractured Fairy Tales (JMT, 1989)
* Pace Yourself (JMT, 1991)
* Diminutive Mysteries (Mostly Hemphill) (JMT, 1993)
* Nice View (JMT, 1994)

With Jane Ira Bloom

* The Red Quartets (Arabesque, 1999)
* Sometimes the Magic (Arabesque, 2001)
* Chasing Paint (Arabesque, 2003)
* Like Silver, Like Song (ArtistShare, 2005)

With Bobby Bradford

* Lost in L.A. (Soul Note, 1984)
* Live in L.A. (Clean Feed, 2011)
* Live at the Open Gate (NoBusiness, 2016)

With Anthony Braxton

* The Coventry Concert (West Wind, 1987)
* Five Compositions (Quartet) 1986 (Black Saint, 1986)
* If My Memory Serves Me Right (West Wind, 1987)
* Quartet (London) 1985 (Leo, 1988)
* Quartet (Birmingham) 1985 (Leo, 1991)
* Willisau (Quartet) 1991 (hat ART, 1992)
* Quartet (Coventry) 1985 (Leo, 1993)
* (Victoriaville) 1992 (Victo, 1993)
* Twelve Compositions (Music & Arts, 1994)
* Quartet (Santa Cruz) 1993 (hat ART, 1997)
* Quartet (New York) 1993 Set 1 (Braxton Bootleg, 2011)
* Quartet (New York) 1993 Set 2 (Braxton Bootleg, 2011)
* Quartet (London) 1991 04.02 Set 1 (Braxton Bootleg, 2013)
* Quartet (London) 1991 04.02 Set 2 (Braxton Bootleg, 2013)
* Quartet (London) 1991 04.03 Set 1 (Braxton Bootleg, 2013)
* Quartet (London) 1991 04.03 Set 2 (Braxton Bootleg, 2013)
* Quartet (Santa Cruz) 1993 1st Set (hatOLOGY, 2015)
* Quartet (Santa Cruz) 1993 2nd Set (hatOLOGY, 2015)
* Quartet (Willisau) 1991 Studio (hatOLOGY, 2018)

With Dave Douglas

* Parallel Worlds (Soul Note, 1993)
* Five (Soul Note, 1996)
* Sanctuary (Avant, 1997)

With Satoko Fujii

* Looking Out of the Window (Ninety-One, 1997)
* Kitsune-bi (Tzadik, 1999)
* Toward To West (Enja, 2000)
* Junction (EWE, 2001)
* Bell the Cat! (Tokuma, 2002)
* Illusion Suite (Libra, 2004)
* Live in Japan 2004 (Natsat Music, 2005)
* When We Were There (PJL, 2006)
* Trace a River (Libra, 2008)

With Gerry Hemingway

* Demon Chaser (hat ART, 1993)
* Down to the Wire (hat ART, 1993)
* The Marmalade King (hat ART, 1995)
* Slamadam (Random Acoustics, 1995)
* Perfect World (Random Acoustics, 1996)
* Johnny's Corner Song (Auricle, 1998)
* Chamber Works (Tzadik, 1999)
* Waltzes, Two-Steps & Other Matters of the Heart (GM, 1999)
* Devils Paradise (Clean Feed, 2003)

With Bob Ostertag

* Say No More (RecRec Music, 1993)
* Say No More in Person (Transit, 1993)
* Verbatim (Rastascan, 1996)
* Verbatim, Flesh and Blood (Rastascan, 1998)

With John Zorn

* Spy vs Spy: The Music of Ornette Coleman (Nonesuch, 1988)
* Kristallnacht (99 Records, 1993)
* Bar Kokhba (Tzadik, 1996)
* Cobra: John Zorn's Game Pieces Volume 2 (Tzadik, 2002)

With others

* Laurie Anderson, Strange Angels (Warner Bros. 1989)
* Gregg Bendian, Counterparts (CIMP, 1996)
* Gregg Bendian, Gregg Bendian's Interzone (Eremite, 1996)
* Salvatore Bonafede, For the Time Being (CAM Jazz, 2005)
* Eugene Chadbourne, Pain Pen (Avant, 2000)
* Alex Cline, For People in Sorrow (Cryptogramophone, 2013)
* Nels Cline, The Inkling (Cryptogramophone, 2000)
* Tom Cora, It's a Brand New Day (Knitting Factory, 2000)
* Marilyn Crispell, The Kitchen Concert (Leo, 1991)
* Marilyn Crispell, Mark Dresser, Gerry Hemingway, Play Braxton (Tzadik, 2012)
* Stanton Davis, Manhattan Melody (Enja, 1988)
* Robert Dick, Jazz Standards On Mars (Enja, 1997)
* Paul Dresher & Ned Rothenberg, Opposites Attract (New World/CounterCurrents 1991)
* Marty Ehrlich, The Long View (Enja, 2002)
* Amir ElSaffar, Radif Suite (Pi, 2010)
* Ellery Eskelin, Vanishing Point (hatOLOGY, 2001)
* David Garland, Togetherness: Control Songs Vol. 2 (Ergodic, 1999)
* Osvaldo Golijov Yiddishbbuk (EMI, 2002)
* Osvaldo Golijov, Upshaw the Andalucian Dogs Ayre & Folk Songs (Deutsche Grammophon, 2005)
* Sebastian Gramss, Thinking Of (Wergo, 2014)
* Burton Greene, Peace Beyond Conflict (CIMP, 2002)
* Francois Houle, In the Vernacular (Songlines, 1998)
* Jason Hwang, Unfolding Stone (Sound Aspects, 1990)
* Steve Lehman, Interface (Clean Feed, 2004)
* Steuart Liebig, Pomegranate (Cryptogramophone, 2001)
* Frank London, The Debt (Tzadik, 1997)
* Russ Lossing, Metal Rat (Clean Feed, 2006)
* Joe Lovano, Flights of Fancy: Trio Fascination Edition Two (Blue Note, 2001)
* Denman Maroney, Fluxations (New World/CounterCurrents 2003)
* Raz Mesinai, Cyborg Acoustics (Tzadik, 2004)
* Sato Michihiro, Rodan (hat ART, 1989)
* Tisziji Munoz, Auspicious Healing! (Anami Music, 2000)
* Simon Nabatov, Projections (Clean Feed, 2015)
* Simon Nabatov, Equal Poise (Leo, 2016)
* James Newton, Binu (Circle, 1978)
* Kevin Norton, Integrated Variables (CIMP, 1996)
* Kevin Norton, Change Dance Troubled Energy (Barking Hoop, 2001)
* Ivo Perelman, Suite for Helen F. (Boxholder, 2003)
* Hot Pstromi, With a Little Horseradish On the Side (Global Village Music, 1993)
* Hank Roberts, Black Pastels (JMT, 1988)
* Herb Robertson, Elaboration (Clean Feed, 2005)
* Herb Robertson, Real Aberration (Clean Feed, 2007)
* Mick Rossi, One Block from Planet Earth (OmniTone, 2004)
* Ned Rothenberg, Power Lines (New World, 1995)
* Bernadette Speach, Reflections (Mode, 2002)
* Yale Strom, Klezmer: Cafe Jew Zoo (Naxos, 2002)
* Richard Teitelbaum, Blends (New Albion, 2002)
* Tiziano Tononi, Strange Mathematics (Splasc(H), 2008)
* Eric Watson, Silent Hearts (Free Flight, 1999)
* Eric Watson, Full Metal Quartet (OWL, 2000)
* Matthias Ziegler, Marsyas' Song (Percords, 1992)
