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.[2] His influences include Charlie Parker and Buddy Rich. He is currently playing with a project with Weasel Walter,[3] 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.[4]
Marc Edwards | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | July 23, 1949[1] New York City |
| Genres | free jazz |
| Instrument | drums |
Biography
editEdwards was raised in New York City, and did not initially take an interest in music. He dabbled with several instruments, but it was during junior high school when he was able to get out of wood shop class by playing drums that he first played the instrument.[2]
In 1994. Edwards returned to music after a lengthy hiatus. He formed Slipstream Time Travel and released their first record, Time and Space Vol. 1. Current members are Ernest Anderson III, Takuma Kanaiwa, Alex Lozupone, Gene Janas, Alexis Marcelo.[5] This line-up's performance at the Dizzy Gillespie Fundraiser of 2012 was described as "a climactic point in the evening’s program ".[6]
Edwards was interviewed on WKCR New York City after the release of Time & Space, Vol. 1 and Red Sprites & Blue Jets. During the 1970s, Apogee performed live on the station two separate occasions. His trio with Sabir Mateen and Hilliard Greene, performed at WKCR again just before playing at the Knitting Factory's sponsored festival, the Texaco Jazz Festival in 1997.
In 2013, Marc Edwards contributed a version of "Amazing Grace" to a benefit album to raise funds for Donovan Drayton's release from prison and trial.[7] He also released a CD with his new group Sonos Gravis, which was described as "freely fused out rock that takes "free jazz" and cranks it."[8] The album was listed as #12 on Steve Holtje's Top Jazz albums of 2013,[9] along with his release with Slipstream Time Travel called Planet X Just Blew Up!, which was #13. The New York City Jazz Record says that "Sonos Gravis could, in fact, be the conceptual merger of the New York Art Quartet, Black Sabbath and Last Exit, though despite signposts reflecting noise and free jazz, this music has little actual precedent".[10]
Grego Applegate Edwards described his 2014 release, Sakura Sakura, as "very vibrant free rock, a sort of Ascension in the metal zone. It is bracing. You will either gravitate towards it by predisposition or not. And that has something to do with your open mind about a free metal blast or the opposite."[11] He says of the 2015 release, Mystic Mountain, “This may be their most anarchically exhilarating album yet!”.[12]
For many years, Edwards played only jazz drums, but recently has started playing rock and punk.[13]
Discography
editReferences
edit- ^ "Edwards, Marc (Dorian) – Jazz.com | Jazz Music – Jazz Artists – Jazz News". Jazz.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
- ^ a b "Marc Edwards: Free Jazz Drummer & Percussionist". Allaboutjazz.com. 26 January 2006. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
- ^ "Marc Edwards / Weasel Walter Group: Blood Of The Earth". Allaboutjazz.com. 6 July 2010. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
- ^ "Kids Doing the Noise-Making Thing: Marc Edwards of Cellular Chaos".
- ^ "MUSICIANS LINE UP : 2012 DIZZY GILLESPIE/ENGLEWOOD FUND-RAISER". Dizzygillespie.prezly.com. 2012-08-23. Archived from the original on 2013-12-12. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
- ^ Harris, Ratzo B. (2012-10-20). "For the Love". NewMusicBox. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2013-03-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Applegate, Grego (2013-10-02). "Gapplegate Guitar and Bass Blog: Marc Edwards & Sonos Gravis, Holographic Projection Holograms". Gapplegateguitar.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2013-10-16.
- ^ "Steve's Favorite Jazz Albums of 2013, Part 1 | Dusty Wright's Culture Catch". Archived from the original on 2014-01-30. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
- ^ Allen, Clifford (June 2014). "Record Reviews" (PDF). The New York City Jazz Record. p. 25.
- ^ Edwards, Grego Applegate (2014-04-17). "Marc Edwards, Sakura Sakura (Three Variations)". Gapplegate Guitar and Bass Blog. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
- ^ Edwards, Grego Applegate (2016-03-24). "Gapplegate Guitar and Bass Blog: Marc Edwards & Slipstream Time Travel, Mystic Mountain: Trouble in the Carina Nebula". Gapplegate Guitar and Bass Blog. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
- ^ "Kids Doing the Noise-Making Thing: Marc Edwards of Cellular Chaos". Retrieved 2019-08-19.