- Mark Egan
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Mark Egan 
Background information Born 1951 Origin Brockton, Massachusetts
United StatesGenres Jazz fusion, Jazz Occupations Musician
Composer
Bandleader
ProducerInstruments Bass guitar, trumpet Years active 1976 - present Labels Wavetone records Associated acts Elements
Pat Metheny GroupWebsite Mark Egan Official Site Mark Egan (Born 1951 in Brockton, Massachusetts) is an American jazz bass guitarist and trumpeter, arguably best known for his membership in the Pat Metheny Group from 1977 to 1980, and the Gil Evans Orchestra.[1] He is co-founder of the jazz fusion band, Elements.
Egan has maintained a solo career, with three platinum and three gold albums to his credit, and has served as bandleader of his own ensembles to positive reviews. Egan has additionally played on soundtracks for film, and has kept busy as a session musician, often contributing his skills to many famous musicians, within a variety of genres.
Egan has recorded with Sting, Arcadia, Roger Daltrey and Joan Osborne, among others; performed with Marianne Faithfull, David Sanborn, John McLaughlin, and Sophie B. Hawkins. and has played on the soundtracks to such American television shows and movies as Aladdin, The Color of Money, A Chorus Line, NBC Sports, ABC's All My Children, "CNN/Headline News" and numerous television commercials. Egan continues to tour and record worldwide with his group as well as Elements, Bill Evans, Larry Coryell and various other artists.
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Early career
Influenced by his father, Egan first studied trumpet at age 10. He played the trumpet throughout high school, and switched to the bass when he was 15. While attending the University of Miami's Frost School of Music, he studied with jazz educator Jerry Coker. While in Miami he also became friends and performed with Ira Sullivan, Pat Metheny, Danny Gottlieb, Clifford Carter and many other inspirational players. Within that same group was the now-famous fretless bass guitarist, Jaco Pastorius, who Egan lists specifically as a revolutionary performer and influence. Since Pastorius and Egan both lived in Florida in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Egan got to know him and even studied Pastorius' approach to the bass, going so far as to take formal courses with him.[1]
Career
Egan has released six albums as a leader. One of the most recent, As We Speak, features guitarist John Abercrombie and drummer and former Pat Metheny Group bandmate Danny Gottlieb. Within Elements, the group that he co-leads with Danny Gottlieb, he has released 10 recordings. He has also created three music videos: "Om Yoga & Meditation," "Music on the Edge," and "Bass Workshop," a bass instructional video. He has appeared on the soundtracks of movies including Two Moon Junction, The Object of My Affection, You've Got Mail and The Color of Money. Egan is also featured on drummer Ken Serio's 2008 release Live... In The Moment. He recorded an album, Urge, with trumpeter Forrest Buchtel, Jr., featuring, among other things, the theme from CNN Headline News.[1]
Discography
Mark Egan founded his own record label, Wavetone Records, in 1992.[1]
As a leader
- Mosaic
- A Touch of Light
- Beyond Words
- Freedom Town
- As We Speak
- Truth Be Told
With Elements
- Elements
- Elements Forward Motion
- Illumination
- Liberal Arts
- Spirit River
- Blown Away
- Far East Volume 1
- Far East Volume 2
- Untold Stories
- Wouldn't It Be Nice-Tribute to Brian Wilson
With Various Artists
1977 Blue Asphalt Pat Metheny Group Jazz Door 1977 David Sanborn Band David Sanborn Warner 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 1977 Soul Village Walter Bishop Jr. Muse Records 1977 Tornader Johnny Winter Polydor 1978 Cubicle Walter Bishop Jr. Muse Records 1978 Infinity Is Sonny Fortune Atlantic 1978 Stolen Moments Mark Murphy 32 Jazz 1978 Pat Metheny Group ECM 1979 Clouds Pat Metheny Group Paradise 1979 Live on Tour Pat Metheny Group Warner Bros. 1979 Monuments Jackie McLean RCA 1979 Perspective Steve Grossman Atlantic 1979 Unity Village The Pat Metheny Group Jazz Door 1979 With Sound Reason Sonny Fortune Atlantic 1980 American Garage Pat Metheny Group ECM 1980 Cosmic City David Matthews King Records 1980 Horn of a Different Color Jerry Peel Bull Records 1980 Satisfaction Guaranteed Mark Murphy Muse Records 1980 Tanger Dwight Druick Rio Records 1981 Beauty's Song Stan Samole Lotus 1981 Concerto de Aranjuez Jim Hall King Records 1981 Music of Chick Corea Andy Laverne Jazzline 1981 Ross Traut Ross Traut Headfirst 1981 Wrapped In A Cloud Gil Goldstein Muse Records 1982 Artistry of Mark Murphy Mark Murphy Muse Records 1982 Dune David Matthews CTI Records 1982 Manhattan Carnival Dave Tofani Solo Winds Inc 1982 Objects of Desire Michael Franks Warner 1983 Grand Connection Dave Matthews Orch. GNP/Crescendo 1983 Star Climber Mitch Farber Muse Records 1984 Islands Scott Cossu WindhamHill 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 & Eliane Canyon 1985 Hanalei Bay Lew Soloff King Record 1985 Push Bill Evans Escapade 1985 Skin Dive Michael Franks Warner 1985 So Red The Rose Arcadia Capitol 1985 Speed Demon Dave Mathews King Record 1986 Aquamarine Danny Gottlieb Atlantic 1986 Farewell Gil Evans Gil Evans King Record 1986 Live at Sweet Basil Vol. 1&2 Gil Evans King Records 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 1987 Farewell Gil Evans King Records 1987 Gift of Vision Mark Knoble Highland Records 1987 Homeage 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 Reference 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 Record 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 PrivateMusic 1989 Struck By Lightning Airto Moreira Venture 1989 Tears of Joy Tuck and Patti Windhamhill 1989 There Were Signs Bill Gable Private Music 1989 Tribute to Gil Gil Evans Soul Note 1989 Turning Point Rory Block Munich Records 1990 Billy Highstreet Samba Stan Getz Phonogram 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 Records 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 Records 1992 Walkin' Into the Sun Clifford Carter Soul Coast 1992 Youkali Jim Hall CTI Records 1993 Collection Special EFX GRP 1993 Driving Into the Sea Babel Hounds Big Cow 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 EastWest/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 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 Records 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 Records 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 Records 1998 Between Us Jules Shear High Street Records 1998 Fearless Dreamer Pam Fleming Infinite Room 1998 Holiday Songs and Lullabies Shawn Colvin Columbia 1998 Largo Largo Blue Gorilla 1998 The Wave is Coming Armsted Christian Siam Records 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 Records 1999 Butter, Live at Mojo's Dave Mullen Dave Mullen 1999 Che Corazon Gato Barbieri Columbia Records 1999 I Remember You Yujiro Wada King Records 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 Records 1999 Slvia Hotel Cheryl Wheeler Philo Records 1999 Songbook Mark Murphy 32 Jazz 1999 Touch Bill Evans ESC Records 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 Intl. 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 Records 2001 Live at Wolftrap Judy Collins Wildflower Records 2001 Peace of Mind Carmen Questa Skip Records 2001 Saundra Santiago Saundra Santiago SSRS 2001 This Day and Age Clayton Bruce Ost Tribeca Records 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 records 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 Records 2002 Sentimental Spirit Kwang Min Kim Nanjang Records 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 Records 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 Records 2003 Tricycles Larry Coryell Trio Inn and Out Records 2003 Yes Indeed Billy Eric Mirror Wizzard Music 2004 All in Good Time Don Ross Boulder Hill Records 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 Records 2004 Thelonius Bach's Lunch Jeff Laibson, Mark Egan, Danny Gottlieb Wavetone Records 2005 Flora's Song Flora Purim Narada Records 2005 Miles Away Sam Morrison Brown Bag Records 2005 OM Yoga and Meditation Cyndi Lee & David Nictern Dharma Moon 2005 Soul Grass Bill Evans BHM Records 2005 The Body Electric Cyndi Lauper Sony 2005 Tomorrow's Too Late B.D. Lenz Apria Records 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 Records 2006 Strange Fruit Sting ITM Records 2006 The Word is Out Jaco Pastorious 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 References
- ^ a b c d Liebman, Jon (August 31, 2009). "Mark Egan Exclusive Interview with FBPO’s Jon Liebman". For Bass Players Only. Liebman Media. http://forbassplayersonly.com/Interviews/Egan.html. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
External links
- Mark Egan Official Site - includes complete discography
- Wavetone Records site
- CD Baby site
- Mark Egan at Amazon
- Mark Egan songs
Categories:- 1951 births
- Living people
- Pat Metheny Group members
- American jazz bass guitarists
- University of Miami alumni
- People from Brockton, Massachusetts
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