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.[1] His influences include Charlie Parker and Buddy Rich. He is currently playing with a project with Weasel Walter,[2] 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.[3]
As leader
edit- 1991 – Marc Edwards Quartet – Black Queen[4]
- 1993 – Alpha Phonics presents Marc Edwards – Time and Space Vol 1
- 1997 – Marc Edwards Trio – Red Sprites and Blue Jets (featuring Sabir Mateen)
- 2007 – Marc Edwards and Slipstream Time Travel – Ode to a Dying Planet (Ayler Records)
- 2007 – Marc Edwards and Slipstream Time Travel – 12 Votes![5]
- 2007 – Marc Edwards and Slipstream Time Travel – Ion Storm[6]
- 2013 – Marc Edwards and Slipstream Time Travel – Planet X Just Blew Up![7]
- 2013 – Marc Edwards and Sonos Gravis – Holographic Projection Holograms[8]
- 2013 – Marc Edwards – Sakura Sakura (3 variations)[9][10]
- 2015 – Mystic Mountain : Trouble in the Carina Nebula (Jazt Tapes CD-057)
- 2016 – There’s a Problem in the Keyhole Nebula[11] (Jazt Tapes CD-062)
As sideman
edit- 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
Other projects
edit- 2019 - Marc Edwards & Guillaume Gargaud - Black Hole Universe
References
edit- ^ "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".
- ^ › Marc Edwards. "Black Queen: Marc Edwards Quartet: Music". Amazon. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "12 Votes!: Marc Edwards & Slipstream Time Travel: Music". Amazon. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
- ^ "Ion Storm: Marc Edwards & Slipstream Time Travel: Music". Amazon. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
- ^ "Marc Edwards Slipstream Time Travel". Dogandpanda.com. 2011-03-20. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
- ^ "Marc Edwards Slipstream Time Travel". Dogandpanda.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
- ^ Edwards, Grego Applegate (2014-04-17). "Marc Edwards, Sakura Sakura (Three Variations)". Gapplegate Guitar and Bass Blog. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
- ^ "DogAndPanda Records". Archived from the original on 2014-04-18. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
- ^ "6.3. JaZt TAPES | JIMMY LYONS a SESSIONOGRAPHY".
- ^ "Cellular Chaos - Demo Live 5.12.11, by Cellular Chaos".
- ^ "Cellular Chaos EP, by Cellular Chaos".
- ^ "Cellular Chaos". Amazon. 2013.