Earlier this month, drummer extraordinaire and Nextbop favorite Mark Guiliana dropped his newest opus, the third gathering of his electro-accoustic BEAT MUSIC collective, with the aptly named and hyperbolic BEAT MUSIC! BEAT MUSIC! BEAT MUSIC!, released April 12 on Motéma. The album features the star-studded and ever expansive line-up of bassists Chris Morrissey, Stu Brooks, … [Read more...]
Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet – ‘Jersey’
People fawn over Mark Guiliana. They should-- he's a spectacular drummer. He has a tremendous energy about him when he plays and he's been a modern living legend to the young folks of jazz coming up in this era who have gone gaga over his playing long before he got the call from the late David Bowie to play on Blackstar. It's only now that even more folks are aware of his … [Read more...]
Mark Guiliana, Chris Morrissey, & Shabaka Hutchings Live Session for BBC3 (Video)
Recently, while drummer Mark Guiliana and bassist Chris Morrissey were touring on Guiliana's new album with his jazz quartet, Family First, the pair stopped by the BBC3 studios to perform a session with saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings. Hutchings had never played with the pair before, which made for an interesting musical conversation that got pretty heavy as the three got more … [Read more...]
Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet – “One Month” (Video)
Drummer Mark Guiliana debuted his jazz quartet last month with the release of his Family First album. If you missed the record release party at Rockwood Music Hall, here's the quartet's live rendition of "One Month" featuring Guiliana on drums, Jason Rigby on saxophone, Chris Morrissey on bass, and Shai Maestro on keys. Check out the video after the jump. The Mark … [Read more...]
Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet Presents ‘Familly First’ (EPK)
I already lauded the greatness of drummer Mark Guiliana when I posted his Vic Firth performance spotlight video to the website and Anthony has already presented his new album, Family First, when he posted "Long Branch", the first single from the album, just last week. So this post will be succinct and to the point. A new EPK video for Family First, which comes out June 4th, has … [Read more...]