MARK HELIAS

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Mark Helias is a renowned bassist and composer who has performed throughout the world for more than three decades. After his studies at Rutgers University (B.A. 1974) and The Yale School of Music (M.M. 1976), he began his international career in the Anthony Braxton Quartet. Up to the present time he has performed with a panoply of world class artists including: Edward Blackwell, Anthony Davis, Dewey Redman, Marcel Khalife, Abbey Lincoln, Oliver Lake, Andrew Cyrille, Marilyn Crispell, Julius Hemphill, Don Byron, Bobby Bradford, Barry Altshul, Ray Anderson, Don Cherry, Cecil Taylor, and Gerry Hemingway.

A prolific composer, Helias has written music for two feature films as well as chamber pieces and works for large ensemble and big band. His orchestra piece “Stochasm” was premiered by the American Composers Orchestra in June of 2011. He has produced many recordings for other artists including Ray Anderson, Tony Malaby, Bobby Previte, Jerome Harris, and
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MARK HELIAS Split Image (with Gerry Hemingway , Dewey Redman , Tim Berne , Herb Robertson) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Split Image (with Gerry Hemingway , Dewey Redman , Tim Berne , Herb Robertson)
Avant-Garde Jazz 1985
MARK HELIAS The Current Set album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Current Set
Avant-Garde Jazz 1987
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Desert Blue
Hard Bop 1989
MARK HELIAS Attack The Future album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Attack The Future
Avant-Garde Jazz 1992
MARK HELIAS Loopin' The Cool album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Loopin' The Cool
Avant-Garde Jazz 1995
MARK HELIAS Come Ahead Back... album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Come Ahead Back...
Avant-Garde Jazz 1998
MARK HELIAS Verbs of Will album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Verbs of Will
Avant-Garde Jazz 2003
MARK HELIAS Open Loose : Atomic Clock album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Open Loose : Atomic Clock
Avant-Garde Jazz 2006
MARK HELIAS Open Loose : Strange Unison album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Open Loose : Strange Unison
21st Century Modern 2008
MARK HELIAS Mark Helias  Open Loose : The Signal Maker album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Mark Helias Open Loose : The Signal Maker
21st Century Modern 2015
MARK HELIAS Mark Helias, Tim Berne : Blood From A Stone album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Mark Helias, Tim Berne : Blood From A Stone
Avant-Garde Jazz 2020

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MARK HELIAS Fictionary album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Fictionary
Avant-Garde Jazz 1998
MARK HELIAS New School album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
New School
Avant-Garde Jazz 2001
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Open Loose: Explicit
Avant-Garde Jazz 2011
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Open Loose : The Third Proposition
21st Century Modern 2020

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