Mark Nauseef (born June 11, 1953), in Cortland,

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and percussionist who has enjoyed a varied career, ranging from rock music during the 1970s with his time as a member of the Ian Gillan Band and, temporarily with Thin Lizzy when Brian Downey left for a short time, to a wide range of musical styles in more recent times, playing with many notable musicians from all over the world.

Career

Nauseef briefly toured the United Kingdom in 1972 as tour member of The Velvet Underground before joining Elf, fronted by

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, in early 1975, but the group disbanded shortly afterwards. Accompanied by Elf keyboardist

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, Nauseef joined ex-

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singer Ian Gillan in his new

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group, simply named the Ian Gillan Band. After three albums, Gillan broke the group up in 1978. Nauseef stood in for Thin Lizzy drummer Brian Downey for two international tours, then joined

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's short-lived band G-Force. During the 1980s, Nauseef moved away from rock music towards a wide range of styles, including Javanese and Balinese gamelan, as well as music of Indian and Ghanaian origin. He has released several solo albums and worked with many other musicians in an array of different projects. Nauseef has performed and/or recorded with such artists as Joachim Kühn,

, Jack Bruce, Bill Laswell,

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, Trilok Gurtu, Steve Swallow, L. Shankar, Hamza El Din, The Velvet Underground, Joëlle Léandre, Ikue Mori,

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, Kyai Kunbul (Javanese Gamelan), Andy Summers, Tony Oxley, Tomasz Stanko, Kenny Wheeler, Edward Vesala's "Sound and Fury", Thelma Houston, David Torn,

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(Ghanaian music and dance), Charlie Mariano,

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(Balinese Gamelan),

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, George Lewis, Evan Parker and Lou Harrison. Throughout most of these projects Nauseef has collaborated with

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. Nauseef attended the California Institute of the Arts where he studied Javanese Gamelan with K.R.T. Wasitodiningrat, Balinese Gamelan with

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, North Indian Pakhawaj drumming with Pandit

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, North Indian music theory with Pandit

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, Ghanaian drumming and dance with Kobla and Alfred Ladzekpo, Dzidzorgbe Lawluvi and C.K. Ganyo, and 20th Century Western percussion techniques and hand drumming with John Bergamo. He also studied frame drum techniques of the Middle East, India and the Caucasus with Glen Velez. It was also at CalArts that Nauseef began a very creative and productive relationship, which continues to this day, with musical "alter ego", guitarist Miroslav Tadic. Together, they have composed, recorded and produced a wide range of music in situations from duo to large ensembles with musicians from around the world. Nauseef has also worked as a producer. In addition to his own recordings, he has produced many records of various types of music including modern experimental forms as well as traditional forms. Traditional music productions include numerous recordings of traditional Balinese and Javanese music such as the acclaimed and award-winning "The Music of K.R.T. Wasitodiningrat" which was recorded in Java and features Wasitodiningrat's compositions. Other examples include the Balinese ensemble recordings "Gamelan Batel Wayang Ramayana" and "Gender Wayang Pemarwan" which were recorded in

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. These recordings and many others of Indonesian music were produced for the CMP 3000 "World Series" with the production team of Kurt Renker And Walter Quintus. The "Worlds Series", which Nauseef was instrumental in establishing, was founded by CMP owner and producer Kurt Renker and produces recordings from a variety of non-western countries including India, Turkey, Korea, Indonesia and others.

Discography

Jack Bruce *''A Question Of Time'' with

Allan Holdsworth Allan Holdsworth (6 August 1946 – 15 April 2017) was a British jazz fusion and progressive rock guitarist and composer. Holdsworth was known for his esoteric and idiosyncratic usage of advanced music theory concepts, especially with respe ...

, Tony Williams, Ginger Baker, Albert Collins, Nicky Hopkins, Zakir Hussain, a.o., 1989 *''Somethin Els'' with Dave Liebman,

Eric Clapton Eric Patrick Clapton (born 1945) is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is often regarded as one of the most successful and influential guitarists in rock music. Clapton ranked second in ''Rolling Stone''s list of ...

, Trilok Gurtu, Clem Clempson, a.o., 1993 *''The Jack Bruce Collector's Edition'' with

, Ginger Baker,

, a.o., 1996 *''Can You Follow?'', Jack Bruce with John McLaughlin, Tony Williams,

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, Cream,

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, Chris Spedding, a.o., 2008 The Velvet Underground * Disc 3 of ''

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'', 2001 Elf *'' Trying to Burn the Sun'', 1975 Ian Gillan Band *''

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'', 1976 *'' Clear Air Turbulence'', 1977 *'' Scarabus'', 1977 *'' Live at the Budokan'', 1978 Thin Lizzy *'' The Boys Are Back in Town: Live in Australia'', 1978 Gary Moore's G-Force *''

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'', 1980 with Tony Newton, Willie Dee Philip Lynott *'' Solo in Soho'', 1980 with Gary Moore, Mark Knopfler, a.o. *''

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'', 1982 with Mark Knopfler, Mel Collins, Pierre Moerlen, Gary Moore, a.o. Solo and others *''Nightline New York'', Joachim Kühn with Michael Brecker,

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Bob Mintzer Robert Alan Mintzer (born January 27, 1953) is an American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and big band leader. Early life Mintzer was born and raised in a Jewish family in New Rochelle, New York, on January 27, 1953. He attended the Inter ...

, Eddie Gómez, 1981 *''Information'', with Joachim Kühn and

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, 1981 *''Personal Note'', with Joachim Kühn, Trilok Gurtu, Jan Akkerman, Detlev Beier, 1982 *''Sura'', with Joachim Kühn,

, Trilok Gurtu, Detlev Beier and David Torn, 1983 *''I'm Not Dreaming'', Joachim Kühn with Ottomar Borwitzky, Rolf Kühn, Herbert Försch, George Lewis, 1983 *''Wun Wun'', with Jack Bruce and Trilok Gurtu, 1985 *''Dark'', 1986 *''Dark: Tamna Voda'', with L. Shankar and David Torn, 1989 *''Let's Be Generous'', 1993 *''Bracha'', with

Miroslav Tadić Miroslav Tadic solo performance. Miroslav Tadić (born 1959) is a Serbian guitarist, composer, improviser and music educator. Career He performs regularly in Europe, Japan and the United States and made over 30 CDs for numerous labels including ...

, David Philipson and John Bergamo, 1989 *''Let's Be Generous'', with Miroslav Tadić, Joachim Kühn, and Tony Newton, 1991 *''Keys To Talk By'', with

Dušan Bogdanović Dušan Bogdanović ( sr, Душан Богдановић) (born 1955) is a Serbian-born American composer and classical guitarist. He has explored musical languages which are reflected in his style today: a synthesis of classical, jazz, and ethnic ...

and

, 1992 *''The Snake Music'', Miroslav Tadić, Jack Bruce, Markus Stockhausen, David Torn, Wolfgang Puschnig and

, 1994 *''

The Sultan's Picnic ''The Sultan's Picnic'' is an album by the Lebanese oud player and composer Rabih Abou-Khalil, fusing traditional Arab music with jazz, which was recorded in 1994 and released on the Enja label.

with Steve Swallow, Kenny Wheeler, Charlie Mariano, Milton Cardona, Nabil Khaiat, Howard Levy,

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, 1984 *''Old Country'', with

and Howard Levy, 1996 *''Baby Universe'',

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with Miroslav Tadic, Yasuhiro Kobayashi, Jumpei Sakuma, Yoshiko Sakata, Michel Godard, Howard Levy, 1996 *''Still Light'', with Miroslav Tadić and Markus Stockhausen, 1997 *''Loose Wires'', with Miroslav Tadić and Michel Godard, 1997 *''

Odd Times ''Odd Times'' is a live album by the Lebanese oud player and composer Rabih Abou-Khalil which was recorded in Germany in 1997 and released on the Enja label.Sylvie Courvoisier, Pierre Charial, Michel Godard and

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, 1996 *''Birds Of A Feather'' with Sylvie Courvoisier, 1997 *''Ottomania'', with

, 1999 *''Sarabande'', Jon Lord, with Andy Summers,

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, Pete York,

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, LP 1976, CD 1999 *''With Space in Mind'', Solo 2000 *''Venus Square Mars'', with David Philipson and Hamza El Din, 2000 *''Islam Blues'', Kudsi Erguner with Nguyen Le and Renaud Garcia-Fons, 2001 *''Gazing Point'', with Kudsi Erguner and Markus Stockhausen, 2002 *''Evident'', with Joëlle Léandre, 2004 *''

Snakish ''Snakish'' is a studio album by jazz trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith recorded with Walter Quintus, Katya Quintus, Miroslav Tadić , and Mark Nauseef. The record was released on August 23, 2005 via Leo label. The album contains 15 short compositions ...

'', with Wadada Leo Smith,

, Walter Quintus, Katya Quintus, 2005 *''Albert'', with Ikue Mori, Walter Quintus and Sylvie Courvoisier, 2006 *'' At The Le Mans Jazz Festival, '' Joëlle Léandre with Maggie Nicols,

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, William Parker, India Cooke,

, Paul Lovens, Sebi Tramontana, Carlos Zingaro, 2006'' *''Can You Follow?'', Jack Bruce with John McLaughlin, Tony Williams,

, Cream,

, a.o., 2008 *''

No Matter ''No Matter'' is a collaborative album by Kudsi Erguner, Bill Laswell, Mark Nauseef and Markus Stockhausen. It was released on August 19, 2008 by Metastation. Track listing Personnel Adapted from the ''No Matter'' liner notes. ;Musicians *K ...

'', with Bill Laswell,

and

, 2008 *''Orte,''

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with

and Marcio Doctor, 2008 *''Air,'' Dave Liebman with Marcio Doctor,

, a.o., 2011 *''Aspiration,'' with Alice Coltrane,

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, Zakir Hussain,

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, a.o., 2011 *''City Of Leaves,'' Sussan Deyhim with Bill Laswell,

, a.o., 2011 *''

Near Nadir ''Near Nadir'' is a studio album by four musicians Ikue Mori, Mark Nauseef, Evan Parker and Bill Laswell. The album was released in 2011 for Zorn's Tzadik Records. Track listing All songs by Ikue Mori, Mark Nauseef, Evan Parker and Bill Laswe ...

,'' with Ikue Mori, Evan Parker and Bill Laswell, 2011 *''Spaces & Spheres,'' with

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, Tara Bouman,

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, 2013 *''as the wind,'' with Evan Parker,

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, 2016 *''All In All In All,'' with Arthur Jarvinen, Tony Oxley, Pat Thomas, Sylvie Courvoisier,

, Bill Laswell,

, 2018 *''Locked Hybrids, ''Matthew Wright with Evan Parker,

, 2020 *''Warszawa 2019,'' Evan Parker’s ElectroAcoustic Ensemble, 2020

Bibliography

''Arcana V: Musicians on Music, Magic & Mysticism'', Hips Road: New York (), Edited by

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with writings by Meredith Monk,

Fred Frith Jeremy Webster "Fred" Frith (born 17 February 1949) is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser. Probably best known for his guitar work, Frith first came to attention as one of the founding members of the English avant-rock ...

, Terry Riley, Pauline Oliveros,

Alvin Curran Alvin Curran (born December 13, 1938) is an American composer, performer, improviser, sound artist, and writer. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and lives and works in Rome, Italy. He is the co-founder, with Frederic Rzewski and Richard ...

, Gavin Bryars, a.o., 2010 ''The Drum and Percussion Cookbook: Creative Recipes for Players and Teachers'', Meredith Music / Hal Leonard (), Edited by

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with writings by Peter Erskine, Bill Bruford,

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Anthony Cirone Anthony J. Cirone is a percussionist who was with the San Francisco Symphony and Professor of Music at San Jose State University from 1965 to 2001. Cirone also taught at Stanford University from 1983 to 1992 and was Professor of Music and Chair ...

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, She-e Wu, John Beck, Glenn Kotche, a.o., 2008 ''Shamanism and Tantra in the Himalayas'', Inner Traditions () by Claudia Müller-Ebeling, Christian Rätsch and Surendra Bahadur Shahi, 2002 ''Practicing and Making Music...Without Your Instrument'', Published in The Percussive Arts Society journal PERCUSSIVE NOTES (Oct. 1992) ''Music Practice as Meditation'', Published in The Percussive Arts Society journal PERCUSSIVE NOTES (Feb. 2007)

Filmography

*''Kibyoshi, '' Ikue Mori with Makigami Koichi, DVD 2011 *''Unlimited 23, ''with Ikue Mori, Sylvie Courvoisier,

Kazuhisa Uchihashi Kazuhisa Uchihashi (内橋和久, ''Uchihashi Kazuhisa'') is a Japanese guitarist involved in free improvisation music. Born in 1959 in Osaka, Uchihashi began to play the guitar at age 12, playing in various rock bands, though he later studied ...

, Makigami Koichi,

Lotte Anker Lotte Anker (born 1958 Copenhagen) is a Danish jazz saxophonist, and composer. With pianist Marilyn Crispell, she serves as one of the co-leaders of the Copenhagen Art Ensemble. Musical career Anker studied music at the Copenhagen Univers ...

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, Zeena Parkins, David Watson, Peter Evans, a.o., DVD 2011 *''The Haunting of Julia ''(original title ''Full Circle''), with Mia Farrow, Keir Dullea and Tom Conti. Music composed by Colin Towns. LP 1977 CD 1995 *''Live At The Rainbow Theatre'', ''London 1977'', ''The Ian Gillan Band. VHS and DVD''

References

External links

* http://www.marknauseef.com/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Nauseef, Mark 1953 births Living people American rock drummers People from Cortland, New York Thin Lizzy members American session musicians Pupils of K. P. H. Notoprojo 20th-century American drummers American male drummers 20th-century American male musicians Elf (band) members Ian Gillan Band members Leo Records artists