Mark Stewart is a

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-based multi-instrumentalist, composer, singer and instrument designer.Mark Stewart biography
on the Bang on a Can website He has been a member of the Bang on a Can All-Stars, the Fred Frith Guitar Quartet,

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' Gangster Band, and

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's Orchestra of Excited Strings. Stewart is a founding member of the Bang on a Can All-Stars band and The Jerry Wortman Nonette. Also, he has worked with Paul Simon,

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, Cecil Taylor,

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, Philip Glass, Bruce Springsteen,

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, and in the duo Polygraph Lounge with Rob Schwimmer, with whom he also contributed to Simon & Garfunkel's " Old Friends" reunion concert tour. He plays many experimental and lesser-used instruments, such as the

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and

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. Stewart lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Selected discography

With Bang on a Can *'Bang on a Can Live, Vol. 2'' (Composers Recordings Inc., 1993) *''Bang on a Can Live, Vol. 3 (Composers Recordings Inc., 1994) *''Industry'' (Sony Classical, 1995) *''Cheating, Lying, Stealing'' (Sony Classical, 1996) *''Music For Airports - Brian Eno'' (Point Music, 1998) *''Renegade Heaven'' (Cantaloupe, 2000) *''Steve Reich: New York Counterpoint; Eight Lines; Four Organs'' (Nonesuch, 2000) *''Terry Riley - In C'' (Cantaloupe, 2001) *''Classics'' (Cantaloupe, 2002) *''Bang On A Can & Don Byron - A Ballad For Many'' (Cantaloupe, 2006) With Fred Frith Guitar Quartet *'' Ayaya Moses'' (1997, CD, Ambiances Magnétiques, Canada) - e-guitar *''

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'' (1999, CD, Ambiances Magnétiques, Canada) - e-guitar With Paul Simon *''You're The One (Warner Bros., 2000) - dobro, banjo, sitar, cello, trumpet, pedal steel *''So Beautiful or So What '' (Hear Music, 2011) - saxophone, vocals, wind instruments, e-guitar *''Live In New York City'' (Hear Music, 2012 - e-guitar, saxophone, wind instruments With

*''Mouth=Maul=Betrayer'' (

Tzadik Tzadik ( he, צַדִּיק , "righteous ne, also ''zadik'', ''ṣaddîq'' or ''sadiq''; pl. ''tzadikim'' ''ṣadiqim'') is a title in Judaism given to people considered righteous, such as biblical figures and later spiritual masters. The ...

, 1996) - guitar, mandolin, cello *''Pan-Acousticon'' (Tzadik, 1999) - guitar, cello,

With Ted Reichman *''Emigré'' (Tzadik, 2003) - e-guitar, cello, mandocello, tenor banjo With

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*''Gamelan Galak Tika'' (New World Records, 2000) - e-guitar, metallophone *''Amok!, Tire Fire'' (New World Records, 2000) - e-guitar, metallophone *''ShadowBang'' (Cantaloupe Music, 2003) - e-guitar

References

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