Mark Guiliana – Acoustic Beat Machine
Thursday, September 21, 2017
New Jersey drummer Mark Guiliana's dexterous beat inventions have made him one of the most influential drummers on the planet, ushering in a thrilling humanised vocabulary of beats that connect the deep jazz tradition with the cut-up loops of the computer music age.
After a decade working as a star sideman with the likes of bassist Avishai Cohen and Phronesis, and as a cult-figure on the New York scene, his role as part of David Bowie's buccaneering Blackstar band saw him reach a whole new audience. Here he speaks to Selwyn Harris about how that experience and other electronically-enhanced explorations with the likes of Brad Mehldau have motivated his return towards his acoustic roots for his forthcoming Quartet's tribute to his home state
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