Marc Edwards discography explained

Marc Edwards (born July 23, 1949) is a free jazz drummer who has played and recorded with artists such as Cecil Taylor, Charles Gayle, and David S. Ware.^[1] His influences include Charlie Parker and Buddy Rich. He is currently playing with a project with Weasel Walter,^[2] and with his own group, Marc Edwards Slipstream Time Travel, an afrofuturistic free jazz ensemble. Many of his solo works have a science fiction theme. He also plays in the band Cellular Chaos, his first foray into rock drumming.^[3]

As leader

1991 – Marc Edwards Quartet – Black Queen

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Tracks

1. Creation 10:52
2. Bumblebees and Marigold Flowers 12:29
3. Lite Free 10:30
4. Black Queen 06:08
5. Quadratic Equation 13:00
6. A New Day-A New Age 09:21

Credits

• Alto Saxophone [Alto Sax] – Rob Brown (4)
• Bass – Fred Hopkins
• Cover [Photo] – Marc Edwards
• Drums, Cymbal, Chimes, Gong, Timpani [Piccolo Tympani] – Marc Edwards
• Engineer – Nick Prout, Lawrence J. Peet
• Liner Notes – Marc Edwards
• Piano – Matthew Shipp
• Producer – Marc Edwards
• Voice Actor [Spoken Words] – Laverne Maxwell

Alpha Phonics presents Marc Edwards – Time and Space Vol 1

Tracks

1. Pi R Squared 16:40
2. Science Fiction 15:01
3. Dark Space, In E Diminish, Op. 4, First Movement - Largo, From "The Crab Nebula Suite" 15:26
4. The Speed Of Light: E=Mc² 22:5

Credits

• Alto Saxophone [Alto Sax] – Cara Silvernail, Rob Brown
• Bass – Hilliard Green
• Drums, Gong, Cymbals, Timpani, Wind – Marc Edwards
• Edited By – Bill Titus, Fred Kevorkian, Walter Sear
• Engineer – David Voigt
• Engineer, Edited By – John Rosenberg
• Photography By – Mette Tronvoll, Marc Edwards
• Producer – Marc Edwards

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1997 – Marc Edwards Trio – Red Sprites and Blue Jets

Tracks

1. Positive Charge - Negative Release 11:30
2. Upper Atmosphere 13:57
3. African Rain Dance 12:06
4. Red Sprites & Blue Jets 15:07
5. Morning Dew 21:2

Credits

• Bass – Hilliard Greene
• Cover, Artwork – Kara D. Rusch
• Engineer – Marc D. Rusch
• Percussion, Composed By, Arranged By – Marc Edwards
• Producer – Robert D. Rusch
• Sleeve Notes – Robert D. Rusch, Marc Edwards
• Tenor Saxophone – Sabir Mateen
• ypography [Typesetting] – Hillary J. Ryan

2007 – Marc Edwards and Slipstream Time Travel – Ode to a Dying Planet

Tracks

1. Ode to a Dying Planet 13:08
2. We’re Lost in Space, Aren’t We? 14:11
3. Cygnus Loop Detail 14:28

Credits

• Marc Edwards, drums
• Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut, piano
• Tor Snyder, guitar
• Ernest Anderson III, guitar
• (Ayler Records)^[9]

2007 – Marc Edwards and Slipstream Time Travel – 12 Votes!

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Blaise Siwula
• Bass – Francois Grillot
• Drums – Marc Edwards
• Electric Guitar – Ernest Anderson III, Tor Snyder*
• Piano – Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut*
• Trumpet – James Duncan

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2007 – Marc Edwards and Slipstream Time Travel – Ion Storm

Credits

• Tor Snyder - Electric Guitar
• Ras Moshe - Saxophone
• James Duncan - Trumpet
• Marc Edwards - Drums

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2013 – Planet X Just Blew Up! and Holographic Projection Holograms (double album)

Holographic Projection Holograms

Tracks

1. Birth Of The Universe
2. Floating In Space
3. Star Flakes!

Credits

• Marc Edwards - Drums
• Ernest Anderson III - guitar
• Takuma Kanaiwa - guitar
• Alex Lozupone - guitar/bass combo

Planet X Just Blew Up!

Tracks

1. Dark Space
2. Planet X Just Blew Up!
3. Suspended Animation

Credits

• Marc Edwards - Drums
• Ernest Anderson III - guitar
• Gene Janas - bass
• Tor Snyder - guitar
• Takuma Kanaiwa - guitar
• Lawry Zilmrah - bicycle wheel electronics

Others

• 2013 – Marc Edwards – Sakura Sakura (3 variations)^{[13] [14]}
• 2015 – Mystic Mountain : Trouble in the Carina Nebula (Jazt Tapes CD-057)
• 2016 – There’s a Problem in the Keyhole Nebula^[15] (Jazt Tapes CD-062)

As sideman

• 1976 – Cecil Taylor – Dark to Themselves
• 1993 – Charles Gayle – More Live at the Knitting Factory
• 2009 - Weasel Walter – Firestorm
• 2009 - Marc Edwards Weasel Walter Group - Mysteries Beneath the Planet
• 2010 - Marc Edwards Weasel Walter Group - Blood of the Earth
• 2011 - Cellular Chaos - Demo Live 5.12.11
• 2012 - Marc Edwards Weasel Walter Group - Solar Emissions
• 2019 - Colin Fisher - Living Midnight

with David S. Ware

• Birth of a Being (HatHut, 1979)
• Passage to Music (Silkheart, 1988)
• Great Bliss, Vol. 1 (Silkheart, 1991)
• Great Bliss, Vol. 2 (Silkheart, 1991)
• Flight of I (DIW/Columbia 1992)
• Birth of a Being [Expanded] (AUM Fidelity, 2015)

with Cellular Chaos

• 2011 - demo^[16]
• 2012 - Cellular Chaos EP^[17]
• 2013 - Cellular Chaos LP^[18]

Other projects

• 2019 - Marc Edwards & Guillaume Gargaud - Black Hole Universe

Notes and References

1. Web site: Marc Edwards: Free Jazz Drummer & Percussionist . Allaboutjazz.com . 26 January 2006. 2013-10-08.
2. Web site: Marc Edwards / Weasel Walter Group: Blood Of The Earth . Allaboutjazz.com . 6 July 2010. 2013-10-08.
3. Web site: Kids Doing the Noise-Making Thing: Marc Edwards of Cellular Chaos.
4. Web site: &#8250 Marc Edwards . Black Queen: Marc Edwards Quartet: Music . Amazon . 2013-10-08.
5. Web site: Black Queen - Marc Edwards Quartet, by Marc Edwards & Slipstream Time Travel .
6. https://www.discogs.com/release/7711115-Marc-Edwards-Quartet-Black-Queen
7. https://www.discogs.com/release/5666476-Marc-Edwards-Time-Space-Vol1
8. Web site: Time & Space Vol. 1, by Marc Edwards & Slipstream Time Travel .
9. Web site: Ode to a Dying Planet, by Marc Edwards & Slipstream Time Travel .
10. Web site: 12 Votes!: Marc Edwards & Slipstream Time Travel: Music . Amazon . 2013-10-08.
11. https://www.discogs.com/release/24274277-Marc-Edwards-Slipstream-Time-Travel-12-Votes
12. Web site: Ion Storm: Marc Edwards & Slipstream Time Travel: Music . Amazon . 2013-10-08.
13. Web site: Marc Edwards, Sakura Sakura (Three Variations). Edwards. Grego Applegate. 2014-04-17. Gapplegate Guitar and Bass Blog. 2019-08-19.
14. Web site: DogAndPanda Records . 2014-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140418234725/http://dogandpanda.com/cdstore/sakuraedwards.htm . 2014-04-18 . dead .
15. Web site: 6.3. JaZt TAPES | JIMMY LYONS a SESSIONOGRAPHY.
16. Web site: Cellular Chaos - Demo Live 5.12.11, by Cellular Chaos.
17. Web site: Cellular Chaos EP, by Cellular Chaos.
18. Web site: Cellular Chaos. Amazon. 2013.