• Source: Marc Anderson

      • Marc Dennis Anderson (born December 10, 1955) is an American born percussionist, composer, poet and Zen Buddhist priest. Best known for records and live performances with guitarist and composer Steve Tibbetts, he has recorded and performed with dozens of notable artists. His interests and studies in non-western instruments and musical traditions are a signature of his sound and technical style.


      Early life and education


      Anderson was born in Austin, Minnesota, the son of Truman Anderson and Mary Lou Regner. He is the oldest of 5 children. He attended Austin Central High School and holds a degree in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Minnesota.


      Career


      In 1977 Anderson met and began working with Steve Tibbetts who had just started working his second record. That record, titled YR, led to their first recording with the prestigious German record company ECM and legendary producer Manfred Eicher. In the fall of 1982 the two flew to Oslo, Norway and recorded Northern Song, the first of many recordings the pair would make over the next several decades.
      Through the 1980s and 1990s Anderson became a stalwart in the Twin Cities music community as a sideman and bandleader performing and recording in a wide range of musical and artistic environments including; free improvisation, traditional Irish, Ghanaian, Finnish and Americana folk music, experimental, avant-garde, jazz and pop. He also produced a number of records including two recordings as leader and composer: Time Fish and Ruby. He has toured extensively in the US, Europe and Asia. He was the founder of two Twin Cities musical groups: Eight head and Speaking In Tongues. His most recent musical project in called Music and Words.
      In the early 1980s he met Sowah Mensah, a musician and teacher from Ghana, launching a friendship and new musical direction. Anderson went on to study Ghanaian music with Mensah and with teachers in Ghana for many years. He has also studied Haitian ritual drumming.


      Zen priest


      Anderson began doing transcendental meditation in 1983. Anderson runs a community based project called The Urban Monk Project.


      Select discography




      = As leader/composer/producer

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      Time Fish - 1993
      Ruby -2002
      Festival Africa - 2001
      World Music - 2002


      = With Steve Tibbetts

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      Yr – 1980
      Northern Song – 1981
      Safe Journey – 1984
      Exploded View - 1986
      Big Map Idea – 1988
      The Fall Of Us All – 1994
      Cho (with Choying Drolma) – 1997
      A (with Knute Hamre) - 1998
      A Man About A Horse – 2002
      Selwa (with Choying Drolma) – 2004
      Natural Causes – 2010
      Life Of - 2018


      = As a sideman with

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      David Sylvian and Robert Fripp


      The First Day -1993


      Peter Ostroushko


      Heart of the Heartland – 1995
      Pilgrims On The Heart Road - 1997
      Coming Down From Red Lodge – 2003 Sacred Heart - 2000
      Minnesota A History Of The Land – 2005
      Heartland Holiday - 2005
      Postcards - 2006


      Greg Brown


      One More Goodnight Kiss – 1988


      Peter Mayer


      Million Year Mind (artist and producer) - 1999
      Bountiful (artist and producer) – 2000
      Elements (artist and producer) -2001
      Earth Town Square (artist and producer) -2003
      Midwinter – 2005
      Novelties - 2007


      Claudia Schmidt


      It Looks Fine From here – 1994


      Ruth Mackenzie


      Kalevala: Dream Of The Salmon Maiden - 1998


      References




      External links


      Marc Anderson official website

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