Mark Helias

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member of:	Marilyn Crispell Trio Gerry Hemingway Quartet The Marrow (Gordon Grdina's The Marrow) (bass) Simon Nabatov Quintet Simon Nabatov Trio Uri Caine Ensemble

part of:	Attended Rutgers University (order: 33) Attended Yale University (order: 65)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/artist/336457 [info]
official homepages:	http://www.markhelias.com/ [info]
other databases:	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr91040728 [info] http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6962htd [info] https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13895109d [info] https://d-nb.info/gnd/134631730 [info] https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/mark-helias [info] https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr91040728 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000276365 [info]
VIAF ID:	59269742 [info]
Wikidata:	Q126326 [info]
Bandcamp:	https://markhelias.bandcamp.com/ [info]
Songkick:	https://www.songkick.com/artists/152198 [info]

Appearances

Date	Title	Credited as	Attributes	Artist	Length
	arranged
	Da Baron's Blues			Barry Altschul Quartet	8:17
	Irina			Barry Altschul Quartet	7:12
	Jitterburg Waltz			Barry Altschul Quartet	9:11
	Sips			Barry Altschul Quartet	6:14
	conducted
	Section 1 Opening - Dance			Anthony Davis	8:04
	Section 2 Sustained Tones			Anthony Davis	4:39
	Section 3: Variations / Pulse / Trombone Solo / Flute Interlude / Kecak (Repeated Clusters) / Return			Anthony Davis	16:18
	Wayang II (Shadowdance)			Anthony Davis	7:37
	instruments
1978-10-17 – 1978-10-19	(The) Virgin Strike (March)		bass	Dewey Redman	5:35
1978-10-17 – 1978-10-19	Alone Again (Naturally)		bass	Dewey Redman	6:19
1978-10-17 – 1978-10-19	Daystar Nightlight		bass	Dewey Redman	6:04
1978-10-17 – 1978-10-19	Need to Be		bass	Dewey Redman	10:11
1978-10-17 – 1978-10-19	One Beautiful Day		bass	Dewey Redman	5:36
1978-10-17 – 1978-10-19	Unknown Tongue		bass	Dewey Redman	9:06
1982-01	Combinations		bass	Dewey Redman Quartet	5:22
1982-01	Dewey Square		bass	Dewey Redman Quartet	8:00
1982-01	Joie de vivre		bass	Dewey Redman Quartet	8:27
1982-01	Love Is		bass	Dewey Redman Quartet	10:25
1982-01	Thren		bass	Dewey Redman Quartet	7:45
1982-01	Turn Over Baby		bass	Dewey Redman Quartet	4:28
1982-03	Electro Plasma		bass [electric bass]	Slickaphonics	3:43
1982-03	Neck Down		bass [electric bass]	Slickaphonics	3:22
1982-03	Procrastination		bass [electric bass]	Slickaphonics	6:18
1982-03	Radio Legs		bass [electric bass]	Slickaphonics	3:23
1982-03	Red Planet		bass [electric bass]	Slickaphonics	3:48
1982-03	Step On Your Watch		bass [electric bass]	Slickaphonics	4:04
1982-03	This Is It		bass [electric bass]	Slickaphonics	5:17
1982-03	Wow Bag		bass [electric bass]	Slickaphonics	6:19
1982-03	You Can Do What You Want		bass [electric bass]	Slickaphonics	4:55
1983-04-11	'Round Midnight		double bass	Enrico Rava Quintet featuring Massimo Urbani	12:03
1983-04-11	Flat Fleet		double bass	Enrico Rava Quintet featuring Massimo Urbani	38:46
1983-04-11	Lavori Casalinghi		double bass	Enrico Rava Quintet featuring Massimo Urbani	38:48
1983	Malinyea		double bass	Jim Pepper	4:18
1983	Squaw Song		double bass	Jim Pepper	5:26
1983	Water		double bass	Jim Pepper	5:44
1984-08-29	Lands End		bass	Mark Helias, Gerry Hemingway, Dewey Redman, Tim Berne, Herb Robertson	10:22
1984-08-29	Le Tango		bass	Mark Helias, Gerry Hemingway, Dewey Redman, Tim Berne, Herb Robertson	7:00
1984-08-29	Quiescence		bass	Mark Helias, Gerry Hemingway, Dewey Redman, Tim Berne, Herb Robertson	4:29
1984-08-29	Split Image		bass	Mark Helias, Gerry Hemingway, Dewey Redman, Tim Berne, Herb Robertson	3:42
1984-08-29	Yellows and Blues		bass	Mark Helias, Gerry Hemingway, Dewey Redman, Tim Berne, Herb Robertson	4:24
1984-08-29	Z - 5		bass	Mark Helias, Gerry Hemingway, Dewey Redman, Tim Berne, Herb Robertson	8:04
1987-05	Ellipsis		double bass [bass]	Mark Helias	8:33
1987-05	Greetings From L.C.		double bass [bass]	Mark Helias	6:33
1987-05	Lism		double bass [bass]	Mark Helias	5:19
1987-05	No Passport		double bass [bass]	Mark Helias	7:15
1987-05	Nuclear One		double bass [bass]	Mark Helias	6:03
1987-05	Rebound		double bass [bass]	Mark Helias	6:53
1987-05	The Current Set		double bass [bass]	Mark Helias	7:10
1990-12	Ah Soca		bass	Ray Anderson	9:23
1990-12	Cape Horn		bass	Ray Anderson	7:41
1990-12	Cheek to Cheek		bass	Ray Anderson	7:16
1990-12	Comes Love		bass	Ray Anderson	6:29
1990-12	Duke Ellington's Sound of Love		bass	Ray Anderson	8:57
1990-12	The Gathooze		bass	Ray Anderson	6:28
1990-12	The Wishbone Suite (Wish for the Earth / Wish for the Folks / Wish for the Spirits)		bass	Ray Anderson	19:05
1991-04-30 – 1991-06-23	21		bass [electric bass]	Gary Thomas	6:58
1991-04-30 – 1991-06-23	Bass Minotaur		bass [electric bass]	Gary Thomas	6:39
1991-04-30 – 1991-06-23	Blood Sugar 360°		bass [electric bass]	Gary Thomas	8:18
1991-04-30 – 1991-06-23	Chiaroscuro		bass [electric bass]	Gary Thomas	7:00
1991-04-30 – 1991-06-23	Heitere Gelassenheit		bass [electric bass]	Gary Thomas	4:54
1991-04-30 – 1991-06-23	Mutations		bass [electric bass]	Gary Thomas	7:11
1991-04-30 – 1991-06-23	Skin		bass [electric bass]	Gary Thomas	5:00
1991-04-30 – 1991-06-23	The Same But Different		bass [electric bass]	Gary Thomas	8:59
1991-04-30 – 1991-06-23	Theme For W.		bass [electric bass]	Gary Thomas	5:39
1992-02-04 – 1992-02-13	Acknowledgement (Part I From Love Supreme)		bass	Peter Herborn, Gary Thomas, Robin Eubanks, Marc Ducret, Mark Helias, Tom Rainey & WDR Big Band	8:35
1992-02-04 – 1992-02-13	Impressions		bass	Peter Herborn, Gary Thomas, Robin Eubanks, Marc Ducret, Mark Helias, Tom Rainey & WDR Big Band	11:41
1992-02-04 – 1992-02-13	Love - To Be - The Drum Thing		bass	Peter Herborn, Gary Thomas, Robin Eubanks, Marc Ducret, Mark Helias, Tom Rainey & WDR Big Band	11:01
1992-02-04 – 1992-02-13	My Favourite Things		bass	Peter Herborn, Gary Thomas, Robin Eubanks, Marc Ducret, Mark Helias, Tom Rainey & WDR Big Band	8:22
1992-02-04 – 1992-02-13	Naima		bass	Peter Herborn, Gary Thomas, Robin Eubanks, Marc Ducret, Mark Helias, Tom Rainey & WDR Big Band	5:51
1992-02-04 – 1992-02-13	Resolution (Part II From Love Supreme)		bass	Peter Herborn, Gary Thomas, Robin Eubanks, Marc Ducret, Mark Helias, Tom Rainey & WDR Big Band	12:54
1992-08-08	First Love		bass	Ed Blackwell Project, Vol. II	7:34
1992-08-08	Grandmas's Shoes		bass	Ed Blackwell Project, Vol. II	13:18
1992-08-08	Lito, Part 1, 2 & 3		bass	Ed Blackwell Project, Vol. II	27:58
1992-08-08	Nebula		bass	Ed Blackwell Project, Vol. II	10:12
1992-08-08	Pentahouve		bass	Ed Blackwell Project, Vol. II	8:49
1993-11-11	Conduction #39, E (live, 1993‐11‐11: New York, NY, USA)		bass	Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris	3:06
1993-11-12	Conduction #40, E (live, 1993‐11‐12: New York, NY, USA)		bass	Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris	8:00
1994-04-06 – 1994-06-12	Angel Eyes		bass	Joe Lovano	5:09
1994-04-06 – 1994-06-12	Crepuscule with Nellie		bass	Joe Lovano	5:43
1994-04-06 – 1994-06-12	Lament for M		bass	Joe Lovano	5:42
1994-04-06 – 1994-06-12	Peggy's Blue Skylight		bass	Joe Lovano	3:33
1994-04-06 – 1994-06-12	Prelude to a Kiss		bass	Joe Lovano	3:59
1994-04-06 – 1994-06-12	Rush Hour on 23rd Street		bass	Joe Lovano	8:51
1994-04-06 – 1994-06-12	The Love I Long For		bass	Joe Lovano	3:11
1999-02-01 – 1999-02-02	As Diagnosed...		bass	Simon Nabatov Quintet	9:01
1999-02-01 – 1999-02-02	Ball - Back Home		bass	Simon Nabatov Quintet	12:18
1999-02-01 – 1999-02-02	Big Decision		bass	Simon Nabatov Quintet	11:15
1999-02-01 – 1999-02-02	Don't Talk to Strangers		bass	Simon Nabatov Quintet	13:22
1999-02-01 – 1999-02-02	Margarita		bass	Simon Nabatov Quintet	8:42
1999-02-01 – 1999-02-02	One of Four		bass	Simon Nabatov Quintet	17:26
1999-02-01 – 1999-02-02	Some Restaurant		bass	Simon Nabatov Quintet	12:03
1999-02-01 – 1999-02-02	The Last Days		bass	Simon Nabatov Quintet	12:43
1999-02-01 – 1999-02-02	The Master		bass	Simon Nabatov Quintet	12:14
1999-02-01 – 1999-02-02	The Show		bass	Simon Nabatov Quintet	10:01
2000-02-15	Blues Bred in the Bone		bass	Ray Anderson Quartet	11:42
2000-02-15	Bonemeal		bass	Ray Anderson Quartet	10:08
2000-02-15	Choppers		bass	Ray Anderson Quartet	3:27
2000-02-15	Green Eyes, Fireflies		bass	Ray Anderson Quartet	8:36
2000-02-15	Kind of Garnerish		bass	Ray Anderson Quartet	10:26
2000-02-15	Microwave Woman		bass	Ray Anderson Quartet	7:09
2000-02-15	Snoo Tune		bass	Ray Anderson Quartet	9:09
2000-02-15	Star Crossed Lovers		bass	Ray Anderson Quartet	8:39
2002-01-10	Connecting Dots Pt. 2		bass	Ralph Alessi and Modular Theatre	3:22
2002-01-10	Good Fever		bass	Ralph Alessi and Modular Theatre	7:32
2002-01-10	Slow Freefall		bass	Ralph Alessi and Modular Theatre	8:00
2002-01-10	Tranesonic		bass	Ralph Alessi and Modular Theatre	6:36
2004-11-17	A Melody for Her		double bass [bass]	Samo Salamon Quartet	6:16
2004-11-17	Blink		double bass [bass]	Samo Salamon Quartet	5:46
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	mixed
	Arco and Alto			David Ades, Tony Malaby, Mark Helias, Gerald Cleaver	9:40
	Bark			David Ades, Tony Malaby, Mark Helias, Gerald Cleaver	5:49
	Blahh			David Ades, Tony Malaby, Mark Helias, Gerald Cleaver	7:32
	Bluish			David Ades, Tony Malaby, Mark Helias, Gerald Cleaver	5:20
	Bucket			David Ades, Tony Malaby, Mark Helias, Gerald Cleaver	4:50
	Cheek To Cheek			Ray Anderson Alligatory Band	6:16
	Drink and Blather			Ray Anderson Alligatory Band	5:29
	Going Left			David Ades, Tony Malaby, Mark Helias, Gerald Cleaver	2:44
	Offshore Wind			David Ades, Tony Malaby, Mark Helias, Gerald Cleaver	2:34
	Peck			David Ades, Tony Malaby, Mark Helias, Gerald Cleaver	4:41
	Removab			David Ades, Tony Malaby, Mark Helias, Gerald Cleaver	5:51
	Road Song			Ray Anderson Alligatory Band	7:41
	Slow Song			David Ades, Tony Malaby, Mark Helias, Gerald Cleaver	6:27
	Something			David Ades, Tony Malaby, Mark Helias, Gerald Cleaver	6:12
	Tapajack			Ray Anderson Alligatory Band	4:32
	The Four Reasons: 1. Hunting and Gathering			Ray Anderson Alligatory Band	7:33
	The Four Reasons: 2. Heads and Tales			Ray Anderson Alligatory Band	5:09
	The Four Reasons: 3. Matters of the Heart			Ray Anderson Alligatory Band	6:17
	The Four Reasons: 4. Unsung Songs			Ray Anderson Alligatory Band	6:44
	Tough Guy			Ray Anderson Alligatory Band	6:06
	produced
	Ah Soca			Ray Anderson	9:23
	Airwaves			Ray Anderson Alligatory Band	10:30
	Alligatory Pecadillo			Ray Anderson Alligatory Band	7:41
	Arco and Alto			David Ades, Tony Malaby, Mark Helias, Gerald Cleaver	9:40
	Banquet: 1st Movement			Mark Dresser	10:59
	Banquet: 2nd Movement			Mark Dresser	5:42
	Banquet: 3rd Movement			Mark Dresser	7:27
	Banquet: 4th Movement			Mark Dresser	5:41
	Bark			David Ades, Tony Malaby, Mark Helias, Gerald Cleaver	5:49
	Blahh			David Ades, Tony Malaby, Mark Helias, Gerald Cleaver	7:32
	Blow Your Own Horn			Ray Anderson Alligatory Band	9:45
	Bluish			David Ades, Tony Malaby, Mark Helias, Gerald Cleaver	5:20
	Bucket			David Ades, Tony Malaby, Mark Helias, Gerald Cleaver	4:50
	Cape Horn			Ray Anderson	7:41
	Cheek to Cheek			Ray Anderson	7:16
	Cheek To Cheek			Ray Anderson Alligatory Band	6:16
	Comes Love			Ray Anderson	6:29
	Damaged But Good			Ray Anderson Alligatory Band	5:31
	Diddleybop			Ray Anderson Alligatory Band	8:42
	Disguise the Limit			Ray Anderson Alligatory Band	6:51
	Don't Mow Your Lawn			Ray Anderson Alligatory Band	5:39
	Drink and Blather			Ray Anderson Alligatory Band	5:29
	Duke Ellington's Sound of Love			Ray Anderson	8:57
	Going Left			David Ades, Tony Malaby, Mark Helias, Gerald Cleaver	2:44
	Lands End			Mark Helias, Gerry Hemingway, Dewey Redman, Tim Berne, Herb Robertson	10:22
	Le Tango			Mark Helias, Gerry Hemingway, Dewey Redman, Tim Berne, Herb Robertson	7:00
	Offshore Wind			David Ades, Tony Malaby, Mark Helias, Gerald Cleaver	2:34
	Peck			David Ades, Tony Malaby, Mark Helias, Gerald Cleaver	4:41
	Quiescence			Mark Helias, Gerry Hemingway, Dewey Redman, Tim Berne, Herb Robertson	4:29
	Removab			David Ades, Tony Malaby, Mark Helias, Gerald Cleaver	5:51
	Road Song			Ray Anderson Alligatory Band	7:41
	Slow Song			David Ades, Tony Malaby, Mark Helias, Gerald Cleaver	6:27
	Something			David Ades, Tony Malaby, Mark Helias, Gerald Cleaver	6:12
	Split Image			Mark Helias, Gerry Hemingway, Dewey Redman, Tim Berne, Herb Robertson	3:42
	Tapajack			Ray Anderson Alligatory Band	4:32
	The Four Reasons: 1. Hunting and Gathering			Ray Anderson Alligatory Band	7:33
	The Four Reasons: 2. Heads and Tales			Ray Anderson Alligatory Band	5:09
	The Four Reasons: 3. Matters of the Heart			Ray Anderson Alligatory Band	6:17
	The Four Reasons: 4. Unsung Songs			Ray Anderson Alligatory Band	6:44
	The Gathooze			Ray Anderson	6:28
	The Wishbone Suite (Wish for the Earth / Wish for the Folks / Wish for the Spirits)			Ray Anderson	19:05
	Tough Guy			Ray Anderson Alligatory Band	6:06
	What'cha Gonna Do With That			Ray Anderson Alligatory Band	5:28
	Yellows and Blues			Mark Helias, Gerry Hemingway, Dewey Redman, Tim Berne, Herb Robertson	4:24
	Z - 5			Mark Helias, Gerry Hemingway, Dewey Redman, Tim Berne, Herb Robertson	8:04
	recording engineer for
2023-11-25	Common Ground			Mark Helias	3:24
2023-11-25	Curtis Counce			Mark Helias	2:42
2023-11-25	Harpies			Mark Helias	2:18
2023-11-25	Hominy			Mark Helias	6:01
2023-11-25	Leggo			Mark Helias	3:46
2023-11-25	Napkin Rings and Doilies			Mark Helias	3:16
2023-11-25	Ramifications			Mark Helias	3:39
2023-11-25	Rumble Seat			Mark Helias	5:00
2023-11-25	Shadow Puppets			Mark Helias	2:30
2023-11-25	The Minor Half			Mark Helias	4:04
2023-11-25	Two Step			Mark Helias	6:24
2023-11-25	Waterslide			Mark Helias	2:50
	design
	Pillars & Columns			Dewey Redman and Mark Helias
	instruments
1973-07-21	Blue Shoe		double bass [bass]	Charlie Shoemake
1981-10-21 – 1981-10-22	Six Compositions: Quartet		double bass	Anthony Braxton
	Brahma		bass	Barry Altschul Trio
	Brahma		cello	Barry Altschul Trio
	Cooked to Perfection		double bass	BassDrumBone
	Ejdeha		bass	The Marrow
	liner notes
	Tamarindo			Tony Malaby / William Parker / Nasheet Waits
	performed
	You Be			Ray Anderson
	photography
	Pillars & Columns			Dewey Redman and Mark Helias
	arranged
	Lands End
	Le Tango
	Quiescence
	Split Image
	Yellows and Blues
	Z - 5
	composed
2023-11-25	Common Ground
2023-11-25	Curtis Counce
2023-11-25	Harpies
2023-11-25	Hominy
2023-11-25	Leggo
2023-11-25	Napkin Rings and Doilies
2023-11-25	Ramifications
2023-11-25	Rumble Seat
2023-11-25	Shadow Puppets
2023-11-25	The Minor Half
2023-11-25	Two Step
2023-11-25	Waterslide
	21
	Albert	Helias
	Bass Minotaur
	Chico
	Courtepointe
	Gentle Ben
	Harmonic Line
	How To
	Lands End
	Le Tango
	Limbo
	Limbo
	Pentahouve
	Pitchfield Blues
	Quiescence
	Short
	Skin
	Split Image
	The Comb Over
	Yellows and Blues
	Z - 5
	wrote
	Pantomime
	Telephonically Yours
	Whisper With Your Body

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