Mark Stewart

Mark Stewart is a New York City-based multi-instrumentalist, composer, singer and instrument designer.

He has been a member of the Bang on a Can All-Stars, the Fred Frith Guitar Quartet, Steve Reich and Musicians, and Arnold Dreyblatt'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, Anthony Braxton, Bob Dylan, Cecil Taylor, Meredith Monk, Philip Glass, Bruce Springsteen, Edie Brickell, Don Byron, Paul McCartney, Marc Ribot, with whom he also contributed to Simon & Garfunkel's "Old Friends" reunion concert tour. slide didgeridoo, theremin.

Stewart was raised in Appleton, Wisconsin and now 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 Upbeat (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 Zeena Parkins Mouth=Maul=Betrayer (Tzadik, 1996) - guitar, mandolin, cello Pan-Acousticon (Tzadik, 1999) - guitar, cello, daxophone

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

With Evan Ziporyn 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