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: 66)

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
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
2007-01	Bismillah		bass	Julien Wilson, Stephen Magnusson, Barney McAll, Mark Helias, Jim Black	3:54
2007-01	Collider		bass	Julien Wilson, Stephen Magnusson, Barney McAll, Mark Helias, Jim Black	4:21
2007-01	Euge		bass	Julien Wilson, Stephen Magnusson, Barney McAll, Mark Helias, Jim Black	4:24
2007-01	Everybody Happy		bass	Julien Wilson, Stephen Magnusson, Barney McAll, Mark Helias, Jim Black	4:12
2007-01	Excess of Evil		bass	Julien Wilson, Stephen Magnusson, Barney McAll, Mark Helias, Jim Black	4:08
2007-01	Langsam		bass	Julien Wilson, Stephen Magnusson, Barney McAll, Mark Helias, Jim Black	5:46
2007-01	Miss Leading Lady		bass	Julien Wilson, Stephen Magnusson, Barney McAll, Mark Helias, Jim Black	7:17
2007-01	No Not Yet		bass	Julien Wilson, Stephen Magnusson, Barney McAll, Mark Helias, Jim Black	3:37
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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
	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
	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
	21
	Albert	Helias
	Bass Minotaur
	Gentle Ben
	Harmonic Line
	Lands End
	Le Tango
	Limbo
	Limbo
	Pitchfield Blues
	Quiescence
	Skin
	Split Image
	Yellows and Blues
	Z - 5
	wrote
	Pantomime
	Telephonically Yours
	Whisper With Your Body

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