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Mark Springer (musician)

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Name
  
Mark Springer

Record label
  
Virgin Records

Role
  
Composer


Albums
  
Eye, Weekend, Capture

Genres
  
Post-punk, Jazz, Classical music

Similar
  
Rip Rig + Panic, Don Cherry, Neneh Cherry

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Mark Springer is an English pianist, composer and painter. He is perhaps best recognized as a member of Rip Rig + Panic, which he joined in 1981 in Bristol. His technique has been compared to Cecil Taylor.

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Biography

Mark Springer first began playing gigs with the experimental rock band The Pop Group, the members of which he had been schoolmates with. In 1981, Springer joined former Pop Group members, Gareth Sager and Bruce Smith, in Rip Rig + Panic. After Rip Rig + Panic disbanded in 1983, Springer began recording as a solo artist. His debut album titled Piano was released in 1984 and comprised numerous solo piano recordings.

Discography

With Rip Rig + Panic
  • God (1981)
  • I Am Cold (1982)
  • Attitude (1983)
  • As a solo artist
  • Piano (1984)
  • Swans And Turtles (with Sarah Sarhandi, 1990)
  • Menu (1991)
  • Eye (1998)
  • Capture (1999)
  • Nature/Music/Food/The Stars and The Planets (2000)
  • Metonic: Music for Solo Piano & Piano Quartet (2002)
  • Solo Situation (2004)
  • E.T.A. N.Y.C.: Jazz Standards and Original Compositions (2005)
  • Official website
  • Songs

    Piano Quartet - Pt 11
    Catsefee
    Solo Situation
    Restless Energy
    Blink Then Look
    Kyoto & Nara
    Viva X Dreams / Piano Solo
    Piano Quartet - Pt 3
    Piano Quartet Pieces Pt 12
    Piano Quartet - Pt 6
    Piano Quartet - Pt 1
    Piano Quartet - Pt 2
    Piano Quartet Pieces Pt 9
    Solo Piano 2
    Solo Piano 4
    Solo Piano 8
    Solo Piano 5
    Piano Quartet - Pt 12
    Solo Piano 7
    Solo Piano 9
    Solo Piano 3
    Solo Piano 6
    Piano Quartet Pieces Pt 11
    Piano Quartet - Pt 7
    Piano Quartet - Pt 8
    Piano Quartet - Pt 10
    Solo Piano 1
    Piano Quartet - Pt 5
    Piano Quartet - Pt 4
    Piano Quartet - Pt 9
    First View
    1619 a Dutch Vessel Docks in the USA

    References

    Mark Springer (musician) Wikipedia