Mark Guiliana

American drummer

Mark Guiliana

Background information
Born	(1980-09-02) September 2, 1980 (age 43) Florham Park, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres	Jazz, Rock, Indie Rock
Instrument(s)	Drums

Musical artist

Mark Guiliana (born September 2, 1980) is a Grammy-nominated American drummer, composer and leader of the band Beat Music.^[1] He has played with Avishai Cohen, Brad Mehldau, David Bowie, Meshell Ndegeocello, Gretchen Parlato, Jason Lindner, Lionel Loueke, Dhafer Youssef, Tigran Hamasyan, Matisyahu, St. Vincent, the European piano trio Phronesis and his own groups, Heernt and the Mark Giuliana Jazz Quartet.

Biography

Guiliana was born and raised in New Jersey, and attended William Paterson University, where he graduated in 2003 with a degree in Jazz Studies and Performance.^[2]

Mark Guiliana is a drummer, composer, educator, producer and founder of Beat Music Productions, through which he released My Life Starts Now and Beat Music: The Los Angeles Improvisations as a bandleader.

His conceptual approach to the instrument is also featured in Mehliana, the electric duo featuring Brad Mehldau on keyboards and synthesizers. The group's debut album, Taming the Dragon (Nonesuch), was released in early 2014.

Over the past decade, Guiliana's extensive touring has taken him across six continents with artists including Meshell Ndegeocello, Gretchen Parlato, Avishai Cohen, Matisyahu, Lionel Loueke, Now vs. Now, Dhafer Youssef, Beat Music and Heernt. He has also appeared on over 30 recordings to date, including Blackstar, David Bowie's final album.^[3]

Guiliana was described by The New York Times as “a drummer around whom a cult of admiration has formed,” while Time Out wrote, "What happens when you add hard bop drum masters Elvin Jones and Art Blakey to a 1980s Roland 808 drum machine, divide the result by J Dilla and then multiply to the power of Squarepusher? Answer: Mark Guiliana."^[4]^[5]

Guiliana endorses Istanbul Agop Cymbals ^[6]

Awards and honors

2016: DownBeat magazine: “25 for the Future”^[7]

Discography

As leader/co-leader

EP (2010) ^{[citation needed]}
Beat Music (2012) ^{[citation needed]}
A Form of Truth (2013)
BEAT MUSIC The Los Angeles Improvisations (2014)
My Life Starts Now (2014)
Family First (2015)
Jersey (2017)
Beat Music! Beat Music! Beat Music! (2019)
Music For Doing (2022)
The Sound of Listening (2022)
Mischief (2023)

As Heernt

Locked in a Basement (Razdaz Recordz, 2006)^[8] recorded in 2005

With Brad Mehldau

Mehliana: Taming the Dragon (Nonesuch, 2014)

As sideman

With David Bowie

Nothing Has Changed, "Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)" (2014)
Blackstar (2016)
No Plan (EP) (2017)

With Matt Cameron

Cavedweller (2017)

With Avishai Cohen

Lyla (2003)
At Home (Avishai Cohen album)|At Home (2004)
Continuo (2006)
As is...Live at the Blue Note (2007)
Gently Disturbed (2008)
Sha'ot Regishot (2008)

With Dave Douglas

High Risk (Greenleaf, 2015)
Dark Territory (Greenleaf, 2016)

With Aaron Dugan

Theory of Everything (2010)

With Janek Gwizdala

It Only Happens Once (2012)

With Dumpster Hunter

Frustration in Time Travel (2013)

With Jason Lindner ("Now VS Now")

Now VS Now (2009)
Earth Analog (2013)

With Lionel Loueke

Heritage (Lionel Loueke album)|Heritage (2012)

With Matisyahu

Akeda (2014)

With Donny McCaslin

Perpetual Motion (2011)
Casting for Gravity (2012)
Fast Future (2014)
Beyond Now (2016)

With Brad Mehldau

Finding Gabriel (Nonesuch, 2019)
Jacob's Ladder (Nonesuch, 2020–2021)

With Chris Morrissey

North Hero (2013)

With Gretchen Parlato

Live in NYC (2013)

With Phronesis

Alive (2010)

With Brad Shepik

Across the Way (2011)
Mob of Unruly Angels (2010)

With Young Astronauts Club

Montréal (Mark Guiliana Mixes) (2015)

With Dhafer Youssef

Abu Nawas Rhapsody (2010)

With Daniel Zamir

Song for Comfort (2012)

References

^ LOUEKE, LIONEL (2012-12-17). Original Compositions. Mel Bay Publications. ISBN 978-1-61911-354-1.
^ "Jazz Studies & Performance : Alumni". www.wpunj.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-27.
^ "Track by Track: Mark Guiliana on David Bowie's Blackstar". Modern Drummer Magazine. 2016-02-26. Retrieved 2020-01-27.
^ "Blue Note MARK GUILIANA'S BEAT MUSIC - LABEL LAUNCH / RECORD RELEASE SHOW - 2014-09-08".
^ "A Duo Face Off While Staying on the Same Page". The New York Times. 24 January 2014.
^ "Mark Guiliana – Istanbul Cymbals". Retrieved 2023-07-19.
^ Kato, Yoshi (July 2016). "25 for the Future / Mark Guiliana". DownBeat. Vol. 83, no. 7. Chicago. p. 38. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
^ "Locked in a Basement". Razdaz Recordz. Retrieved 2020-03-07.