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Marc Anderson | |
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| Born | (1955-12-10)December 10, 1955 (age 69) |
| Occupation(s) | percussionist, composer, poet, Zen Buddhist priest |
| Instrument | Percussion |
Marc Dennis Anderson[1][2] (born December 10, 1955) is an American born percussionist, composer, poet andZen Buddhist priest. Best known for records and live performances with guitarist and composerSteve Tibbetts, he has recorded and performed with dozens of notable artists. His interests and studies in non-western instruments and musical traditions are a signature of his sound and technical style.
Anderson was born inAustin, Minnesota, the son of Truman Anderson and Mary Lou Regner. He is the oldest of 5 children. He attended Austin Central High School and holds a degree in Cultural Anthropology from theUniversity of Minnesota.
In 1977 Anderson met and began working with Steve Tibbetts who had just started working his second record.[3] That record, titledYR, led to their first recording with the prestigious German record companyECM and legendary producerManfred Eicher. In the fall of 1982 the two flew to Oslo, Norway and recordedNorthern Song, the first of many recordings the pair would make over the next several decades. Through the 1980s and 1990s Anderson became a stalwart in theTwin Cities music community as a sideman and bandleader performing and recording in a wide range of musical and artistic environments including; free improvisation, traditional Irish, Ghanaian, Finnish and Americana folk music, experimental, avant-garde, jazz and pop. He also produced a number of records including two recordings as leader and composer:Time Fish andRuby. He has toured extensively in the US, Europe and Asia. He was the founder of two Twin Cities musical groups: Eight head and Speaking In Tongues. His most recent musical project in called Music and Words.In the early 1980s he met Sowah Mensah, a musician and teacher from Ghana, launching a friendship and new musical direction. Anderson went on to studyGhanaian music with Mensah and with teachers in Ghana for many years.[3] He has also studied Haitian ritual drumming.[3]
Anderson began doingtranscendental meditation in 1983.[4] Anderson runs a community based project called The Urban Monk Project.[5]
One More Goodnight Kiss – 1988
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