Mark Guiliana

Mark Guiliana

Mark Guiliana (born 1980, Florham Park, New Jersey, United States) is an American drummer, composer, and leader of the band Beat Music. He is known for his playing with Avishai Cohen, Brad Mehldau, Meshell Ndegeocello, Gretchen Parlato, Jason Lindner, Lionel Loueke, Avishai Cohen (trumpeter), Dhafer Youssef, Tigran Hamasyan, Matisyahu, European piano trio Phronesis (band) and his old band Heernt.

Biography

Mark Guiliana is an acclaimed drummer, composer, educator, producer and founder of Beat Music Productions; through which, he will release both My Life Starts Now and Beat Music: The Los Angeles Improvisations as a bandleader later this year.

His forward-thinking, conceptual approach to the instrument is also featured in Mehliana, the electric duo featuring Brad Mehldau on keyboards and synthesizers. The group’s highly anticipated 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, and his own groups, Beat Music and Heernt. He has also appeared on over 30 recordings to date.

Still in his early thirties, Guiliana, recognized by the New York Times as “a drummer around whom a cult of admiration has formed,” has earned international acclaim for his innovative and creative style.

Time Out London sums him up perfectly:
"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."

Discography

As a leader

• BEAT MUSIC The Los Angeles Improvisations (2014)
• My Life Starts Now (2014)
• EP (2010)
• Beat Music (2012)

Heernt

• Locked in a Basement (2006)

As a sideman

With Avishai Cohen

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

With Jason Lindner ("Now VS Now")

• Now VS Now (2009)
• Earth Analog (2013)

With Dhafer Youssef

• Abu Nawas Rhapsody (2010)

With Aaron Dugan

• Theory of Everything (2010)

With Phronesis

• Alive (2010)

With Michael Severson ("Mob of Unruly Angels")

• Mob of Unruly Angels (2010)

With Donny McCaslin

• Perpetual Motion (2011)
• Casting for Gravity (2012)

With Brad Shepik

• Across The Way (2011)

With Lionel Loueke

• Heritage (2012)

With Gretchen Parlato

• Live in NYC (2013)

With Brad Mehldau ("Mehliana")

• Mehliana: Taming the Dragon (2014)

External links

• Official website
• drummerworld.com
• 2013 Audio Interview with Mark Guiliana from the Podcast "I'd Hit That"