Mosaic

Mosaic Artist: Mark Egan
Label: Wavetone Records
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 755603863223
EAN: 0755603863223
ASIN: B0000020QR


Release Date: 1988-08-01

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Tracks:

  1. Trance Dance
  2. Remembering
  3. Mosaic
  4. Ocean Views
  5. Hills
  6. Floating Gardens
  7. Third World Wave
  8. Valley Hymn
  9. Duo Peace
  10. Wave On

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars One of the Greatest Bassists .......2006-09-15

Mark is a true master. All his albums are worth having. This one is no different. It is a Mosaic of incredible sounds and vistas. They are all great places to visit.

5 out of 5 stars The best of his solo albums........2005-04-01

I have all four of his solo albums but this is the one I purchased first and so is my favorite. The sound that Mark creates is so haunting at times and yet at other times can be so funk.

5 out of 5 stars How come more people don't know about this guy?.......2002-01-21

Mark Egan has worked with Pat Metheny, Special EFX and he's guested on three Sting albums as well. But his "primary platform" has been with Danny Gottlieb in Elements. When people think of rock bass, they think Tony Levin, Chris Squire, Walter Becker and Sting. When they think of jazz bass, it's Marcus Miller, Mingus, Stan Clarke, Jaco Pastorius. When Egan works on his own, except for percussion, all parts are played on bass, much like Chris Squire did on Yes' "The Fish", a very tasty coda to "Long Distance Runaround" on "Fragile". The harmonic ring serves to give an electric piano feel to some parts, and the use of an 8-string bass (much like the 12-string guitar--you get an octave effect) gives a brighter tone in the lead parts. As in the song "Ocean Views", a liesurely piece that at times sounds like the more pastoral side of Carlos Santana. Much of the material on this album borders on the niche of new age captained by Shadowfax. Maybe it's because, as is the case with Chris Squire, Egan's playing completely disregards funk in favor of the melodic, bass parts that are almost choral in nature. Whatever the case, this 1980s classic is miraculously still available to a new generation, who have the chance to avoid the error most of mine made in ignoring Mark Egan.

Music CD:

  1. Complete 1952 Blue Note Studio Sessions ~ Lou Donaldson
  2. Maria Cole ~ Maria Cole
  3. Guys and Dolls Like Vibes ~ Eddie Costa
  4. It's Time for Love ~ Kim Waters
  5. That Secret Place ~ Patti Austin
  6. Trio - Russ Freeman/Richard Twardzik ~ Russ Freeman, Richard Twardzik
  7. The Private Collection, Vol 2: Dance Concerts: California 1958 ~ Duke Ellington
  8. Solo Recital (Montreux Jazz Festival 1978) ~ Mary Lou Williams
  9. The Best of Lou Donaldson, Vol. 1: (1957-1967) ~ Lou Donaldson
  10. Metal ~ Preston Reed

Music CD

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Dreamin' of Riches ~ Pretty Boy

Culture Club 2005: Singles & Remixes ~ Culture Club

Bridge of Spies ~ T'Pau

Live at the Boston USA 1975 ~ Maggie Bell

Showbiz ~ The Downliners Sect

Love Doesn't Promise ~ Jay Garrett

Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers/Got ~ Cliff Bennett

The Statement ~ Young Sicc

Killer Quad: The Best of Newtown ~ Various Artists

Me & Joe ~ Rodney O & Joe Cooley