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Mark Guiliana

Gretsch Artist Since: 
2011
Country: 
US
Band or Affiliations: 
Beat Music, Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet
Current Kit Setup: 

Gretsch Brooklyn - 18” kick, 12” rack, 14” floor, 14x5.5 snare

Influences: 

Tony Williams, Elvin Jones, Art Blakey, Roy Haynes

We asked...Why Gretsch?: 

"Gretsch drums give me the confidence to be myself in all of the music I make."

Advice to Aspiring Musicians: 

"Don’t be afraid to be yourself. No one can be a better version of YOU."

 

BIOGRAPHY

 

Mark Guiliana is an acclaimed drummer, composer, educator, and founder of Beat Music Productions. He has earned international acclaim for his innovative and creative style, recognized by the New York Times as “a drummer around whom a cult of admiration has formed.”

Over the past decade, he has toured extensively around the world, performing in 45 countries across 6 continents. In 2014, Guiliana created Beat Music Productions, his independent record label, as an outlet for his diverse musical vision. In that same year, he was featured on the Grammy-nominated album Mehliana: Taming the Dragon, his duo project with jazz icon Brad Mehldau on keyboards and synthesizers, as well as David Bowie’s latest single, “Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)”.

“For many observers, he’s the guy to watch if you want to know where the great art of drumming is right now— and where it could be headed.” - Modern Drummer

RECORDINGS

Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet “Family First”
Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet “Family First (The Alternate Takes)”
Mark Guiliana “My Life Starts Now”
Mark Guiliana “Beat Music: The Los Angeles Improvisations”
Mark Guiliana “Beat Music (EP)”
Mark Guiliana “A Form of Truth”
Heernt “Locked in a Basement”
Brad Mehldau & Mark Guiliana “Mehliana: Taming the Dragon”
David Bowie “Nothing Has Changed”
Gretchen Parlato “Live in NYC”
Avishai Cohen “Gently Disturbed”

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