Mark Stanley Mark Stanley is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer based in Maryland, USA. A

multi-instrumentalist A multi-instrumentalist is a musician who plays two or more musical instruments, often but not exclusively at a professional level of proficiency. Also known as woodwind doubler, doubling, the practice allows greater ensemble flexibility and mor ...

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...

and producer, his primary instrument is guitar, on which he touches a wide range of styles. Stanley’s first recording was "Disconcerto" by Chainsaw Jazz (1993). He has performed live with 9353, Chainsaw Jazz, Clutch,

Kristeen Young Kristeen Young is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, Young began playing piano as a child. She has released eleven studio albums. Young has also sung with several artists including David Bowie, Morrisse ...

Spookey Ruben Spookey Ruben (born Alan F. Deil) is a Canadian musician, producer, songwriter, composer, and filmmaker. Best known for his song and music video "These Days Are Old", Spookey's songwriting and eccentric production techniques often contrast high a ...

, and

Troy Van Leeuwen Troy Van Leeuwen (born January 5, 1970) is an American musician and record producer. He is best known as a guitarist and multi-instrumentalist in the rock band Queens of the Stone Age, with whom he has recorded five studio albums. Joining the ...

(Queens of the Stone Age, Perfect Circle, Failure). Stanley was a founding member of the band

Handsome (band) Handsome was an American rock supergroup formed in 1995. The group's lineup was singer Jeremy Chatelain, guitarists Peter Mengede (formerly of Helmet), Tom Capone (formerly of Quicksand), bassist Eddie Nappi, and drummer Pete Hines (formerly ...

with

Peter Mengede Peter Mengede (born 1962) is an Australian musician best known as a former guitarist for alternative metal band Helmet. He formed his own group, Handsome, in 1995 with former members of Quicksand, Cro-Mags and Murphy's Law. They released one a ...

(Helmet). He is the songwriter, vocalist and guitarist for the band Spy Machines (Jean Paul Gaster, Mike Dillon, and Hank Upton) and co-fronts the band Farquhar with Mark Smoot. He has recorded under the pseudonyms Johnny Foodstamps, Pig Manikin, and Levitating Pam.

Education

Stanley studied at

Berklee College of Music Berklee College of Music () is a Private university, private music college in Boston, Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known for the study of jazz and modern Music of the United ...

before graduating from

NYU New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a non-denominational all-male institutio ...

with a degree in Jazz Studies. His private teachers include

Wayne Krantz Wayne Krantz is an American guitarist and composer. He has performed and recorded with Steely Dan, Michael Brecker, Donald Fagen, Billy Cobham, Chris Potter, David Binney, and Carla Bley. Since the early 1990s, Krantz has focused primarily on hi ...

Hal Galper Harold Galper (born April 18, 1938) is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader, educator, and writer. Biography He was born in Salem, Massachusetts, United States. Galper studied classical piano as a boy, but switched to jazz wh ...

, Bruce Arnold,

Charlie Banacos Charlie Banacos (August 11, 1946 – December 8, 2009) was an American pianist, composer, author and educator, concentrating on jazz. Banacos created over 100 courses of study for improvisation and composition. His concepts of teaching and his cou ...

and

Paul Bollenback Paul Norris Bollenback (born June 6, 1959) is a jazz guitarist who has appeared on ''Entertainment Tonight'', ''The Tonight Show'', ''The Today Show'', ''Joan Rivers'', and ''Good Morning America''. He has performed with Scott Ambush, Charlie ...

Family

Mark Stanley is the 1st cousin once removed of

Owsley Stanley Augustus Owsley Stanley III (January 19, 1935 – March 12, 2011) was an American-Australian audio engineer and clandestine chemist. He was a key figure in the San Francisco Bay Area hippie movement during the 1960s and played a pivotal role ...

, the great grandson of

Augustus Owsley Stanley Augustus Owsley Stanley I (May 21, 1867 – August 12, 1958) was an American politician from Kentucky. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 38th governor of Kentucky and also represented the state in both the U.S. House of Repre ...

, great great-grandson of Pierce Crosby, and

Otto Hilgard Tittmann Otto Hilgard Tittmann (August 20, 1850 – August 21, 1938) was an American geodesist, geographer, and astronomer of German descent. Biography Tittmann was born in 1850, in Belleville, Illinois to revolutionary parents fleeing the aftermath of t ...

and is the great great-grandnephew of

William Owsley William Owsley (March 24, 1782 – December 9, 1862) was an associate justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals and the List of Governors of Kentucky, 16th Governor of Kentucky. He also served in bicameral legislature, both houses of the Kentucky ...

Discography

Stanley has released forty recordings as a bandleader: *"Pig Street" (1994) *"Look, Honey" (1996) *"Weird Horizon" (1998) *"Living Machine" (2000) *"Insect Warriors" (2002) featuring

Dennis Chambers Dennis Milton Chambers (born May 9, 1959) is an American jazz fusion and funk drummer. He was inducted into the ''Modern Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 2001. Early life Chambers was born on May 9, 1959, in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. He began drumming ...

Mark Egan Mark Egan (born January 14, 1951, in Brockton, Massachusetts) is an American jazz bassist and trumpeter known for his membership in the Pat Metheny Group and the Gil Evans Orchestra. He is co-founder of the jazz fusion band, Elements. Biogra ...

and

Sean Rickman Sean Rickman is an American musician from Washington, D.C. He has worked with Shawn Lane, Garaj Mahal, Dapp Theory, Steve Coleman, Maxwell, Meshell Ndegeocello, Blacksheep, Phil Upchurch, David Fiucynski and Screaming Headless Torsos, Kai Ec ...

*"Blueberry Submarines" (2002) *"Humans" (2004) *"9 Volt" (2004) * "Gift Ideas For The Universe" (2005) *"Taste The Magic" (2006) *"Oceanic Fields" (2013) Pig Manikin * "Dark Brain" (2014) featuring

Oz Noy Oz Noy (; born 1972) is an Israeli-American guitarist and composer whose work blends jazz-rock fusion, blues, and funk. Based in New York City since the 1990s, he has released more than ten albums as a bandleader on labels including Magna Carta, ...

Jean-Paul Gaster Jean-Paul Gaster (born June 19, 1971) is an American musician who is the drummer for the rock band Clutch. Style and influences Gaster learned to play drums by playing along to 1960s and 1970s heavy rock bands like Jimi Hendrix, Cream, ZZ To ...

(Clutch), Peter Fraize and

Scott Ambush Scott Antel Ambush is an American musician, best known as the bass player of jazz fusion band Spyro Gyra. Biography He was born April 28, 1970, in Frederick, Maryland, to Webster and Jeanette Lofton Ambush. He attended Urbana Elementary School in ...

(Spyro Gyra) *"NYANDERTHAL" (2016) *"Double Dreaming" (2018) Mark Stanley with Carla Diratz *"WHAT?" (2020) *"Speed Limits of Iceland" (2021) *"This Idiot's Dream" (2021) *"Trash Lawyer" (2021) *"Senior Recital NYU - 1994" (2024) *"Live at the Izzy Bar" (2024) with Spirit Gang *"Live at the Tattoo" (2024) with Spirit Gang *"Live at Blues Alley" (2024) with

, Peter Fraize and

(Spyro Gyra) *"Hey Pazuzu" (2024) *"Slow Poker" (2024) EP *"Scare Margo" (2024) *"Grope" (2024) EP *"Land of the Snake Women" (2024) EP *"Illuminati Six String" (2024) *"The Red Viper Collection" (2024) Compilation *"Zombies at the Mall" (2024) Compilation *"Vast Reality Volume 1" (2024) Compilation *"Vast Reality Volume 2" (2024) Compilation *"Balloon Theory" (2024) Compilation *"The Cosmic Dawn" (2024) Pig Manikin *"Dogma Preacher" (2025) *"Vast Reality Volume 3" (2025) *"Black Stanley" (2025) *"Drifting Trees" (2025) *"Sir Jazzius Dorkus" (2025) *"Attitude Suppressant" (2025)

Farquhar

His band Farquhar has made three records distributed by

Cuneiform Records Cuneiform Records is a record label in Silver Spring, Maryland. Founded in 1984, the label releases a mixture of musical styles, all with a Rock in Opposition aesthetic, including progressive jazz, jazz fusion, the Canterbury scene, and electron ...

*"Farquhar" (1999) *"Meadow Full Of Serpents" (2005) *"Dreamshit" (2012)

Love and Rockets

*"Lift" (1998)

Lift (Love and Rockets album) ''Lift'' is the seventh and final studio album by English alternative rock band Love and Rockets, released in 1998 on Red Ant Records. Background ''Lift'' overlooked the harder rock of ''Sweet F.A.'' in favor of '' Hot Trip to Heavens ...

Spookey Ruben

*"Bed and Breakfast" (2001) Bed and Breakfast (album)

Clutch

*"Pitchfork" (1991)

Pitchfork (album) ''Pitchfork'' is the debut EP by American rock band Clutch, released on vinyl 7" & 12" in October 1991 only in the US. Recording and release There was the standard black vinyl pressing of the album, in 7" & 12". It also had a gold and a clear ...

Spy Machines

*"Spy Machines" (2020)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stanley, Mark Psychedelic musicians Progressive rock musicians Jazz-rock guitarists American jazz guitarists 1968 births Experimental composers Cuneiform Records artists Living people 20th-century American guitarists