Mark Holub is an American

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and composer who was born in New Jersey, lived for many years in London, UK and is now based in Vienna, Austria. He is most well known as the bandleader for

Led Bib Led Bib is a modern jazz group from London, England. Its fourth album, ''Sensible Shoes'', was shortlisted for the 2009 Mercury Prize. History Mark Holub, the band's drummer and leader, formed the group in 2003 while studying at Middlesex Un ...

, award-winning and

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nominated jazz/rock quintet. He also plays regularly with other bands including Blueblut, a trio with

Pamelia Kurstin Pamelia Stickney (formerly known as Pamelia Kurstin) is an American theremin player. She has performed and recorded with many artists including David Byrne, Marisa Monte, Yoko Ono, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, David Garland, Seb Rochford, O ...

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and Chris Janka - guitar,who were recently on the Preis der Deutschen Schallplatten Kritik Bestenliste 'The Quartet' with Wang Chung front man

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, and he plays free improv with various collections of players including a long-standing duo with sax player Colin Webster., a trio with Viola Falb and Bernd Satzinger and a duo with violinist Irene Kepl He has released a number of records with Led Bib on

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 ...

, including ''

Sensible Shoes ''Sensible Shoes'' is the fourth album by Led Bib. Released on 4 May 2009, it was shortlisted for the 2009 Mercury Prize The Mercury Prize, formerly called the Mercury Music Prize, is an annual Music award, music prize awarded for the be ...

, Bring Your Own, '' The People in Your Neighbourhood'' and ''The Good Egg''.,. Led Bib also released a number of recordings on RareNoiseRecords,

Babel Label Babel Label is a jazz record label founded in 1994 by Oliver Weindling that specialises in British jazz, particularly the London scene. It released more than 130 recordings in its first 20 years, two of which were nominated for the Mercury Pri ...

and Slam Productions. In June 2015, Holub collaborated with modular synthesist James Holden and guitarist

Marcus Hamblett Marcus Hamblett is an English musician and record producer. Music from his solo album, ''Concrete'', has been played on BBC Radio 3's Late Junction shows by Mara Carlyle, Nick Luscombe and Max Reinhardt and on BBC 6 Music by Tom Robinson. The ...

. The project was recorded at

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for

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. More recent work sees Holub leading a new ensemble, called Anthropods, featuring Susanna Gartmayer - bass clarinet, Irene Kepl - violin, Clemens Sainitzer - cello and Jakob Gnigler - tenor sax. who released their debut album on Discus Music

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Holub, Mark Living people American jazz musicians American jazz composers American expatriates in Austria 1981 births American male jazz composers