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mark shilansky

NEW CD "Join the Club" Available @ CDbaby!

About Me

Pianist/Singer/Songwriter/Producer/Arranger CD's as leader: First Look (1997); Different Songs (2000); Other Voices (2003), Join the Club (2007) Other notable recordings as Producer/Pianist/Collaborator:
  • Patrice Williamson - "Free to Dream"
  • Robin McKelle - "Never Let Me Go"
  • Chris Humphrey - "Nothin' but Blue Skies"
  • Kate Schutt - "No Love Lost"
  • Syncopation - "A New Dance", "Of Blue", and "Wonderful You"
  • Lauren Wool - "Here With Me"
  • Michelle Mailhot - "This Happy Madness"
  • Sara Leib - "It's Not the Moon"
  • Jeremy Ragsdale - "Jeremy"
  • Kaye Kelly - "Coming Undone" Scarlet Keys - "Java Jam" (upcoming 2008)
  • David Thorne Scott - "Shade" and "Dyad"
  • Celia Slattery - "Movin' On" and Upcoming 2008 release
  • Christina Watson - "All About Love"
  • Annie Sharkey - "My Heart On My Sleeve"
    • many others (visit website and http://www.cdbaby.com)Performances with Luciana Souza, New York Voices, Kenny Wheeler, Clark Terry, James Moody, Rufus Reid, Rebecca Parris, Paquito D'Rivera
  • Assistant Professor @ Berklee College of Music (1997-present)
  • Lecturer in Jazz @ University of NH (2002 - present)

    • My Interests

    Music:

    Member Since: 4/5/2005
    Band Website: markshilansky.com
    Band Members: IT VARIES!

  • ALWAYS: Mark Shilansky - keys, vocals
  • ALMOST ALWAYS: Eric Byers - guitar
  • RECENT BASSISTS HAVE INCLUDED - Fernando Huergo, Keala Kaumeheiwa, Greg Holt, Evan Gregor
  • RECENT DRUMMERS HAVE INCLUDED - Bertram Lehmann, Dave Jamrog, Jordan Perlson, Dave Brophy, Luther Gray, my bro. Neil Shilansky (also a great vibist), Les Harris, Jr
  • SAXOPHONISTS HAVE BEEN, but NOT LIMITED TO - Daryl Lowery, Rick DiMuzio, Andrew Rathbun, Donny McCaslin, Jim Pisano, Jared Sims
  • TRUMPETERS - Taylor Haskins, but also sometimes Doug Olsen... I don' t much care for trumpet... others include Trent Austin, my mentor Dave Ballou, the capricious Phil Grenadier
  • TROMBONISTS - I don't much care for them either, but notable holders-down of the chair include Jay Ashby (on my upcoming CD), Matt Tap, Scott Grant OTHER VOCALISTS: when I can, I get the amazing Luciana Souza or Kim Nazarian to sing with me, also male people like Adrian Sicam, and the males and females of the group Syncopation

    • Influences: Jazzy? Vince Mendoza, Wayne Shorter, Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Miles, most things Brazilian, Kenny Wheeler, Kenny Werner, Kenny Barron, Fred Hersch, Pat Metheny

    Poppy? Elvis Costello, Steely Dan, Sting & the Police, The Beatles, THE BEE GEES, Joni, Billy Joel, Rufus Wainwright, Ron Sexsmith, Shawn Colvin, David Mead, Stevie

    Producers? Mitch Froom, Daniel Lanois, Jon Brion, George Martin, Joe Henry


    Sounds Like: JAZZY? A sensitive, clever jazz pianist with a healthy dose of humor and occasional flash, who really, really enjoys playing with the singers...
    POPPY? Steely Dan and Billy Joel having a jam session at Elvis Costello's house; many chords where maybe one or two would do; songs wherin I'm angry at or disappointed in people, but am too amused at my own wit to be very bummed out about it...

    Record Label: shilansongs
    Type of Label: None

    My Blog

    Hangin´in Reykjavik

    I think the last time I blogged significantly was during a time of travel, last summer.  This time I´m in Reykjavik, Iceland.  I got the brilliant idea to do an 8 hour layover on a trip to S...
    Posted by mark shilansky on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:51:00 PST

    New tunes available for download

    Download tunes from my new cd "Join the Club!" HERE!http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewA lbum?playListId=255443856or order it at:http://cdbaby.com/cd/shilansky3Enjoy!-m...
    Posted by mark shilansky on Tue, 29 May 2007 02:47:00 PST

    Reconsidering, and what have we become?!

    First let me say that Lily Allen is better than I first mentioned.It's like Nellie McKay meets some kind of techno reggae No Doubt kinda thing, with an English accent, like a more intelligent Pink or ...
    Posted by mark shilansky on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 09:15:00 PST

    Mark Shilansky explains it all for you

    Raines, featuring Jeff Goldblum, is a very great show... especially the last 5 minutes. Screw you, Entertainment Weekly. Smart, moving... (and did any of you see "the Tall Guy?" one of the funniest ...
    Posted by mark shilansky on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 08:06:00 PST

    oscars

    OK, I did dis my friend Jude for going off on the Dixie Chicks for (in my opinion) their much deserved Grammy wins. The point that he made (actually that this Evangelical Music Critic made... I guess...
    Posted by mark shilansky on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:09:00 PST

    soup and crackers

    My last gig email, promoting my brother's gigs at the Amazing Things Arts Center and the Concord Community Music School contained the following sentence:"I can't believe the race between Jim Webb and ...
    Posted by mark shilansky on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 04:34:00 PST

    Elvis Costello

    Last Saturday, Syncopation played at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival. It really went well. We were in this food tent dealy, playing before the evening Wynton Marsalis/Dr. John concert (I did not go to ...
    Posted by mark shilansky on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 11:15:00 PST

    profound pronouncement

    OK... get ready for this.Episode 12, the season finale of Deadwood, 1st season, is quite possibly (quite frankly, as my dear sister-in-law Mindy would say) the best episode of drama television in the ...
    Posted by mark shilansky on Sun, 06 Aug 2006 12:26:00 PST

    lady in the water is...

    not bad...M. Night movies always have a lot of great ideas, content, camera angles...Paul Giamatti can't do a bad performance; all kinds of great work from him in the movie, actually his humanism and ...
    Posted by mark shilansky on Sat, 29 Jul 2006 09:41:00 PST

    gratutious mockery

    The MSE (Mark Shilansky Entertainment) office is closed today (if you'd like to hire a clown or magician, go elsewhere!). Although I didn't post it on my "gig schedule," just like I don't post my fun...
    Posted by mark shilansky on Fri, 28 Jul 2006 08:11:00 PST