Mark Helias

Bass
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01/20/2024
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Uri Caine, Mark Helias & Ben Perowsky
01/19/2024
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Uri Caine, Mark Helias & Ben Perowsky
06/17/2023
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Sam Newsome Quartet
06/16/2023
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Sam Newsome Quartet
05/27/2023
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Uri Caine, Mark Helias & Ben Perowsky
05/26/2023
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Uri Caine, Mark Helias & Ben Perowsky
02/12/2022
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Uri Caine, Mark Helias & Ben Perowsky
07/03/2021
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Uri Caine, Mark Helias & Ben Perowsky
02/15/2020
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Uri Caine Trio
02/14/2020
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Uri Caine Trio
08/14/2019
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Uri Caine, Mark Helias & Ben Perowsky
05/23/2019
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Uri Caine, Mark Helias & Clarence Penn
08/15/2018
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Uri Caine, Mark Helias & Clarence Penn
04/18/2018
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Uri Caine & Mark Helias
04/18/2018
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Uri Caine & Mark Helias
10/05/2017
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Uri Caine & Mark Helias
04/25/2017
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Uri Caine & Mark Helias
02/25/2017
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The Sam Newsome Quartet
02/24/2017
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The Sam Newsome Quartet
09/24/2016
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The Sam Newsome Quartet
09/23/2016
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The Sam Newsome Quartet
08/29/2016
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The Uri Caine Trio
01/07/2016
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Uri Caine & Mark Helias
01/06/2016
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Uri Caine & Mark Helias
09/17/2015
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Uri Caine & Mark Helias
07/12/2015
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The Rob Burke Sextet
07/25/2014
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The Scott Neumann Trio
07/21/2014
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The Uri Caine Trio
03/03/2014
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The Uri Caine Trio
10/05/2013
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The Scott Neumann Trio
01/10/2011
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Juan Pablo Arredondo Trio
07/19/2010
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The Scott Neumann Band - "Trio Sante"
05/13/2010
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The Orrin Evans Quartet
Upcoming Shows
Bassist/composer Mark Helias is seen regularly at venues in New York City ranging from The 55 Bar to Carnegie Hall. After his studies with Homer Mensch at Rutgers University and Yale School of Music, he embarked on an international performance career with the Anthony Braxton quartet in 1977. Since then he has enjoyed long musical associations with Edward Blackwell, Anthony Davis, Dewey Redman, Ray Anderson, Don Cherry and Gerry Hemingway. Eleven albums of his music have been released since 1984, including Split Image, The Current Set (1987), Desert Blue (1989), Attack The Future (1992), Loopin' the Cool (1995), Fictionary (1998), Come Ahead Back (1998) New School (2001). Verbs of Will (2004), Atomic Clock (2006) and Strange Unison (2009).A prolific composer, Helias has composed music for two feature films as well as chamber pieces and works for large ensemble and big band. He has been producing recordings for other artists on the Gramavision, Enja, New World, Sound Aspects, and Avant/DIW labels.His trio, Open Loose with Tony Malaby and Tom Rainey, has become an archetypal improvising ensemble on the New York scene. He continues performing and recording with BassDrumBone, a three decade long collaboration with Gerry Hemingway and Ray Anderson. Mr. Helias performs solo bass concerts and can also be heard in the innovative bass duo, "The Marks Brothers" , with fellow bassist Mark Dresser. He teaches at Sarah Lawrence College, The New School and SIM (School for Improvised Music) and is committed to broadening the scope of musical education.