Mosaic

Mark Egan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 1, 1988)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Wavetone Records
• ASIN: B0000020QR
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #290,803 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Trance Dance

2. Remembering

3. Mosiac

4. Ocean Views

5. Hills

6. Floating Gardens

7. Third World Wave

8. Valley Hymn

9. Duo Peace [*]

10. Wave On [*]

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How come more people don't know about this guy?, January 21, 2002

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R. L. MILLER (FT LAUDERDALE FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mosaic (Audio CD)

Mark Egan has worked with Pat Metheny, Special EFX and he's guested on three Sting albums as well. But his "primary platform" has been with Danny Gottlieb in Elements. When people think of rock bass, they think Tony Levin, Chris Squire, Walter Becker and Sting. When they think of jazz bass, it's Marcus Miller, Mingus, Stan Clarke, Jaco Pastorius. When Egan works on his own, except for percussion, all parts are played on bass, much like Chris Squire did on Yes' "The Fish", a very tasty coda to "Long Distance Runaround" on "Fragile". The harmonic ring serves to give an electric piano feel to some parts, and the use of an 8-string bass (much like the 12-string guitar--you get an octave effect) gives a brighter tone in the lead parts. As in the song "Ocean Views", a liesurely piece that at times sounds like the more pastoral side of Carlos Santana. Much of the material on this album borders on the niche of new age captained by Shadowfax. Maybe it's because, as is the case with Chris Squire, Egan's playing completely disregards funk in favor of the melodic, bass parts that are almost choral in nature. Whatever the case, this 1980s classic is miraculously still available to a new generation, who have the chance to avoid the error most of mine made in ignoring Mark Egan.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Greatest Bassists, September 14, 2006

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S. C. Sochet "Samerator" (Syosset, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mosaic (Audio CD)

Mark is a true master. All his albums are worth having. This one is no different. It is a Mosaic of incredible sounds and vistas. They are all great places to visit.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best of his solo albums., March 31, 2005

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Saltydavid (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mosaic (Audio CD)

I have all four of his solo albums but this is the one I purchased first and so is my favorite. The sound that Mark creates is so haunting at times and yet at other times can be so funk.