mark ramsden
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| Gender | Male |
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| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Writer/Musician |
| Location | Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom |
| Links | Audio Clip |
| Introduction | Ramsden is a prodigiously gifted saxophonist –good chops, beautiful sound, plenty of power and even more imagination. Richard Palmer Jazz Journal From the Rough Guide to Jazz A consummate saxophonist and a talented composer, Ramsden spent one year at Leeds College of Music, after which he joined singer/songwriter Tom Robinson, touring and recording with him, and having some success with the hit single “War Baby”. He has also played with Jimmy Witherspoon, NYJO, Loose Tubes, Dudu Pukwana and Bert Jansch. Ramsden eventually settled in London, and has since released two well-received albums, Above the Clouds and Tribute to Paul Desmond. He has also published a novel The Dark Magus and the Sacred Whore. (Serpent’s Tail). Ian Carr Rough Guide Entry on Above the Clouds This haunting duo album was recorded live and unedited in St Thomas’s Church, Clapton Common, London with Lodder playing the Church organ and Ramsden producing ravishing sonorities on the soprano saxophone. The lyrical brooding timeless atmosphere is sustained throughout. |
| Interests | Music, Writing, Films |
| Favorite movies | Once Upon a Time in America, Sideways, Withnail and I, Secretary, Apocalypse Now, Get Carter. |
| Favorite music | Jazz, Soul, Funk, House - eclectic, lounge, ambient. Classical. Sacred Minimalsim |
| Favorite books | Martin Amis Money, Nicholson Baker. James Crumley. George McDonald Fraser. Ted Lewis. Camille Paglia, Carrie Fisher. Jon Ronson. Nora Ephron. Noir Crime, Robin Cook/Derek Raymond. Elmore Leonard. Shakespeare sonnets, P.G Wodehouse, Zen Fish Zen Bones, Hunter S Thompson. PJ O'Rourke. Jay McInerny. |
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