Mark Alexander is an American keyboardist

Keyboardist

A keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists or organists. Since the mid-1960s, a plethora of new musical instruments with keyboards have come into common usage, requiring a more...

, vocalist, and producer

Record producer

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/songwriter

Songwriter

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. He was born in New Canaan, CT in 1963

Biography

Alexander started his professional career playing keyboards for R&B singer Me'lissa Morgan (best known for her hit remake of Prince's "Do Me Baby"), before becoming the keyboard player for Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul. He toured with the band in 1988 on the Freedom, No Compromise Tour. Following the tour he co-produced and played keyboards

Keyboard instrument

A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

/synthesizers on Little Steven's Revolution album, and was the keyboardist and vocalist on the subsequent tour. Following the tour he worked as a session player on various projects produced by Little Steven, including records with Darlene Love

Darlene Love

Darlene Love is an American popular music singer and actress. She gained prominence in the 1960s for the song "He's a Rebel," a #1 American single in 1962, and was part of the Phil Spector stable that produced a celebrated Christmas album in 1963....

, The E Street Band, and Meat Loaf

Meat Loaf

Michael Lee Aday , better known by his stage name, Meat Loaf, is an American hard rock musician and actor...

.

Mark joined Meat Loaf and the Neverland Express

Neverland Express

The Neverland Express is the name for Meat Loaf's live band. The name is most likely taken from Jim Steinman's affinity for Peter Pan.This list does not contain guest members.-Current lineup:Paul Crook: Lead Guitars: Guitars, VocalsDanny Miranda: Bass...

 in 1990 as pianist/vocalist, touring with him until 1993, when he joined Curtis Stigers

Curtis Stigers

Curtis Stigers is an American jazz vocalist, saxophonist, guitarist, and songwriter.-Early life and career:Stigers was born in Boise, Idaho, and started his music career as a teenager, playing in jazz, rock and blues groups, as well as receiving formal training in clarinet and saxophone at high...

' (Arista Records) band as pianist/synthesist. After a year and half of touring, Mark played piano on Stigers’ follow up record, Time Was and on his remake of the Nick Lowe

Nick Lowe

Nicholas Drain "Nick" Lowe , is an English singer-songwriter, musician and producer.A pivotal figure in UK pub rock, punk rock and new wave, Lowe has recorded a string of well-reviewed solo albums. Along with vocals, Lowe plays guitar, bass guitar, piano and harmonica...

 penned What’s So Funny About Peace Love and Understanding? which was featured on The Bodyguard soundtrack.

In 1993 Mark rejoined Meat Loaf for the Bat Out of Hell 2 tour with its hit single "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That)". Following the tour, Mark played most of the piano on Loaf's next album, Welcome to the Neighborhood. He was the pianist/synthesist and vocalist on the tour of the same name. In 1996 he performed with Michael Kamen

Michael Kamen

Michael Arnold Kamen was an American composer , orchestral arranger, orchestral conductor, song writer, and session musician.-Background:...

 and Luciano Pavarotti

Luciano Pavarotti

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 on Pavarotti's Together for the Children of Bosnia CD.

In 1997, Mark joined Joe Cocker

Joe Cocker

John Robert "Joe" Cocker, OBE is an English rock and blues musician, composer and actor, who came to popularity in the 1960s, and is most known for his gritty voice, his idiosyncratic arm movements while performing, and his cover versions of popular songs, particularly those of The Beatles...

's band on the Across From Midnight tour as the pianist and accordionist, and played acoustic guitar

Acoustic guitar

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 during an extended unplugged set. A live DVD of the tour was recorded in Berlin

Berlin

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, Germany

Germany

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. Late in 1998, Mark joined Enrique Iglesias

Enrique Iglesias

Enrique Iglesias is a Spanish pop music singer, a son of singer Julio Iglesias.Enrique started his musical career on Mexican label Fonovisa...

' band as chief synthesist/programmer/keyboardist, touring extensively for 2 years
.

Late in 2001, Mark rejoined with Meat Loaf once again for the Night of the Proms tour in Europe. After the tour he played piano on Meat Loaf’s Couldn't Have Said it Better album and Hammond B-3 on the Bat Out of Hell 3 album, produced by Desmond Child

Desmond Child

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. Mark also played synthesizer in the Billy Joel

Billy Joel

William Martin "Billy" Joel is an American musician and pianist, singer-songwriter, and classical composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States, according to...

/Twyla Tharp

Twyla Tharp

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 musical Movin' Out on Broadway, as well as first chair keyboards on the national tours of Jesus Christ Superstar and Love, Janis.

He currently lives in South Salem, New York

South Salem, New York

South Salem is a hamlet in Lewisboro, Westchester County, New York. The county ranks second for wealthiest counties in New York State and the seventh wealthiest county nationally. In the town center is a post office, the town hall, a library and a recycling center.Notable residents have included...

with his family.

Discography

Revolution- Little Steven-1989, BMG International

The Bodyguard-1992, Arista

Time Was-Curtis Stigers-1995, Arista

Home Alone 2 Soundtrack-Little Steven- 1992, Arista

Glory of Gershwin Featuring Larry Adler- 1994, Island

Welcome to the Neighborhood- Meat Loaf, 1995, MCA

Meat Loaf Live Around the World- 1996, Rhino/Ada

Pavorotti and Friends for the Children of Bosnia- 1996, Decca

Joe Cocker-Across From Midnight Tour- Live DVD Eagle Vision

Couldn’t Have Said it Better- Meat Loaf-2002, MCA

This is a Beautiful Town-Michael Zapruder- 2002 Explorable Oriole Records

Meat Loaf Live with the Melbourne Symphony- Meat Loaf- 2004, Sanctuary

Bat Out of Hell 3-Meat Loaf-Mercury,Virgin-2006