Mark Ramsden
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Mark Ramsden is a British writer, composer, producer and musician. He studied at Leeds Music College becoming a virtuoso saxophonist and flautist. Since finishing his education he has been active in rock and particularly jazz
music, both as a performer and composer.
, Roy Harper
and Bert Jansch
as well as partnering jazz musicians such as Steve Lodder
, Dominic Ashworth and Jim Mullen. He has also toured with Dudu Pukwana
, Loose Tubes, the National Youth Jazz Orchestra and the Grand Union Orchestra, living in Germany and Hong Kong as well as the UK.
After meeting Tom Robinson
at the Edinburgh Festival in 1982 he joined the TRB, touring extensively with the band, he appeared on the albums Hope and Glory (1984), Still Loving You (1986) and Love Over Rage (1994). He part composed Tom Robinson's top ten hit War Baby (1983), writing and playing the distinctive tenor and soprano saxophone parts.
In 1995 he composed and recorded the pipe organ and saxophone album Above The Clouds with Steve Lodder (re-released Naxos 1999) in a North London Church. His other critically acclaimed work includes Chilled with Jim Mullen
and Andy Hamill and Tribute to Paul Desmond with Dave Cliff.
Throughout his career as a musician, Ramsden has also been a writer and journalist, working mostly in music commentary and within the fetish scene
. He has regularly published fiction and articles for titles such as Skin Two, Latex Extra, Desire and The Erotic Review
. He was editor of Fetish Times in the mid 1990s and until 2009 was a regular columnist and astrologer for Forum Magazine. His latest book is the teenager's story War School. He has also recently completed a collaboration with his wife, illustrator Ruth Ramsden, on the Dark Tantra Tarot deck.
Mark Ramsden lives and works on the South Coast of England.He also has two children called Rose ramsden and Raphael Ramsden.
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
music, both as a performer and composer.
Career
Much of the 1980s and 1990s saw him playing with artists such as Jimmy WitherspoonJimmy Witherspoon
Jimmy Witherspoon was an American jump blues singer.-Early life and career:James Witherspoon was born in Gurdon, Arkansas. He first attracted attention singing with Teddy Weatherford's band in Calcutta, India, which made regular radio broadcasts over the U. S. Armed Forces Radio Service during...
, Roy Harper
Roy Harper
Roy Harper is an English folk / rock singer-songwriter and guitarist who has been a professional musician since the mid 1960s...
and Bert Jansch
Bert Jansch
Herbert "Bert" Jansch was a Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle. He was born in Glasgow and came to prominence in London in the 1960s, as an acoustic guitarist, as well as a singer-songwriter...
as well as partnering jazz musicians such as Steve Lodder
Steve Lodder
Steve Lodder, born Stephen John Lodder, , is a British keyboardist, composer, and organist. He played piano as a child and took up organ at age 14...
, Dominic Ashworth and Jim Mullen. He has also toured with Dudu Pukwana
Dudu Pukwana
Mtutuzel Dudu Pukwana was a South African saxophonist, composer and pianist .-Early years in South Africa:...
, Loose Tubes, the National Youth Jazz Orchestra and the Grand Union Orchestra, living in Germany and Hong Kong as well as the UK.
After meeting Tom Robinson
Tom Robinson
Tom Robinson is an English singer-songwriter, bassist and radio presenter, better known for the hits "Glad to Be Gay", "2-4-6-8 Motorway", and "Don't Take No for an Answer", with his Tom Robinson Band...
at the Edinburgh Festival in 1982 he joined the TRB, touring extensively with the band, he appeared on the albums Hope and Glory (1984), Still Loving You (1986) and Love Over Rage (1994). He part composed Tom Robinson's top ten hit War Baby (1983), writing and playing the distinctive tenor and soprano saxophone parts.
In 1995 he composed and recorded the pipe organ and saxophone album Above The Clouds with Steve Lodder (re-released Naxos 1999) in a North London Church. His other critically acclaimed work includes Chilled with Jim Mullen
Jim Mullen
Jim Mullen is a Glasgow-born jazz guitarist with a distinctive style, like Wes Montgomery before him, picking with the thumb rather than a plectrum.-Biography:...
and Andy Hamill and Tribute to Paul Desmond with Dave Cliff.
Throughout his career as a musician, Ramsden has also been a writer and journalist, working mostly in music commentary and within the fetish scene
Sadism and masochism in fiction
The role of sadism and masochism in fiction attracts serious, scholarly attention. Anthony Storr has commented that the volume of sadomasochist pornography shows that sadomasochistic interest is widespread in Western society; John Kucich has noted the importance of masochism in late-19th century...
. He has regularly published fiction and articles for titles such as Skin Two, Latex Extra, Desire and The Erotic Review
Erotic Review
Erotic Review is a monthly UK-based lifestyle publication. Covering eroticism and sex-related topics, it was first published in 1995 as a print magazine, migrating to an eZine format in June, 2010...
. He was editor of Fetish Times in the mid 1990s and until 2009 was a regular columnist and astrologer for Forum Magazine. His latest book is the teenager's story War School. He has also recently completed a collaboration with his wife, illustrator Ruth Ramsden, on the Dark Tantra Tarot deck.
Mark Ramsden lives and works on the South Coast of England.He also has two children called Rose ramsden and Raphael Ramsden.
Books
- The Dark Magus and the Sacred Whore (Serpents Tail 1999) ISBN 1852425989
- The Dungeon Master's Apprentice (Serpents Tail 1999) ISBN 1852426233
- Radical Desire – non fiction with Housk Randall (Serpents Tail 2000) ISBN 1852426535
- The Sacred Blood (Serpents Tail 2001) ISBN 1852426810
- War School (Matador 2008) ISBN 1906510180
Additional Sources
- Jazz Journal http://www.jazzjournal.co.uk/
- Rough Guide to Jazz by Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather & Brian Priestly ISBN 1843532565
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_of_Uranium
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_The_Circus_Comes_To_Town
External links
- http://markramsden.moonfruit.com/