a Journey in Sound
Inspired by his recent trip to India, Mark has started a new group, the Mark Stone Trio. While the groups format is the traditional Carnatic setup of a soloist with percussion and violin accompaniment, the music itself draws on Mark's wide-ranging compositional influences, including American jazz and African mbira/marimba music. In the group Mark plays gyil and many types of mbiras including the new American made Mbira Array. Mark's compositions for the trio combine the gyil and mbira with violin and tabla/frame drums to create an exciting new sound.
