Mark Tokar

Concert at Club W71 , 2018

Mark Tokar 2008

Mark Wassiljewitsch Tokar ( Ukrainian Марк Васильович Токарь , born March 2, 1974 in Lemberg ) is a Ukrainian jazz and improvisation musician ( double bass ).

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Tokar studied at the National Polytechnic University of Lemberg , from 2006 in Poland at the K. Szymanowski Jazz Academy with Jacek Niedzela. Since then he has been working in the field of tension between new music, improvisational music and jazz. Tokar is u. a. active in the projects Ken Vandermarks Resonance and Wacław Zimpels Undivided (with Klaus Kugel and Bobby Few ) as well as in other projects u. a. with Petras Vyšniauskas , Steve Swell , Michael Zerang , Tim Daisy , Dave Rempis , Roberta Piket , Fred Frith , Arkadi Shilkloper , Magnus Broo , Per Åke Holmlander and Mark Sanders . In 2005/06 he was artistic director of the Ukrainian-Polish Jazz Bez Festival . With Ken Vandermark and Klaus Kugel he forms the trio The Esacalators .

Five Spot: Poltva [Solyd, 2008], with Petras Vysniauskas, Yuri Yaremchuk
Undivided: Moves Between Clouds (MultiKulti, 2011) with Wacław Zimpel, Perry Robinson , Bobby Few, Klaus Kugel
Varpai: Pabar IT , with Andrė Pabarčiūtė, Klaus Kugel

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personal data
SURNAME	Tokar, Mark
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Tokar, Mark Wassiljewitsch; Токарь, Марк
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Ukrainian jazz musician and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	March 2nd 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lviv