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Mark Ramsden (b. Liverpool, 13 July 1956) is a British writer, composer, producer and musician. He studied at Leeds Music College before becoming a professional saxophonist and flautist. Since finishing his education he has been active in rock and particularly jazz music, both as a performer and composer. ==Career== Much of the 1980s and 1990s saw him playing with artists such as Jimmy Witherspoon, 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).〔TRB Discographyretrieved 1 January 2011 ()〕 He part composed Tom Robinson's top ten hit "War Baby" (1983),〔Tom Robinson Website retrieved 1 January 2011 ()〕 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〔Eur (2002). (''The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002 (Europa International Who's Who in Popular Music)'' ), Routledge, 1st ed. p. 309. ISBN 1-85743-161-8〕 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.〔(Interview With Kent Messenger )〕 He has completed a collaboration with his wife, illustrator Ruth Ramsden, on the Dark Tantra Tarot deck. In August 2015, he published: Dread - The Art of Serial Killing, with Number 13 Press.〔()〕 Mark Ramsden lives and works on the South Coast of England. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mark Ramsden」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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