Mark Alexander

piano/ keyboardist

Mark is one of the most respected and versatile musicians in the industry today! After receiving his degree in classical piano from Syracuse University, he moved to New York City and quickly established himself with a number of well known bands and artists as diverse as Little Steven & the Disciples of Soul, Joe Cocker, Melissa Morgan, Nona Hendrix and Curtis Stigers recent debut tour which included 3 sold out shows at Wembley Stadium in London, featuring Eric Clapton, Elton John and Bonnie Raitt. Mark was also involved in the remake of Nick Lowe's recording of "Peace, Love and Understanding" for Whitney Houston's multi-platinum album, "The Bodyguard". In addition, he had the pleasure of recording with one of the greatest singers of our time, Darlene Love, on "Nobody Wants to Be Alone on Christmas", which was written for the box office hit "Home alone II". And among his many talents, Mark has produced and arranged theme songs for several feature films.

In 1989, Mark met Meat Loaf in a restaurant located in Manhattan's Upper West Side. "We spoke for about 30 seconds, and as he was leaving, Meat Loaf turned towards me. shook my hand, and hired me right from the spot" Meat's last words that day were, "See you on the tour bus!" He said this without hearing me play one solid note!" One week later, they embarked on a 2-1/2 year tour, playing over 300 shows in North America and Europe. Mark toured with Meat until 1997. Mark returned to the Neverland Express in the Fall of 2001.

Mark regularly does jingle, session, and demo work, as well as producing. He recently toured in 2000 with Enrique Iglesias and that year was on, "The View" in the USA, performing with Enrique as well. Mark spent most of 2000 performing with Enrique on his highly touted, "Cosa Del Sol" tour.


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Mark Alexander's Official website
Mark @ Korg.com

*some bio info on Mark comes from from meatloaf-multimedia.com