Name Mark Charig Role Singer | ||
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Albums Third, The Soft Machine, Bundles, Softs, Septober Energy Similar People | ||
Bloombox mark charig martin speicher georg wolf j rg fischer 2013
Mark Charig (born 22 February 1944 in London) is a British trumpeter and cornetist.
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- Bloombox mark charig martin speicher georg wolf j rg fischer 2013
- Mark Charig Georg Wolf Jrg Fischer 2 fragments
- Discography
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He was particularly active in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when he played in settings as diverse as Long John Baldry's group, Bluesology, Soft Machine, and Keith Tippett's group and his Centipede big band. Charig also featured on several King Crimson albums, being particularly prominent in a long solo on the title track of Islands, on the title track of Lizard and on the track 'Fallen Angel' on the 'Red' album.
In the mid-1970s he also toured with the group Red Brass, which featured singer Annie Lennox. He also appeared with the Brotherhood of Breath and recorded with Mike Osborne, as well as releasing his own Pipedream LP on Ogun Records.
He is also a member of the London Jazz Composers Orchestra. He now lives in Germany and is a member of the Wuppertal-based Conduction Orchestra.
More recently, he has recorded KJU: a CD of quartet improvisations with the group "Quatuohr"
Mark Charig, Georg Wolf, Jörg Fischer (2 fragments)
Discography
With Barry Guy/The London Jazz Composers' Orchestra
with King Crimson