Mark Charig

born on 22/2/1944 in London, England, United Kingdom

Marc Charig

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Mark Charig (born 22 February 1944 in London) is a British trumpeter and cornetist.

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.

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"

External links

Biography at Calyx, the Canterbury website

Original studio albums
King Crimson
Robert Fripp \| Adrian Belew \| Tony Levin \| Pat Mastelotto Former members \| Guest musicians
In the Court of the Crimson King \| In the Wake of Poseidon \| Lizard \| Islands \| Larks' Tongues in Aspic \| Starless and Bible Black \| Red \| Discipline \| Beat \| Three of a Perfect Pair \| THRAK \| The ConstruKction of Light \| The Power to Believe
Other records
Cat Food/Groon \| Atlantic Sampler \| The Night Watch/The Great Deceiver \| Epitaph/21st Century Schizoid Man \| Matte Kudasai \| Elephant Talk \| Thela Hun Ginjeet \| Heartbeat \| Three of a Perfect Pair/Man With an Open Heart \| Sleepless \| VROOOM \| Dinosaur \| People \| Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream \| Level Five \| Happy With What You Have to Be Happy With
Live albums
Earthbound \| USA \| The Great Deceiver \| B'Boom: Live in Argentina \| THRaKaTTaK \| Epitaph \| The Night Watch \| Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal \| Cirkus: The Young Persons' Guide to King Crimson Live \| Live in Mexico City \| The ProjeKcts \| The Deception of the Thrush: A Beginners' Guide to ProjeKcts \| The Beginners' Guide to the King Crimson Collectors' Club \| Heavy ConstruKction \| VROOOM VROOOM \| Ladies of the Road \| EleKtrik: Live in Japan \| The Power To Believe Tour Box
Compilations
A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson \| The Compact King Crimson \| Heartbeat: The Abbreviated King Crimson \| Frame by Frame: The Essential King Crimson \| Sleepless: The Concise King Crimson \| The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson - Volume One - 1969-1974 \| The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson - Vol. 2 - 1981-2003

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