Carl Maraghi

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Carl Maraghi (* around 1975) is a Canadian modern jazz musician ( baritone saxophone , bass clarinet ) living in the United States .

Live and act

Maraghi, who comes from Montréal , first worked in Canada with Tim Brady and the big band Kappa . He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in music performance from Concordia University in Montreal. In addition to his professional appearances in various jazz ensembles on the Montreal jazz scene and at the Montreal International Jazz Festival , he has appeared regularly as a musician in various radio and television shows. He received his diploma from the Juilliard School , where he studied with jazz artists such as Joe Temperley , Victor Goines , Benny Golson , Wycliffe Gordon and Wynton Marsalis , with whom he also performed. From the 2000s he played in the USA in groups such as David Berger and the Sultans of Swing, Jon Irabagon ’s Outright! , in the Ken Peplowski Big Band, later also in the Christian McBride Big Band, in the Pedro Giraudo Jazz Orchestra , and in the Gregorio Uribe Big Band . In California, Doc Severinsen brought him into his big band.

He has also worked on recordings by Barbara Lea & Loren Schoenberg ( Black Butterfly , 2005), Champian Fulton , Max Seigel ( Siphonophore , 2010), Rufus Reid ( Quiet Pride , 2012), Darcy James Argue 's Secret Society, Miggy Augmented Orchestra , Mike Holober ( Hiding Out , 2019) and Brian Pareschi with. In the field of jazz, he was involved in 24 recording sessions between 1997 and 2017, according to Tom Lord . He self-published his debut album Blossom , recorded in 2009 with Erica von Kleist , Kurt Stockdale , Drew Pierson , Yasushi Nakamura Marion Felder and Wycliffe Gordon , Jon Irabagon and Michael Webster as guest musicians, the first work under his own name. It contains original compositions and arrangements in various jazz settings.

Maraghi directs and composes for many different projects, including film scores , for his own quartet / quintet, the Carl Maraghi Sax Ensemble and the Mulligan and More 4tet with bassist Bill Crow , who still played with Gerry Mulligan .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed November 11, 2019)
personal data
SURNAME Maraghi, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian jazz musician (baritone saxophone, bass clarinet)
DATE OF BIRTH around 1975