Craig Taborn
Craig Taborn (* 1970 in Detroit ) is an American jazz - pianist , keyboardist and composer .
Life and work
Craig Taborn became known for his membership in the band of saxophonist James Carter and worked on his albums The Real Quietstorm (1994) and Conversation with the Elders (1996). He has also worked with Mat Maneri ( Blue Deco , 2000), Roscoe Mitchell , Nate Smith , Gerald Cleaver , Lotte Anker , Dave Binney , Wayne Krantz , Adam Rogers, and others since the 1990s ; in addition, he has led his own trio since the mid-1990s.
In the 2000s he played a. a. with Tim Berne ( The Shell Game , 2001), in the trio of Susie Ibarra ( Songbird Suite , 2001 and 2004 on Folklorito ). In 2002 he worked with Dave Douglas ( Freak in ), Hugh Ragin and the Norwegian bass player Eivind Opsvik , with Marty Ehrlich in 2003, Drew Gress in 2004, Chris Potter ( Underground , 2005). In 2006 he was part of Evan Parker's Transatlantic Art Ensemble ( Boustrophedon ).
After a first release on the DIW label in 1994, Taborn recorded the album Light Made Lighter for the Thirsty Ear label in 2001 , created in a trio with bassist Chris Lightcap and drummer Gerald Cleaver . This was followed in 2004 in a quartet with Mat Maneri, the saxophonist Aaron Stewart and the drummer Dave King Junk Magic , on which he expanded the spectrum of jazz through computers and samples and set opposing rhythm patterns in a deconstructive way. In 2011 he presented the solo album Avenging Angel at ECM .
Craig Taborn plays numerous keyboard instruments such as the piano, organ and the Moog synthesizer . Taborn mostly works in the field of avant-garde jazz , but also in the dark ambient and techno music scene in Detroit.
Awards
In 2012 he received the Paul Acket Award at the North Sea Jazz Festival. In 2011 he won the Down Beat Critic Poll (Electric Keyboard) after winning the 2010 Rising Star Award in the Down Beat Critic Poll. In 2014 he received the $ 275,000 Doris Duke Artist Award.
Discographic notes
- Craig Taborn Trio (1994, DIW)
- Light Made Lighter (2001, Thirsty Ear Recordings)
- Junk Magic (2004, Thirsty Ear Recordings)
- Avenging Angel (2011, ECM)
- Chants (Craig Taborn Trio, 2013, ECM)
- Ches Smith -Craig Taborn- Mat Maneri : The Bell (ECM, 2016)
- Daylight Ghosts (2017, ECM), with Chris Speed, Chris Lightcap, Dave King
- Kris Davis & Craig Taborn: Octopus (Pyroclastic, 2017)
- Vijay Iyer & Craig Taborn: The Transitory Poems (ECM, 2019)
- Steve Lehman Trio + Craig Taborn: The People I Love (2019)
- Craig Taborn & Dave King: The Power Tapes # 3 (2020)
Web links
- Craig Taborn at Allmusic by Joslyn Layne
- The Ethereal Genius of Craig Taborn (New York Times Magazine, June 22, 2017)
- Craig Taborn at Discogs (English)
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- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 8th edition. Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-14-102327-9 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Nate Chinen: Lonely Voyage of Player, Piano and Audience in The New York Times
- ↑ Doris Duke Artist Award 2014 ( Memento of the original from April 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in JazzTimes
- ↑ Review of Junk Magic at All about jazz
- ↑ The Guardian, May 19, 2011: Craig Taborn: Avenging Angel - Review
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Taborn, Craig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz pianist, keyboardist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Detroit |