Mark Charig

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Mark Charig with Bloombox in the vaulted cellar of the Darmstadt Jazz Institute on December 20, 2011  

Mark charig (* 22 February 1944 in London as Mark Bloomfield ) is an English jazz trumpeter (also cornet , flugelhorn and tenor horn ).

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After initially working as a pop musician with blues and soul bands , Charig worked for Keith Tippett (1969 to 1971) and Georgie Fame (1974) and in particular for Elton Dean and Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath. He participated in several productions by Soft Machine and King Crimson , but was also a member of the London Jazz Composers' Orchestra since 1972 . Charig recorded under his own name ( Pipedream 1977) and with Harry Miller and increasingly worked in the field of free jazz. In 1980 he moved to Amsterdam, where he was a member of Maarten Altena's Septet. He also played in the quartet and nonet by Fred Van Hove (with Radu Malfatti ), in Willem van Manens Contraband , in King Übü Orchestrü by Wolfgang Fuchs , with Didier Levallet , with Phil Wachsmann and Baby Sommer , but also in the Globe Unity Orchestra , the Dedication Orchestra and in Peter Kowald's Wuppertal workshop . Charig, who lives in Euskirchen , is currently playing with Quatuohr ( Joachim Zoepf , Wolfgang Schliemann, Ulrich Phillipp ) and Fineworks .

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SURNAME Charig, Mark
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bloomfield, Mark (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British jazz trumpeter (also cornet, flugelhorn and alto horn)
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH London