Mike Karn

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Michael "Mike" Karn (born July 12, 1966 ) is an American jazz musician (first tenor saxophone , then double bass ) of modern jazz .

Live and act

Karn grew up in Rochester, New York ; He began playing jazz in high school, won awards as a saxophonist in several competitions, and joined the New York High School All State Jazz Ensemble in 1984 . In the same year he began his saxophone studies in the jazz program of New York University with Joe Lovano ; he has also performed with the best ensemble in the jazz program under the direction of Jim McNeely . Immediately after graduating, he became a member of Ray Charles' band (1988/89). From 1990 he worked in the New York jazz scene a. a. with Charles Earland (1997–1999), Harry Connick Jr. (most recently Your Songs in 2009 ) and Toshiko Akiyoshi . He released two albums under his own name on Criss Cross Jazz .

In 2007, Karn began to learn the double bass and soon accompanied Lew Tabackin and Jon Hendricks on this instrument . From 2010 he was a bassist in the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra , with whom he also toured North America, Europe and Japan. In 2012 he performed with the Jimmy Heath Big Band at Lincoln Center (Avery Fisher Hall); In 2015 he toured Japan with Freddy Cole . He also played with John Pizzarelli engagements in the Birdland and Jazz Standard as well as in the Washington club Blues Alley ; several albums were created with him. He appears at Smalls with his own quartet, which includes Harry Allen , Konrad Paszkudzki and Mark Taylor .

During his career, Karn has also worked with George Coleman , Frank Wess , Houston Person , Bob Wilber , Joe Lovano, Bennie Wallace , Walt Weiskopf , Craig Handy , Grant Stewart , Eric Alexander , Ken Peplowski , Harold Mabern , Barry Harris , Johnny O ' Neal , Mike LeDonne , David Hazeltine , Michael Weiss , Bucky Pizzarelli , Gene Bertoncini , Peter Bernstein , Jimmy Cobb , Al Foster , Victor Lewis , Lewis Nash and Dennis Mackrel . Tom Lord lists him in the field of jazz between 1988 and 2017 at 23 recording sessions. Currently (2019), Karn leads a quartet that includes Harry Allen , Larry Fuller and Aaron Kimmel .

Mike Karn should not be confused with the British musician Mick Karn .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b entry (AllAboutJazz)
  2. ↑ a b c d Mike Karn. Smalls, December 1, 2018, accessed December 1, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography (online, accessed December 1, 2018)
personal data
SURNAME Karn, Mike
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Karn, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (tenor saxophone, drums)
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1966