Mike Walker (guitarist)

Mike Walker (born July 12, 1962 in Salford ) is a British jazz musician ( guitar , composition ).

Life

Walker first played in the fusion band River People , and since the mid-1980s in the quartet of vibraphonist Alan Butler . He also appeared in the band of Michael Gibbs and the big band of Kenny Wheeler . With pianist Roy Powell he founded the fusion band Some Other Country , which included bassist Gary Culshaw and drummer Steve Gilbert . In the late 1980s he formed the band Emanon with Nikki and Richard Iles .

At the same time he also played in Sylvan Richardson's band , where he met the saxophonist Iain Dixon . Walker, Richardson, Dixon and drummer Mikey Wilson later formed the band Brazil Nuts .

During a performance with Kenny Wheeler's big band in Zurich, Walker met Julian Argüelles , whose quartet he joined. In the early 1990s he toured with various groups from Tommy Smith , u. a. a quartet with bassist Mick Hutton and drummer Ian Froman and occasionally with Niels Lan Doky and Jason Rebello .

As a member of George Russell's Living Time Orchestra , he traveled to most European countries and the USA. In the Creative Jazz Orchestra he worked a. a. with Vince Mendoza , Anthony Braxton , Bill Frisell , Tim Berne and Mark-Anthony Turnage . Other musicians he played with include Dave Holland , John Taylor , Tal Farlow , Bob Moses , Arild Andersen , Palle Mikkelborg , Mica Paris and Jacqui Dankworth . With Nikki Iles, Norma Winstone , Mark Lockheart , Steve Watts and James Maddren he formed the sextet The Printmakers , which has released two albums so far.

In 2008 Walker released his debut album Madhouse and the Whole Thing There . In the same year he was commissioned to write a composition for the Manchester Jazz Festival; the resulting suite Ropes was successfully performed there (and was released on record in 2018). In 2010 he recorded the album The Impossible Gentlemen (Basho Records) with Adam Nussbaum , Steve Swallow and Gwilym Simcock, which was followed by a second album Internationally Recognized Aliens in 2013 . In Germany he also toured with Tria Lingvo (which consists of Johannes Lemke , André Nendza and Christoph Hillmann ).

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SURNAME	Walker, Mike
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British jazz guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH	July 12, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH	Salford

[1] Meeting (AllAboutJazz)

[2] The Impossible Gentlemen at London Jazz

[3] Between modern jazz and ethnic music