Graham Clark

Location:
Buxton, US
Type:
Artist / Band / Musician
Genre:
Jazz / Experimental / Acoustic
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I have been playing jazz on violin professionally since 1982. I cut my jazz teeth while living in Bristol and London in the 1980s, by sitting in everywhere.
From 1988 - 1992 I was a member of cult psychedelic jazz-rock band "GONG", touring extensively in France, Italy and the UK, and recording several albums.
Based in NW England since 1996, I play regularly on the thriving Manchester jazz scene. In 2003, I did a solo improvisation tour supporting the American "No-Neck Blues Band" (Paris, Amsterdam, London). Also performed with Bryan Glancy, supporting David Gray, amongst many other shows.
I also play with 'TOOLSHED,' an experimental fusion of techno and big band jazz led by Graham Massey, of 808 State. In 2004 I performed with Toolshed for a Radio Three broadcast from Belfast, as part of the BBC Music Live festival. I have also been seen with Lamb, Elbow, La Timbala, Salsa Pa'Gozar, Stephen Fretwell, & Liz Fletcher, amongst others. I still give both solo and collaborative improvised performances.
Current projects include a free improvising string quartet, a guitar bass and violin trio, and continuing to develop my approach to teaching violin, drawing on over twenty years of teaching experience combined with a knowledge of cognitive psychology, and a fascination with the mechanics of the instrument.
In October 2004, I recorded a series of improvised duets with US violinist Mark Feldman. These were broadcast in February 2005 on Radio 3's "Mixing it".
I was the solo Electric Violinist for the Jean-Claude Vannier concert at the Barbican on 21st October 2006, with Big Jim Sullivan, Vic Flick, Herbie Flowers and Dougie Wright, as well as the BBC Concert Orchestra and Crouch End Festival Chorus, reprised in Paris in October this year.
"IMPROVISATIONS SERIES 1" a cd of duo improvisations with Stephen Grew on piano is out now
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