Christy Doran (born 1949) is a jazz guitarist born in Dublin, Ireland, and raised in Lucerne, Switzerland.
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| Background information | |
| Born | 1949 Dublin, Ireland |
| Genres | Avant-garde jazz |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Guitar |
| Labels | ECM, Plainisphare |
Doran founded OM with Fredy Studer, Urs Leimgruber, and Bobby Burri in the 1970s; this ensemble recorded for ECM. He and Studer also worked on a Jimi Hendrix tribute project in the 1990s. Doran has worked with free jazz and avant-garde jazz musicians such as Marty Ehrlich, Robert Dick, Ray Anderson, Han Bennink, Albert Mangelsdorff, Louis Sclavis, Marilyn Mazur, Herb Robertson, John Wolf Brennan, Patrice Héral, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Phil Minton, Joe McPhee[1] and Carla Bley.[2] Doran founded New Bag in 1997 and toured the world from 1998 to 2000 with the ensemble. Doran has taught at the Musikhochschule Luzern[2][1] since 1990.[3]
Discography
editAs leader
edit- Harsh Romantics (Synton, 1984)
- Christy Doran's May 84 (1985)
- The Returning Dream of the Leaving Ship (1986)
- Red Twist & Tuned Arrow (ECM, 1987)
- Henceforward (Line Music/Core, 1989)
- Christy Doran's Phoenix (hatArt, 1990)
- Corporate Art (JMT, 1991)
- Musik für zwei Kontrabässe, elektrische Gitarre und Schlagzeug (ECM, 1991)
- What a Band (Hathut, 1992)
- Play the Music of Jimi Hendrix (Call It Anything/Intuition, 1995)
- Race the Time (1997)
- Shaman (M.E.L.T., 2000)
- Black Box (2002)
- Heaven Is Back in the Streets (Double Moon, 2003)
- Triangulation (Leo, 2004)
- Confusing the Spirits (2004)
- Perspectives (Between the Lines, 2005)
- Jimi (Challenge, 2005)
- La Fourmi (2005)
- Now's the Time (2006)
- The Competence of the Irregular (Between the Lines, 2009)
- Triangulation: Whirligigs (Leo, 2010)
Collaborations
edit- No. 9 (Leo, 2013) with Yang Jing[4][5]
- Christy Doran's Sound Fountain – Belle Epoque (Between the Lines, 2016)
- Call Me Helium (Double Moon, 2016) with Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Fredy Studer, Erika Stucky
- Kontaktchemie (Boomslang Records, 2016) with Alfred Vogel[1][6]
As sideman
editWith Ray Anderson and Han Bennink
With Joe McPhee
- Linear B (Hat Hut, 1990)
References
edit- ^ a b c Jan Granlie (October 4, 2016). "Kontaktchemie – Christy Doran / Alfred Vogel". salt peanuts*. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
- ^ a b "Christy Doran Bio". Christy Doran. Archived from the original on April 12, 2021. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
- ^ "Christy Doran - Professor - Hochschule Luzern". LinkedIn. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
- ^ Yang Jing & Christy Doran – No.9 at Discogs
- ^ "Number 9". yangjingmusic.com. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
- ^ Christy Doran / Alfred Vogel – Kontaktchemie at Discogs
External links
edit- Official website
- Christy Doran at Allmusic
- Christy Doran discography at Discogs