Craig Taborn
Craig Taborn (born 1970 in Detroit ) is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, and composer.
Life and work
Craig Taborn became known for his membership in the band of saxophonist James Carter and looked at the albums The Real Quiet Storm (1994) and Conversation with the Elders (1996 ) with. He also worked with Mat Maneri ( Blue Deco, 2000), Roscoe Mitchell, Nate Smith, Gerald Cleaver, Lotte Anker, Dave Binney, Wayne Krantz, Adam Rogers and others since the 1990s; next he headed since the mid- 1990s, his own trio.
In the 2000s he played among others with Tim Berne (The Shell Game, 2001), a trio of Susie Ibarra ( Songbird Suite, 2001 and 2004 Folklorito ). In 2002 he worked with Dave Douglas ( Freak in ), Hugh Ragin and the Norwegian bassist Eivind Opsvik, with Marty Ehrlich 2003, Drew Gress 2004, Chris Potter ( Underground, 2005). In 2006, he starred in Evan Parker's Transatlantic Art Ensemble ( Boustrophedon ) with.
After an initial release on the DIW label in 1994 took Taborn 2001 for the label Thirsty Ear album Light Made Lighter on, originated in a trio with bassist Chris and drummer Gerald Cleaver Lightcup. Followed in 2004 as a quartet with Mat Maneri, saxophonist Aaron Stewart and drummer Dave King Junk Magic, on which he enlarged the spectrum of jazz by computer and samples and deconstructive manner sat opposite rhythm patterns. 2011, it issued a solo album, Avenging Angel ECM.
Craig Taborn plays numerous keyboard instruments like piano, organ, and the Moog synthesizer. Taborn mostly works in the field of avant-garde jazz, but also in the dark ambient and techno music scene of Detroit.
In 2012 he was awarded the Paul Acket Award at the North Sea Jazz Festival. In 2011 he won the Critics Poll of Down Beat ( Electric Keyboard), after he had already won the Critics Poll of Down Beat in 2010 the Rising Star Award.
Disco Graphical Notes
- Craig Taborn Trio (1994, DIW)
- Light Made Lighter (2001, Thirsty Ear Recordings)
- Junk Magic (2004, Thirsty Ear Recordings)
- Avenging Angel (2011, ECM)
- Chants ( Craig Taborn Trio, 2013, ECM)