Mark Charig


Mark Charig is a British trumpeter and cornetist.
He was particularly active in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when he played in settings as diverse as Long John Baldry's group, Bluesology, Soft Machine, and Keith Tippett's group and his Centipede big band. Charig also featured on several King Crimson albums, being particularly prominent in a long solo on the title track of Islands, on the title track of Lizard and on the track "Fallen Angel" on the Red album, as well as in a work-in-progress version of "Starless".
In the mid-1970s he also toured with the group Red Brass, which featured singer Annie Lennox. He also appeared with the Brotherhood of Breath and recorded with Mike Osborne, as well as releasing his own Pipedream LP on Ogun Records.
He is also a member of the London Jazz Composers' Orchestra. He now lives in Germany and is a member of the Wuppertal-based Conduction Orchestra.
More recently, he has recorded KJU: a CD of quartet improvisations with the group "Quatuohr".

Discography

As leader

Pipedream with Keith Tippett, Ann Winter, Amore with Taya Fisher, Floros Floridis Live in Mestre with Radu Malfatti, Evan Parker, Tony Rusconi Free Music On a Summer Evening with Jörg Fischer, Georg Wolf

As sideman

With Maarten AltenaRif Quotl Cities & Streets
With Elton DeanElton Dean Oh! for the Edge Happy Daze Boundaries Live at the BBC Ninesense Suite The 100 Club Concert 1979
With Barry Guy/London Jazz Composers' OrchestraOde Zurich Concerts Harmos Double Trouble Theoria Portraits Three Pieces for Orchestra Double Trouble Two Study II/Stringer
With King CrimsonLizard Islands Red
With Chris McGregorChris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath Brotherhood Live at Willisau Procession Yes Please Travelling Somewhere Bremen to Bridgwater Eclipse at Dawn
With Harry MillerFamily Affair Down South Full Steam Ahead Different Times, Different Places
With Soft MachineFourth BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert The Peel Sessions Fourth/Fifth Backwards BBC Radio 1967–1971
With Keith TippettYou Are Here...I Am There Dedicated to You, But You Weren't Listening Frames Music for an Imaginary Film A Loose Kite in a Gentle Wind Floating with Only My Will for an Anchor Live at Le Mans
With others