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

With Maarten Altena
  • Rif
  • Quotl
  • Cities & Streets
With Elton Dean
With Barry Guy/London Jazz Composers' Orchestra
  • Ode
  • Zurich Concerts
  • Harmos
  • Double Trouble
  • Theoria
  • Portraits
  • Three Pieces for Orchestra
  • Double Trouble Two
  • Study II/Stringer
With King Crimson
  • Lizard
  • Islands
  • Red
With Chris McGregor
  • Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath
  • Brotherhood
  • Live at Willisau
  • Procession
  • Yes Please
  • Travelling Somewhere
  • Bremen to Bridgwater
  • Eclipse at Dawn
With Harry Miller
With Soft Machine
With Keith Tippett
  • You 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