Graham Leslie Lionel Clark (born 16 December 1959) is an English

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ist based in

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. He also plays

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. A freelance violinist in most styles of jazz, rock, blues and pop, he specialises in improvisation. He worked with

Daevid Allen Christopher David "Daevid" Allen (13 January 1938 – 13 March 2015) was an Australian musician. He was co-founder of the psychedelic rock groups Soft Machine (in the UK, 1966) and Gong (band), Gong (in France, 1967).McFarlane, 1999, Biograp ...

from 1988 to 2014: *August 1988 – October 1989: with the Invisible Opera Company of Tibet *October 1989 – December 1991: with Gongmaison *February 1992 – December 1992: with Magick Brothers /

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*December 1996 – 2014: with Magick Brothers He has also worked with Andy Sheppard,

Keith Tippett Keith Graham Tippetts (25 August 1947 – 14 June 2020), known professionally as Keith Tippett, was a British jazz pianist and composer. According to AllMusic, Tippett's career "...spanned jazz-rock, progressive rock, improvised and contemporar ...

, Tim Richards,

Phil Lee Phillip Robert Lee (born 8 April 1943, London, England. Died 12 May 2024) was an English jazz guitarist. Lee studied guitar with Ike Isaacs (guitarist), Ike Isaacs as a teenager and was a member of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, including for ...

, Paz, Brian Godding,

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, Lamb, Bryan Glancy, Little Sparrow,

Jah Wobble John Joseph Wardle (born 11 August 1958), known by the stage name Jah Wobble, is an English bass guitarist and singer. He became known to a wider audience as the original bass player in Public Image Ltd (PiL) in the late 1970s and early 1980s; ...

, Graham Massey, Louis Gordon and Liz Fletcher.

Notable performances

* "Flocking", 2007, a collaboration between Clark's improvising string quartet and four singers. * World premiere of two suites by

Jean-Claude Vannier Jean-Claude Vannier (born 1943) is a French musician, composer and arranger. Vannier has composed music, written lyrics, and produced albums for many singers. Vannier is regarded as an important musician in his native country; music critic Andy ...

, October, 2006 at the

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, London: featured soloist with

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. *

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broadcast for "Mixing It", 2004: improvised violin duets with

Mark Feldman Mark Feldman (born 1955 in Chicago) is an American jazz violinist. Biography Feldman worked in Chicago from 1973–1980, in Nashville, Tennessee from 1980–1986, in New York City and Western Europe from 1986. He has performed with John Zorn, ...

Selected discography

Featured artist on: *2009 ''Improvisations: Series 1'' Graham Clark & Stephen Grew (GAS) *2005 ''Toolshed Album'' Toolshed ( Twisted Nerve) *1997 ''Isthmus'' Clark, Thorne, Fell (GAS) *1997 ''Typhoid and Swans'' Sleepy People (Edgy Records) *1995 ''Dreaming a Dream''

(GAS) *1992 ''Shapeshifter''

(

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, France) *1989 ''Gongmaison'' Gongmaison (Demi Monde)

References

External links

Artist's website
1959 births Living people British jazz violinists English male jazz musicians English male violinists Place of birth missing (living people) People educated at Manchester Grammar School Free improvising musicians Free jazz violinists Avant-garde jazz violinists Gong (band) members 21st-century English violinists 21st-century English male musicians {{violinist-stub