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Christy Doran: 144 Strings For A Broken Chord
by Ian Patterson
In a long and distinguished career, Christy Doran has fronted or been a founding member of a number of important jazz-fusion / jazz-rock groups, from the seminal Swiss band OM in the early 1970s, to current outfits New Bag and Sound Fountain. His collaborations with some of the most important jazz artists on both sides of the Atlantic, spanning some forty years, are too numerous to mention. A lesser-known facet of the Ireland-born, Lucerne-based guitarist has been his composing for ...
read moreChristy Doran: Undercurrent - Live at Theater Gutersloh
by Ian Patterson
Irish-born, Lucerne-based guitarist Christy Doran is as versatile as he is prolific. From the beguiling duo collaboration with Chinese pipa virtuoso Yang Jing that was No. 9 (Leo Records, 2013) and the swaggering alt-rock of New Bag's Mesmerized (Double Moon Records, 2013) to Bunter Hund's genre-busting, accordion-cum-guitar driven Walkin' The Dog (Unit Records 2014) and the experimental electro-acoustic Kontaktchemie (Boomslang Records, 2016) with drummer Alfred Vogel, Doran's music is nothing if not a moveable feast. Undercurrent--the fourteenth in a series ...
read moreChristy Doran: Undercurrent - Live at Theater Gutersloh
by Glenn Astarita
This release by acclaimed Irish-Swiss guitarist Christy Doran (Tim Berne, Carla Bley, Pierre Favre) denotes volume 14 of the European Jazz Legends series, all performed at the German venue, Theater Gutersloh. With the trio Sound Fountain, Doran synthesizes his mega-talented musical persona, along with nods to one of his primary influences, Jimi Hendrix. Indeed, the audience was most appreciative as the trio opens the set with a capacious walking blues motif on “You'd Never Know You Know," where ...
read moreChristy Doran's Sound Fountain: Belle Epoque
by Maurizio Comandini
Ancora tre anni e il chitarrista Christy Doran, nato in Irlanda ma residente in Svizzera da tantissimi anni, taglierà il traguardo dei settant'anni. Ma siamo sicuri che le candeline le spegnerà con il botto che verrà fuori da un accordo energico sparato dalla sua chitarra elettrica nell'amplificatore di turno. Un botto fantasmagorico, come le avventure musicali di Christy, un artista che ha sempre affrontato le sfide musicali con grande energia e solide curiosità. Per tenersi in forma, ...
read moreChristy Doran: In The Corner Of The Eye
by Glenn Astarita
Celebrated Irish guitarist Christy Doran's penchant to keep reinventing his musical self is quite evident due to the disparate bands and solo projects he's undertaken for several decades. Whether imparting a jazz fusion spin on Jimi Hendrix with the band Call Me Helium Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix (Double Moon, 2005) or experimental jazz and improvisational efforts with keyboardist John Wolf Brennan and other notables, Doran's hefty discography yields a kaleidoscopic perspective. The program on In The ...
read moreKJ Dave Doran & Christy Doran feat. Mr. Defunkt Joe Bowie: XL Target
by Maurizio Comandini
Christy Doran aveva già provato l'ebbrezza del trio chitarra/trombone/percussioni alla fine degli anni ottanta con Ray Anderson e Han Bennink (con Azurety del 1994 e Cheer Up del 1995 per la Hatology, parzialmente ristampati in un CD unico nel 2011, A B D), peraltro con eccellenti risultati. Ma con questo nuovo album tutto viene resettato e si riparte da capo. Merito del trombone grumoso e pieno di suggestioni ritmiche del geniale Joseph Bowie e soprattutto merito dell'elettronica che si mischia ...
read moreChristy Doran's Bunter Hund: Walkin' The Dog
by Ian Patterson
Whilst many 64-year-olds look forward to retirement, Switzerland-based Irish guitarist Christy Doran on the other hand has been kicking into creative overdrive. No.9 (Leo Records, 2013) was a beguiling duo date with Chinese pipa virtuoso Yang Jing, while Mesmerized (Double Moon records, 2013) saw Doran's long-running post-rock group New Bag rejuvenated by the exhilarating vocal presence of Sara Buechi. “I don't think art should have borders or containment," Doran told All About Jazz in a 2013 interview, “there's still a ...
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