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Chris Karan

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Chris Karan (born Chrisostomos Karanikis, 14 October 1939) is a Britain-based Australian jazz drummer and percussionist of Greek descent.

Life and career

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Karan was born in 1939 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.[1]

Karan played in the Three Out trio with Mike Nock and Freddy Logan in Sydney in the early 1960s.

After moving to London in 1962, Karan became the drummer in the Dudley Moore Trio; he toured and recorded with Moore for many years, including the trio's appearances on the TV series Not Only But Also and the soundtrack of the 1967 movie Bedazzled. Their association continued until Moore's last major public appearance at Carnegie Hall in New York City in 2001.[2] With Roy Budd he was a member of the Roy Love Trio and performed on the Get Carter soundtrack.

Karan has worked with the Yardbirds, Michel Legrand, Lalo Schifrin, Charles Aznavour, Stanley Myers, Basil Kirchin, Tony Hatch, Jackie Trent, Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock, Jerry Goldsmith, Jerry Fielding, Pat Williams, André Previn, Richard Rodney Bennett, Barry Tuckwell, Carl Davis, Henry Mancini, the Beatles, the Seekers and Roy Budd. He toured with John Dankworth and Cleo Laine, the Bee Gees, Caterina Valente, Dusty Springfield, Lulu and the Swingle Singers. He was a member of the Harry Stoneham group, which provided the musical backing for the Michael Parkinson shows on BBC-TV.[2]

He has worked with Katie Melua, along with putting out albums of his own. Other than drums he has an interest in percussion styles of the world. He plays the tabla on some albums, having studied the instrument under the Indian musician Alla Rakha.[3]

Discography

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As sideman

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With Mike Batt

  • Schizophonia (Epic, 1977)
  • Caravans (CBS, 1978)
  • Tarot Suite (Epic, 1979)
  • Arabesque (Epic, 1995)

With Roy Budd

  • Is the Sound of Music (Pye, 1967)
  • Pick Yourself Up!!! (Pye, 1967)
  • Roy Budd at Newport (Pye, 1968)
  • Budd 'n' Bossa (Pye, 1970)
  • Get Carter (Odeon, 1971)
  • Fear Is the Key (Pye, 1972)
  • Everything's Coming Up Roses (Pye, 1976)

With Dudley Moore

  • Plays the Theme from Beyond the Fringe & All That Jazz (Atlantic, 1962)
  • The Other Side of Dudley Moore (Decca, 1965)
  • Genuine Dud (Decca, 1966)
  • Bedazzled (Decca, 1968)
  • The Dudley Moore Trio (Decca, 1969)
  • Today (Atlantic, 1972)
  • At the Wavendon Festival (Black Lion, 1976)
  • Dudley Down Under (Cube, 1978)
  • The Music of Dudley Moore (Cube, 1978)
  • Jazz Jubilee (Martine, 2004)

With others

References

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  1. ^ "Jazz jubilees October". Home.nestor.minsk.by. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Chris Karan official website - Biography". Chriskaran.com. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Interview with Chris Karan at Vinyl Vulture". Vinylvulture.co.uk. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
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