Bio

Graham Clark has been playing jazz on violin professionally since 1982. While living in Bristol and London in the 1980s, he played with Keith Tippett and Andy Sheppard. From 1988 - 1992 he was a member of cult psychedelic jazz-rock band "GONG", touring extensively in Italy, France and the UK, and recording several albums. Based in NW England since 1996, Graham is a regular player on the thriving Manchester jazz scene. In 2003, Graham did a solo improvisation tour supporting the American "No-Neck Blues Band" (Paris, Amsterdam, London). He also performed with Bryan Glancy, supporting David Gray. Another project was to provide improvised solo accompaniments to silent movies at performances in Manvhester and Sheffield. Graham also plays with 'TOOLSHED,' an experimental fusion of techno and big band jazz led by Graham Massey, of 808 State. In 2004 he performed with Toolshed for a Radio Three broadcast from Belfast, as part of the BBC Music Live festival. He has also played with Lamb, Elbow, La Timbala, Salsa Pa'Gozar, & Liz Fletcher, amongst others. Graham continues to give both solo and collaborative improvised performances. October 2004 saw Graham recording a series of improvised duets with top US jazz violinist Mark Feldman. These were broadcast in February 2005 on Radio 3's "Mixing it". In October 2006, GC was the solo Electric Violinist for the Jean-Claude Vannier concert at the Barbican on 21st October 2006, with such luminaries as Big Jim Sullivan, Vic Flick, Herbie Flowers and Dougie Wright, as well as the BBC Concert Orchestra and Crouch End Festival Chorus. Current projects include a free improvising string quartet, a guitar bass and violin trio, and a book on approaches to improvisation, drawing on twenty five years of teaching experience combined with a knowliedge of cognitive psychology. Graham is available for performances, recordings, and tuition. MYSPACE: http://www.myspace.com/geecee YouTube: http://youtube.com/gcviolin My website: www.grahamviolin.com