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Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali,
Comuni di Bologna, Modena, Ravenna e Reggio Emilia


CHRISTY DORAN'S "NEW BAG"

Bruno Amstad  - voice
Wolfgang Zwiauer - electric bass
Fabian Kuratli - drums
Christy Doran - electric guitar, compositions

Bruno Amstad
- Teaches at the Jazz School Lucerne
- Project with Fredy Studer, Bobby Burri, Dave Doran
- Member of Marco Käppeli Selection with Günther Weiss, Hämi Hämmerli
- Soloprojects
- Duo's with Vera Kottucz (dance), Albin Brun (sax), Roberto Domeniconi (piano)
- Music with soundsculptures by Christoph Stehlin
- Grant by City of Lucerne 1995

Wolfgang Zwiauer
- born 1973 in Austria
- concerts or/and recordings with Hans Feigenwinter, Harald Härter, Jojo Mayer, David Gilmore,
  Christy Doran, George Gruntz, Roberto Gatto, Christoph Baumann, Picason
- member of the TV-band Taquito (SF DRS)
- "…der kompletteste E-bassist in der Schweiz überhaupt" (Der Bund)

Fabian Kuratti
- born 1970 in Berlin
- founder/leader of "Fab Four"
- concerts and/or recordings with George Gruntz, Christy Doran, Eric Allison, Sandy Patton, Harald Härter, Christoph Baumann u.v.m. (Jazzfestival Münster, Midem Cannes)
- teaches at the Jazz School Lucerne.

Christy Doran

Christy Doran was born in Dublin, Ireland and has lived in Lucerne, Switzerland since his childhood. His father was an Irish ballad singer, providing Christy with his first exposure to music. In the 1970's he was a founding member (along with Fredy Studer, Urs Leimgruber and Bobby Burri) of the seminal Swiss band "OM". Tours throughout Europe, radio/TV appearances, workshops, music for ballet, theatre and film. Over the years, his career has included countless solo concerts, in which the regularly pushes to the limits the capabilities of a single guitar. He has played in duos with Marty Ehrlich, Dom Um Romao, Ray Anderson, a.m.o.  After playing in a trio with Jasper van't Hof, he went on to form the "Christy Doran's May 84" septet wirh Norma Winstone, Trilok Gurtu, Urs Leimgruber, Rasko Gee, Dom Um Ramao and Dave Doran. He has been a member of the "Peter Warren Quartet" with Victor Lewis and John Surman, and "Red Twist & Tuned Arrow" with Stephan Wittwer and Fredy Studer (1985 - 1987).

Christy Doran was also a co-founder of "Doran/Studer/Burri/Magnenat", (later, Doran/Studer/Gerber/Magnenat) and member of a quartet with Bobby Previte, Mark Helias and Gary Thomas. He played in a trio with Marilyn Mazur and Kim Clarke, as well as with Sibylle Pomorin's "Augeries of Speed" with Terry Jenour, Annie Whitehead, Kim Clarke, Herb Robertson, Kamal Sabir. As a member of Urs Leimgruber's "Ensemble Bleu" he also played with Francoise Kubler, Louis Sclavis, Hans Koch.
Other performances have included work with Carla Bley, Albert Mangelsdorff, Edvard Vesala, Charlie Mariano, Manfred Schoof, Iréne Schweizer, Pierre Favre, Glenn Ferris, Wolfgang Dauner, Fernando Sounders, Julio Barreto, Sonny Sharrock, Kevin Bruce Harris, a.o. He has toured in Europe, North-Africa, India, the Caribees, Mexico, the U.S. and Canada.

In 1989 began a collaboration with American trombonist Ray Anderson, which continued until 1997. In 1993 Doran, together with Fredy Studer, started the project "Doran/Studer/Minton/Bates & Ali play the music of Jimi Hendrix". In 1994 Django Bates was replaced by cellist Tom Cora. In 1995/96 the band played in quartet with Phil Minton, Amin Ali, Fredy Studer and Christy Doran. Tours throughout Europe, Scandinavia, the U.S. and Canada.
Since 1993 Doran is working with American flutist Robert Dick and English drummer Steve Argüelles as the A.D.D. Trio.
In 1994 Studer and Doran re-founded the double-bass quartet with Jean-François Jenny-Clark (ac.bass/Paris) and Jamaaladeen Tacuma (el.bass/Philadelphia).

In 1994 Swedish saxophonist Thomas Jàderlund invited Doran to play in the "Amazing Orchestra" (with Guy Klucevsek, Stein-Erik Tafjord, Svante Henryson, Tomasz Stanko, and Jonny Axelsson). A new collaboration with Albert Mangelsdorff, Bruno Spoerri and Reto Weber started in 1997.

Christy Doran's current groups besides "Christy Doran's New Bag" include the A.D.D. Trio; a quartet with Lauren Newton, Fritz Hauser and Urs Leimgruber, and the Moving On Trio with Albert Mangelsdorff.
Over the last 25 years, Christy Doran has played on over 30 CDs//LPs.
 

 

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