Christy Doran
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Guitarists · b. 1949

Christy Doran

Swiss musician

Born
21 June 1949
Dublin
Country
Ireland
Record labels
ECM Records
Discography
23 albums

Biography

Christy Doran is a jazz musician who plays guitar. Christy Doran was born on 21 June 1949 in Dublin. The music is usually filed under jazz and jazz fusion. Record labels: ECM Records. The discography here lists 23 albums, from “Harsh Romantics” (1984) to “In Trance We Trust” (2024).

Christy Doran (born 1949) is a jazz guitarist born in Dublin, Ireland, and raised in Lucerne, Switzerland. Doran founded OM with Fredy Studer, Urs Leimgruber, and Bobby Burri in the 1970s; this ensemble recorded for ECM. He and Studer also worked on a Jimi Hendrix tribute project in the 1990s. Doran has worked with free jazz and avant-garde jazz musicians such as Marty Ehrlich, Robert Dick, Ray Anderson, Han Bennink, Albert Mangelsdorff, Louis Sclavis, Marilyn Mazur, Herb Robertson, John Wolf Brennan, Patrice Héral, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Phil Minton, Joe McPhee and Carla Bley. Doran founded New Bag in 1997 and toured the world from 1998 to 2000 with the ensemble. Doran has taught at the Musikhochschule Luzern since 1990.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Harsh Romantics 1984
The Returning Dream of the Leaving Ship 1986
Henceforward 1989
Christy Doran's Phoenix 1990
Corporate Art 1991
Musik für zwei Kontrabässe, Elektrische Gitarre und Schlagzeug 1991
What a Band 1992
Half a Lifetime 1994
Play the Music of Jimi Hendrix 1994
Race the Time 1997
Shaman 2000
Triangulation 2004
Jimi 2005
XL Target 2011
No.9 2013
Tribute to Fab 2013
Call Me Helium: Doran Stucky Studer Tacuma Play the Music of Jimi Hendrix 2015
Kontaktchemie 2016
Live in Moods 2017 2017 · Live
144 Strings for a Broken Chord 2018
Undercurrent (live at Theater Gütersloh) 2018 · Live
Aerosols 2021
In Trance We Trust 2024

Also plays on

Albums where Christy Doran is credited as a sideman

Frequently asked questions

What instrument does Christy Doran play?

Christy Doran is known for playing guitar.

When and where was Christy Doran born?

Christy Doran was born 21 June 1949 in Dublin.

What are Christy Doran's best-known albums?

Albums in our database include Harsh Romantics (1984), The Returning Dream of the Leaving Ship (1986), Henceforward (1989), Christy Doran's Phoenix (1990) and Corporate Art (1991).

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