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Craig Marvin Taborn (; born February 20, 1970) is an American pianist, organist, keyboardist and composer. He works solo and in bands, mostly playing various forms of jazz. He started playing piano and Moog synthesizer as an adolescent and was influenced at an early stage by a wide range of music, including by the freedom expressed in recordings of free jazz and contemporary classical music. While at university, Taborn toured and recorded with jazz saxophonist James Carter. Taborn went on to play with numerous other musicians in electronic and acoustic settings, while also building a reputation as a solo pianist. He has a range of styles, and often adapts his playing to the nature of the instrument and the sounds that he can make it produce. His improvising, particularly for solo piano, often adopts a modular approach, in which he begins with small units of melody and rhythm and then develops them into larger forms and structures. In 2011, ''Down Beat'' magazine chose Taborn as winner of the electric keyboard category, as well as rising star in both the piano and organ categories. By the end of 2014, Taborn had released five albums under his own name and appeared on more than eighty as a sideman. ==Early life== Taborn was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota,〔Kennedy, Gary W. "Taborn, Craig (Marvin)" ''The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz'' (2nd ed.) (online)〕 to John, a psychologist, and Marjorie, a social worker.〔 He grew up in Golden Valley, Minnesota, where he attended Breck School.〔 His parents gave him a Moog synthesizer as a present when he was 12,〔Espeland, Pamela (February 1, 2008) ("Keyboardist Craig Taborn Surfaces with Underground" ). ''MinnPost''.〕〔DiPietro, Phil (May 2, 2003) ("Craig Taborn: Suggesting Textural Dimension" ). All About Jazz.〕 which was also around the time when he started playing piano.〔 He borrowed records from a public library and listened to public radio, discovering music from the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians and Sun Ra, among others.〔 As a youth he also listened to heavy metal and contemporary classical music, and identified commonalities among these disparate forms of music.〔 At high school, Taborn studied music theory and composition with PhD-qualified teachers for two years.〔("New York Jazz Pianist Craig Taborn Talks to Chicago's Rob Clearfield" ). (September 8, 2011) ''Chicago Reader''.〕 In his own words, he is "not a classically trained pianist at all";〔 he practiced with others, initially playing rock, progressive rock, and jazz fusion, before becoming more interested in jazz.〔Robson, Britt (April 25, 2013) ("Pianist Craig Taborn Returns to Walker Art Center, His Inspiration Point" ). ''Star Tribune''.〕 He borrowed from the library ''Segments II (Orchestra Of Two Continents)'' by pianist Cecil Taylor's band while at high school, but found separating the various elements of the music too difficult.〔 After attending a Last Exit concert (a loud free jazz band of Peter Brötzmann, Bill Laswell, Ronald Shannon Jackson and Sonny Sharrock), he went home and listened to the Taylor album again: "It was more manageable in terms of being able to hear detail and listen to content. That was a big moment in terms of being able to relax and process information in more abstract environments."〔Doerschuk, Bob (August 2011) "Craig Taborn: Illuminating Ideas". ''Down Beat''. 78 (8). p. 42.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Craig Taborn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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