Chris Karan

**Chris Karan** () er ein australsk jazztrommeslagar og perkusjonist av gresk opphav. Han spelte i trioen til Mike Nock i Sydney tidleg i 1960-åra. 

Etter at han flytta til London i 1962 vart Karan trommeslagar i Dudley Moore Trio. Han turnerte og var i studio med Moore i mange år, mellom anna i TV-serien hans *[[Not Only But Also]]* og på filmmusikken til filmen *[[filmen Bedazzled (1967)|Bedazzled]]* i 1967. Med Roy Budd var han medlem i Roy Love Trio og spelte på filmmusikkalbumet *[[Get Carter]]*.

Karan har arbeidd med 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 og Roy Budd. Han har turnert med John Dankworth og Cleo Laine, The Bee Gees, Caterina Valente, Dusty Springfield, Lulu og The Swingle Singers. Han var medlem av gruppa til Harry Stoneham, som akkompagnerte Michael Parkinson-shoa på BBC-TV.

Han har arbeidd med Katie Melua, og i tillegg gjeve ut eigne album. Han speler tabla på somme album og har gått i lære for instrumentet hos den indiske musikaren Alla Rakha.

## Diskografi
### Som sidemann
**Med [[Mike Batt]]**
* *Schizophonia* (Epic, 1977)
* *Caravans* (CBS, 1978)
* *Tarot Suite* (Epic, 1979)
* *Arabesque* (Epic, 1995)

**Med [[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)

**Med [[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)

**Med andre**
* Amazing Blondel, *Evensong* (Island, 1970)
* Harvey Andrews, *Friends of Mine* (Cube, 1973)
* Steve Ashley, *Stroll On* (Gull, 1974)
* Ken Baker, *Baker's Dozen* (Interfusion, 1973)
* Russ Ballard, *Winning* (Epic, 1976)
* Peter Bardens, *Heart to Heart* (Arista, 1979)
* Madeline Bell, *This Is One Girl* (Pye, 1976)
* Teresa Brewer, *in London* (Flying Dutchman, 1973)
* Polly Brown, *Special Delivery* (GTO, 1975)
* Ian Carr med Nucleus, *[[Solar Plexus av Nucleus|Solar Plexus]]* (Vertigo, 1971)
* Dave Cartwright, *Back to the Garden* (Transatlantic, 1973)
* Tina Charles, *Heart 'N' Soul* (CBS, 1977)
* Chi Coltrane, *Let It Ride* (Columbia, 1973)
* Ray Ellington, *You're the Talk of the Town* (Gold Star, 1975)
* David Fanshawe, *Arabian Fantasy* (EMI, 1976)
* Peter Frampton, *Wind of Change* (A&M, 1972)
* Serge Gainsbourg, *[[Vu de l'exterieur]]* (Philips, 1973)
* Roger Glover, *The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast* (Purple, 1974)
* Stephane Grappelli, *Hommage a Django Reinhardt* (Festival, 1972)
* Stephane Grappelli, *Just One of Those Things* (EMI, 1984)
* Steve Harley, *Hobo with a Grin* (Capitol, 1978)
* Nazia Hassan, *Disco Deewane* (His Master's Voice, 1980)
* Edmund Hockridge, *Hockridge Meets Hammond* (Ad-Rhythm, 1975)
* The Hollies, *Russian Roulette* (Polydor, 1976)
* Catherine Howe, *Dragonfly Days* (Ariola, 1979)
* Neil Innes, *Off the Record* (MMC, 1982)
* Davey Johnstone, *Smiling Face* (Rocket, 1973)
* Gerard Kenny, *Coming Home* (Park, 2005)
* The King's Singers, *Swing* (EMI, 1976)
* Basil Kirchin, *Abstractions of the Industrial North* (Trunk, 2005)
* Basil Kirchin, *Particles* (Trunk, 2007)
* Cleo Laine, *Cleo Laine/Live* (Jazz Man, 1981)
* Linda Lewis, *Hacienda View* (Ariola, 1979)
* London Symphony Orchestra, *Classic Rock* (K-Tel, 1977)
* Cheryl Lynn, *in Love* (Columbia, 1979)
* Marillion, *Fugazi* (EMI, 1984)
* Yehudi Menuhin, *Jalousie* (EMI Electrola, 1973)
* Katie Melua, *Piece by Piece* (Dramatico, 2005)
* Spike Milligan, *Paul Gallico's The Snow Goose* (RCA, 1976)
* Oliver Nelson, *[[Oliver Edward Nelson in London with Oily Rags]]* (Flying Dutchman, 1974)
* Jack Parnell, *Braziliana* (Music for Pleasure, 1977)
* Tom Paxton, *New Songs for Old Friends* (Reprise, 1973)
* Tom Paxton, *Something in My Life* (Private Stock, 1975)
* Chris Rainbow, *Looking Over My Shoulder* (Polydor, 1978)
* Len Rawle, *Yamaha Magic* (Ad-Rhythm, 1973)
* John Schroeder, *Latin Vibrations* (Polydor, 1971)
* Ronnie Scott, *When I Want Your Opinion I'll Give It to You* (Jazz House, 1997)
* The Seekers, *Seekers Seen in Green* (Capitol, 1968)
* Peter Skellern, *Hard Times* (Island, 1975)
* Terry Smith, *Fall Out* (Philips, 1969)
* Randy Stonehill, *Get Me Out of Hollywood* (Philips, 1973)
* Swingle II, *Madrigals* (CBS, 1974)
* Swingle II, *Words and Music* (CBS, 1974)
* Bernie Taupin, *Taupin* (DJM, 1971)
* Richard & Linda Thompson, *[[First Light]]* (Chrysalis, 1978)
* Barry Tuckwell, *A Sure Thing* (Angel, 1979)
* Lee Vanderbilt, *Get into What You're in* (RCA, 1977)
* Mike Vickers, *A Day at the Races* (DJM, 1976)
* Loudon Wainwright III, *I'm Alright* (Rounder, 1985)
* Clifford T. Ward, *No More Rock 'n' Roll* (Philips, 1975)
* Denny Wright, *Non Stop Pepsi Party* (Music for Pleasure, 1974)

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