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Mark Charig (born 22 February 1944 in London) is a British trumpeter and cornetist.
In the late 1960s, Charig spent two years in Long John Baldry's group, Bluesology. After attending the Barry jazz summer school, he formed a band with Keith Tippett and Nick Evans, after which he and Evans joined the Brotherhood of Breath.
Charig also featured with Tippett's Centipede big band and on several King Crimson albums, being particularly prominent in a long solo on the title track of Islands, on the title track of Lizard and on the track "Fallen Angel" on the Red album, as well as in a work-in-progress version of "Starless".
In the mid-1970s he also toured with the group Red Brass, which featured singer Annie Lennox. He also recorded with Mike Osborne, as well as releasing his own Pipedream LP on Ogun Records.
He is also a member of the London Jazz Composers' Orchestra. He now lives in Germany and is a member of the Wuppertal-based Conduction Orchestra.
More recently, he has recorded KJU: a CD of quartet improvisations with the group "Quatuohr".
