JAZZPROFILES lives in the music 1,002 Jazz Artists fully Profiled! Guy Kark
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Guy Kark is not a jazz musician. He's a composer and the founder and artistic director of cross-cultural world music ensembles bringing together Jewish and Arab musical traditions, a graduate of the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem's classical Arab music department under Taisir Elias and Dahlia Cohen, and a former visiting artist at Paris's Cité des Arts.
His main project, Guy Kark & Between Times, is one of Israel's leading world music groups, with Kark writing most of the material and playing guitar, oud, and percussion. Their 1999 album Canaan, thirteen tracks reflecting the texture and color of the biblical region, drew praise from Ma'ariv, Haaretz, and the Jerusalem Post.
He has one real, dated jazz credit: bassist Ehud Ettun, already profiled on jazzprofiles.com, played double bass on Between Times' 2010 self-released album 4 Quarters.
Kark's work sits in world music and cross-cultural composition, drawing on classical Arab music training and Jewish musical traditions, entirely outside jazz idiom. The Ehud Ettun credit is the single point of overlap between his catalog and this project.
- Canaan (1999, Sufa, with Between Times) - his best-known album.
- 4 Quarters (2010, with Between Times) - features jazz bassist Ehud Ettun, the reason for this profile. Listen
Guy Kark: Full Discography
Scope note: Kark is a non-jazz artist (world music/cross-cultural composition) included for one specific jazz-scene connection. This file covers his main releases and that connection, not an exhaustive world-music discography.
Identity confirmed via Discogs artist ID 5959518 ("Guy Kark"). No same-name collision found.
LEADER (as Guy Kark & Between Times)
| Album | Year | Label | Notes | Listen | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Between Times (ימי הבינתיים) | 1995 | Sufa Productions | Discogs-verified (Main). | not found | not found |
| Canaan (כנען) | 1999 | Sufa | His best-known album, 13 tracks; press coverage in Ma'ariv, Haaretz, and the Jerusalem Post. | not found | Amazon |
| 4 Quarters | 2010 | (self-released) | Not indexed on Discogs under this artist ID (per Ehud Ettun's own discography-full.md, which independently verified this credit). Features Ehud Ettun on double bass. | Bandcamp | not found |
Jazz-scene connection
- Ehud Ettun (double bass) - 4 Quarters (2010, Guy Kark & Between Times).
- Ehud Ettun - double bass, 4 Quarters (2010).
