Born in Minneapolis, the jazz pianist Craig Taborn was given a Moog synthesiser
for his 12th birthday, an event which proved pivotal in his future musical
development. The Moog encouraged him to explore musical boundaries outside the
confines of the piano lessons he was taking and laid the foundations for his
career as a jazz performer. Taborn claims to be "not a classically trained
pianist at all" and has always explored wider musical territory.
Unlike many musicians of the modern era, Taborn eschews websites, social media
and self promotion, preferring to let his music do th...