Lyn Christie
Australian-born American-based musical artist (1928–2020)
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Lyndon Van Christie (3 August 1928 – 28 March 2020[1]) was an Australian-born American-based jazz bassist.[2] He earned a medical degree from Otago Medical School, New Zealand, and, while practising as a physician in Sydney from 1961, played in the local jazz scene until he moved to New York City in 1965.[2]
3 August 1928
Lyn Christie | |
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| Born | Lyndon Van Christie 3 August 1928 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 28 March 2020 (aged 91) |
| Genres | Jazz, Classical |
| Occupations | Musician, medical practitioner |
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In New York, he worked as chief medical resident at Yonkers General Hospital (1966–68), continued to play jazz and attended the Juilliard School of Music studying with Homer Mensch (1968–69).[2] Christie played with a variety of fellow jazz musicians including Ahmad Jamal, Jaki Byard, Chet Baker, Paul Winter, Buddy Rich, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Tal Farlow and many others.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] He was the regular bass player in harpist Daphne Hellman's trio, Hellman's Angels.[10]
In the 1970s he established a teaching position and eventually became director emeritus of jazz studies at Westchester Conservatory in New York State.[2]