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Karen Briggs
Karen Briggs is credited on 202 releases across 31 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1988–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
202
Pressings credited
31
Albums
5
Decades active
7
In collections
Biography
Karen Briggs (born August 12, 1963), also known as the "Lady in Red", is an American violinist. Born in Manhattan to a family of musicians, Briggs started playing the violin at age 12 and committed to playing professionally at age 15. Briggs joined the Virginia Symphony Orchestra while still in college, but grew discontented with performing classical music and left the orchestra after four years. Since then, she has performed predominantly in the jazz and contemporary instrumental genres. Best known for spending thirteen years on tour with contemporary instrumental musician Yanni, Briggs received the "Lady in Red" moniker while featuring as a soloist on Yanni's Live at the Acropolis tour. After parting with Yanni in 2004, she toured with other groups, including the short-lived jazz fusion group Vertú. Briggs has performed at such locations as Carnegie Hall and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and has performed or collaborated with Dave Grusin, Diana Ross, the Wu Tang Clan, En Vogue, and Chaka Khan.
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Credited work
202 releases · 31 albums · active 1988–2024
- Performance · 255
- Other credits · 11
- Production · 3
Studios: Herod Atticus Odeon · Yanni's Private Studios · Abbey Road Studios · Taj Mahal, India
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Yanni (2)
- Kenny Loggins
- Various
- Vinx (2)
- NoJazz
- Diana Ross
- Dianne Reeves
- Vertú
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