. THE most underated composer and instrumentalist of the last 30 years. RIP Mick and thanks for all you have left us.

Legend. My fav bass player. Never get tired of listening to him playing.

Mick Karn was absolutely gorgeous, that beautiful olive skin, coming to London around 3 years old from Cyprus, He was an absolutely amazing bass player!!!! It was to bad JAPAN broke up, but that is how life goes, everyone leads a different path… Mick I love you … may you R.I.P. taken from this world to soon , but never forgotten!!! Mick leaves a son and his wife….from what I read about him, may GOD bless them both… with love from Toronto, 🇨🇦 Canada… stay safe everyone! Luv LA 2021 🎵🎵📀💕🎸 I will never forget Mick’s fantastic bass playing, just Brilliant!!!!

A mesmerising and beautiful man RIP Mick Karn X

A Fretless bass genius.

A true musician......and devastatingly handsome!

He was my all time favourite bass player who got me into playing fretless and I even built my own bass because of his musical encouragement. A very sad loss to the creative world. 😔

Mick is a genius. His legacy lives. He looks so much like his younger teenage self here. If you look at some pictures of Japan from 1974 you'll see.

Rest in peace Mick, I feel your real legacy is that you left a part of yourself that I think I can only describe as beauty, generosity, positivity, poetry and love, God Bless you.

FYI: Talkin' Jazz was a TV show on the European cable and satellite network NBC Super Channel (later NBC Europe) from around 1992-1998. I was the senior editor on the show, which was produced by Richard Journo. However, this particular show was produced before I joined the production team. There's a treasure trove of interviews and performances that appear to be lost. I'm so pleased this one was uploaded.

He was a god of bass... and a God never dies ! :-)

Mick Karn was and is still the best fretless bass guitarist I have ever listened to!!!

the guy's almost as eloquent talking as he is with his bass. badman.

one of the most talented bassists ever, R.I.P.

Rest in Peace - true genius

MK - the reason why I bought a fretless Wal back in 83. Saw Japan 3 times live and Mick in 1993 at Astoria TCR London.

Oh such a charming man xx

Best experimental bassist ever. Rip Mick.

The fact that Mick isn’t better known within the music industry and the fact that his ideas and creativity were not better funded is a terrible waste. Mick is one of the best composers of his era, the people that knew him, particularly within the industry should have taken a greater opportunity to remind the public of his contribution if not for him, but the security of his family? RIP Mick, a terrible loss!

Nice! I love Mick's playing, and this is the first interview with him I've ever seen. Seems to be a likeable dude.

Mick is not Jazz, he is his own genre of music. unique.

Very Very sad. A very talented Gentleman. R.I.P Mick.

swing by japan is one of my all time favourite frettless bass line by karn.

Great to see an interview of Mick. Such a sincere and very talented musician.

sad loss ...i still play and love the music that mick and david made together and apart .truly be sorely missed..goodnight mick.x

Seems a lovely fellow. Terribly sad that he was taken from us so suddenly and prematurely....

Poor Mick. You are so missed. Things would have come round again, as they always do.

The last bit about the urgency of getting things down is bittersweet.

Thanks so much for posting this video. What an amazing, gifted, visionary artist.

Oh wow - the man has EYEBROWS!!?? :-)

My fav bass player - Never got to meet him in person, but seems a totally decent chap, shame he is no longer with us. Inspired me to all things fretless and left us with some great bass lines to treasure.

The essence of cool.Thank you Mick

A genius on the bass guitar.

a great bassist rip mick i will remember your playing

0:16-0:22 Heh, yeah, as soon as he said that I thought, "Titles, jazz? No." I can't even figure out where people would have got that impression. Very interesting interview this, thanks for sharing it!

Excellent clip. Thanks for posting.

Such a lovely humble guy, and a unique musical talent.

Jaco, Mays and Mick, amazing bass players.

weird seeing him with eyebrows!

R.I.P mick..You will be sadly missed, But your music will live on.

Very interesting to hear this truly brilliant musician

this is a great bass player! Thanks

Get well, Mick! The world still needs great talent!

this dude and michael manring are legends and are both tragically slept on

thank you

Sad loss love to the family of a wonderful musician, and person

I thought I knew almost everything about this beautiful human being. ...turns out he is a has Greek roots...Greek people are very passionate about what ever they do.

World class Bass player ..sadly missed. It was Mick's Bass that I danced to...

Interesting that he cringed when hearing the word pop for his bass playing. His work was in that realm. Pop is an energy that many people cling to. It’s a trend that draws people in. Unfortunately the industry has capitalized on that and made monsters. David Sylvian knows his roots remain in the pop vein per an interview he recently gave.

i always remember reading an interview in musician and recording world (aaggh!) where he said he just played by ear and never read music... what an insipration... i started off on violin at school, moved to bass when THE POLICE appeared and stopped reading and started listening... you could spend a fortune on lessons, but unless you have the FEEL for an instrument, you will never be unique. period. Im amazed we dont see more of him these days.Much better with the "brows" as well Mick! LOL

Great guy ..

Good interview. Seems like at least here Mick is often describing how he’s always between different things and/or separate from things .

Huge fan, and I come from jazz and Brazilian music. Maybe from listening to so much movie soundtrack work, from Jerry Goldsmith to Bernard Herrman, to Eddie Sauter's score for Mickey One, to Miles Davis' Live Evil, I was primed.

Rest in Peace Mick....

Would love to have met the guy .

yeah, and Pino Palladino really did some nice fretless bass lines, obviously inspired by Mick. hope you all have the Dalis Car cd for more great Mick bass lines......

you're very welcome. thank you for taking the time to comment. i'll post some more stuff soon.

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Great video. I just uploaded an interview and live session with Mick Karn that I had on cassette from the 90's. Its from the BBC2 radio show 'mixing it' and was to promote 'bestial cluster'. Check it out by searching 'mick karn interview seesion'

r.i.p mick !

R.I.P. Mick from Austria

Gone too soon 💔

long hair suits mick...quiet groovy

RIP Mick Karn

RIP Mick.

100% straight.

there's the Rain tree crow project cd - basically Japan but very slow and experimental.

眉毛があるミックを初めて見ました。感動です。

Nice to see Mick with his "eyebrows" ..Sounds quite humble.I like Jaco pastorius but I prefer Mick Karns style better.

Mick is extremely ill battling cancer at the moment. Please visit his website for information in regards to making a donation.

'mick karn interview session'

Waaaaaaalll!!!! Kaaaaaarn! Total respect.

Its not about how he touches his face. It about how he touches his bass.

@audiotrax2000 you can leave comments to him on his website to let him know

Jazz is close maybe prog rock mostly its a Catford scene...those Japan lads certainly took back their careers hugely influential.

Cloud about mercury Tour with Mark isham, Bruford and David Torn which I find like an informal King Crimson post Discipline with several karn songs in the repertoire ie Dali's Car. Join the YMO group on yahoo and ask for access to the ftp on their faq page It should be there.

well we're of a different generation than jaco's crowd. it would be like listening to new age music or gasp progressive metal (although some Tool is good) But he was great with Joni mithell's music Perhaps needed more DIY and 80's hyperkinesis

He has got eyebrows!!!

What a terrible loss... Such a pity DS was the one to get rich from Japan and that MK died virtually pennyless. Shame on you DS... you were (are) nothing without JBK.

sorry to hear that Mick has cancer, please get well soon.

Yes, I agree that he does touch his face to much. Very good looking though

well he's very informal, he had trouble with Bill Bruford. it's only recently that he's started reading music. he likes to keep it informal, imporivisational and in the realm of uncertainty . Sort of like brian eno and myself. Would have loved to hear him with rachid taha on Byrne & Eno's new album.

I am married to one and live in Greece

Looks so different with eyebrows.

@beagleheadfred... other way around

"...Yacko Pastorius..."🤣

CHECK OUT PERCY JONES!!!!

Sounds goth, perhaps a little emo