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Viktor Karl Krauss[1] (born 1969 in Champaign, Illinois) is a bassist.[2]

He has worked with Peter Rowan and Lyle Lovett, among other musicians.[2]

He is the brother of bluegrass musician Alison Krauss. He has played on some of his sister's albums, together with those of her dobro player, Jerry Douglas.

Eclectic composer and double bassist Viktor Krauss was born in Champaign, IL, in 1969. His youth was spent listening to soundtracks and instrumental music, eventually leading him to the piano and trumpet. After witnessing the power and ominous presence of the double bass at a middle school concert, the budding musician began looking outside of the traditional music programs offered by the public school system. He soon played with local jazz groups and accompanying others in different genres. In high school, Krauss explored the worlds of rock, soul, and R&B and began to write material that shared these new influences, eventually leading to the study of double bass, voice, electronic, and tape music at the University of Illinois.

A Zappa-esque rock unit called Difficult Listening was formed with fellow musician Sean Smith in the late '80s. The duo played locally at (mostly) university venues before disbanding in 1992, when Krauss joined progressive bluegrass pioneer Peter Rowan's Free Mexican Airforce group, where he found himself playing for Mountain Stage and Prairie Home Companion. After playing with Rowan, in 1994 he began his extended tenure with respected singer-songwriter Lyle Lovett, touring and recording with the country icon, including contributing to recordings such as My Baby Don’t Tolerate, Step Inside This House, Natural Forces and the latest 2012’s Please Release Me. In 1995, starting with the celebrated recording Nashville, Viktor started a long recording and touring collaboration with Bill Frisell. Additional recordings with Frisell include Gone, Just Like a Train, Floratone, East/West, Good Dog, Happy Man, Disfarmer and The Sweetest Punch, Viento Rojo (with Gabriela Marrone), Seven Angels on a Bicycle (w. Carrie Rodriguez) as well as City of Refuge (with Abigail Washburn). Krauss and Frisell also apprear (along with Buddy Miller and Brian Blade) on a new recording for Shawn Colvin to be released on Nonesuch Records later in 2012. Krauss has also been seen on stage with artists such as Carly Simon, Shelby Lynne, Chet Atkins, Larry Carlton, The Chieftains, Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris, Jewel, Melinda Doolittle and most recently a trio consisting of Jerry Douglas, Krauss and Omar Hakim. A recording featuring this trio will be released later this year on E1 records.

In between, he managed to find the time to contribute bass, guitar and/or keyboard instruments to countless recordings by the likes of Bill Frisell, Jerry Douglas, Joan Baez, Indigo Girls, Dolly Parton, Rodney Crowell, Gretchen Peters, Graham Nash, Michael McDonald, John Fogerty, Shawn Colvin, and Alison Krauss. With credits for producing, composing, recording, and touring, Krauss finally found the time to record his solo debut of his original compositions, Far From Enough. Featuring an all-star band consisting of Frisell, Jerry Douglas, Steve Jordan, and sister Alison, it was released in February 2004, and peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard® Contemporary Jazz Chart. Krauss' second album, II, which featured core band guitarist Dean Parks and drummer Matt Chamberlain and appearances by Shawn Colvin, Ben Taylor and Lovett as well as a cover of Pink Floyd's "Shine on You Crazy Diamond," emerged three years later. This recording also features Bill Frisell as well as classical Indian vocalist Shveta Naviari on select songs. The title “II “ pays homage to Viktor’s love of classic rock bands of the 70’s that would frequently title their records based on their chronological order (i.e. Led Zeppelin II). In 2010, a recording (available as a download or in double vinyl with a highly detailed booklet) featuring original compositions of Viktor Krauss, Matt Chamberlain and Dan Phelps was released independently with great reviews.

In 2006, Viktor was awarded a Fellow ship for the prestigious Composers’ Lab at the Sundance Institute and his film credits include three compositions in Ken Burns’ documentary Baseball: The Tenth Inning, composing credits for the films, Robert Altman’s Dr. T. and the Women (co-composed with Lyle Lovett and Matt Rollings)and the independent film, Dodge City. Also, songs from his records are featured in the documentaries I Hear Thunder, & The Oasis Project.

As a composer not only of instrumental music, Viktor’s song “Lie Awake”, co-written with singer-songwriter Angel Snow, appeared on the Alison Krauss + Union Station 2011 Grammy-Winning® release of Paper Airplane. Two additional songs (“A Place Outside” and “These Days”) also penned by Krauss and Snow appear on special editions of Paper Airplane (Target Exclusive Edition/European Edition/Japanese Edition). Other songs written for Alison Krauss and Union Station include 1996’s “Moments Like This” (co-written with Michael McDonald) for the motion picture Twister. Another Krauss/McDonald song, “Happiness” appears on 1997’s So Long, So Wrong. “So Here We Are” co-written with Jerry Douglas and Omar Hakim will appear on Jerry Douglas’ upcoming release and “I Don’t Know You” co-written with Shawn Colvin will appear on Shawn’s forthcoming recording All Fall Down (produced by Buddy Miller). “You Were Always There” is a song co-written by Krauss and Lyle Lovett for 2003’s My Baby Don’t Tolerate”.

Krauss is an active producer. He is currently producing recordings by Clay Evans, Angel Snow and Mike Willis. Past credits have included Americana artist Jason White’s Shades of Grey and Tonight’s Top Story for which the arrangement of the controversial “Red Ragtop” was covered by Tim McGraw. Other projects have included soft-rock artist Michael Johnson, acid-jazz guitarist Jack Silverman as well as specific songs for or with Alison Krauss.

Viktor performs his original music regularly with his band consisting of Robert Crawford (Drums), Todd Lombardo (acoustic guitar), and Steve Walsh (electric guitar). Other band configurations have included musicians Matt Chamberlain, Dean Parks, Adam Levy, Mitch Watkins, Jack Silverman, Jim White, Steve Kovalcheck and Tim Young.

References [link]

  1. ^ https://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&fromrow=1&torow=25&querytype=WriterID&keyid=616657&keyname=KRAUSS+VIKTOR+KARL&CAE=187533344&Affiliation=BMI
  2. ^ a b Monger, James. "Viktor Krauss: Biography". Allmusic. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/viktor-krauss-p95244/biography. Retrieved 28 June 2011. 

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  • Samuel Krauss, Hungarian philologist and historian
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