James Blades News
Percussionist, author (1901-1999)
- bass drum
- United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- musician, music teacher, percussionist
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2023-10-06 18:57:03
A major figure of New York City’s cultural life for more than half a century, Blades brought a New York-born musical style to the world at large.
2021-05-04 18:42:13
What an inspiration it is to see the most fearlessly original paradigm-shifter of all the salsa dura pioneers of the 70s still pushing the envelope. Ruben Blades‘ new album Salswing with Roberto Delgado & Orquesta – streaming at Spotify – is aptly titled, a lavishly symphonic latin jazz project. Blades’ voice is a bit more […]
2021-04-13 07:42:47
James Blades' Percussion Instruments and their History
Legendary percussionist James Blades' Percussion Instruments and their History was first published in 1971 (with an introduction from Benjamin Britten with whom Blades had a long association) and last updated in 2005. The book has remained the standard reference work on the subject. Now it is being re-issued in expanded form (over 600 pages) by Kahn & Averill. The expanded edition includes a chapter on the rise of the solo percussionist and written by one of Blades’ former pupils, Dame Evelyn Glennie, who also contributes a new Foreword, while recent developments in orchestral percussion are covered by Neil Percy, Head of Timpani and Percussion at the Royal Academy of Music and Principal Percussionist of the London Symphony Orchestra. As a performer James Blades (1901-1999) played with the Melos Ensemble and the English Chamber Orchestra, and as professor of percussion at the Royal Academy of Music he enthused a whole generation, and […]
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ArtsJournal: music
2020-09-11 18:58:38
New York’s Ice Dancing Company Takes To The Concrete
“So what happens when there’s no ice and the rinks are closed? During the coronavirus pandemic, the figure skaters of Ice Theater of New York have found their flow by trading ice for concrete and Blades for wheels. They’ve taken to the streets — and parks and playgrounds and basketball courts — with inline skates.” […]
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