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- saxophonist, jazz musician
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2024-04-11 06:26:00
The choirs of two of London's historic chapels come together for the first time to celebrate the Queen instrumental in founding both
[…] the Old Royal Naval College) in 1692 which is now home to Trinity Laban, and she was on the throne when the Royal Hospital, Chelsea finally opened its doors to Chelsea Pensioners for the first time. The Royal Hospital was founded in 1682 by King Charles II but was not ready to receive pensioners until 1692, when some of those first admitted were soldiers injured at the Battle of Sedgemoor, the final battle in the Duke of Monmouth's rebellion. Another link between the two institutions is, of course, Sir Christopher Wren who designed both, the one intended to house Army veterans and the other to house Navy veterans. Whilst the Royal Hospital, Chelsea has survived as an institution, adapting and changing over time, the Royal Hospital for Seamen closed in 1869 and it became a training establishment for the Royal Navy, the Royal Naval College. The chapel at the Old Royal Naval College […]
2024-04-08 03:30:00
A Jazz Musician on Classical Music and Jazz
[…] Coltrane was bigger and better than either. I like Gershwin, I like Copland – I'm not against those guys. But in terms of some sort of absolute peak of an aesthetic, Coltrane was much, much greater. Coltrane is actually like Bach, Beethoven, and Chopin. My dream is that classical musicians, especially in America, could learn to be a little more humble and take John Coltrane more seriously. That goes for all of us: let’s take Duke Ellington seriously. Let's take Count Basie, Thelonious Monk, and Billie Holiday seriously. Let's use their techniques for our American music, regardless of what genre we call it. The specific issue of swing and blues is still not too well understood in classical circles. And that was part of my argument about Rhapsody in Blue, for I feel like it has obscured the issue of how hard black rhythm really is. Since it's a flashy, virtuoso […]
2024-04-01 03:30:00
Duruflé: Requiem; Poulenc: Four Lenten Motets (CD Review)
[…] I asked you who some of your influences were as a composer, would some stuff come to mind at all?Jackie McLean: OK. Alright. It would be like, I guess…it’s a funny combination of people whose music I can get a feel for. Thelonious would be one of them. Thelonious, Tadd Dameron, kind of, and then a little later, Gil Evans, his interpretations of some of that harmony and stuff. But all of them come from Duke, I learned that later on, you know, that they all come from Duke. But I had never thought of Duke as my inspiration for writing. I mean, I always loved his stuff. The more I learn about music the more amazed I am at what he was doing so early.SL: His concept.JM: Yeah, you know. But for the time that I came along, it was Thelonious, and then Bud and Bird together, kind of […]
2024-03-22 15:07:47
Coliseum, LondonA last-minute cast substitution added a remarkable gender twist to Bartók’s opera about marital disintegrationThe first night of
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