Brian Priestley

Brian Priestley

Infobox musical artist
Name = Brian Priestley



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Origin = Manchester, England
Instrument = piano
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Genre = Jazz
Occupation = Pianist, musical arranger
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Brian Priestley (born July 10, 1940 [Many sources list Priestley's year of birth as 1946, but this is inaccurate. See Priestley's entry in "The Rough Guide to Jazz" and [http://www.jerryjazzmusician.com/mainHTML.cfm?page=priestley.html this interview] on his revised Charlie Parker study.] ) is an English jazz writer, pianist and arranger.

Priestley began studying music at age 8, and in the 1960s began arranging jazz pieces for the National Youth Jazz Orchestra and gained a degree in modern languages from Leeds University. In the late 1960s Priestley began contributing to the jazz press and was responsible for entries in "Jazz on Record: A Critical Guide to the First Fifty Years, 1917-67 " (1968), edited by Albert McCarthy and others.

In 1970 Priestley moved to London and began working with bands led by Tony Faulkner and Alan Cohen. Priestley helped arrange Duke Ellington's "Creole Rhapsody" for Cohen in 1977 and has also worked with Digby Fairweather.

Priestley taught jazz piano at Goldsmiths College from 1977 until 1993, and has worked for various other universities as an instructor over the years. Brian has also authored biographies of Charles Mingus, John Coltrane and Charlie Parker, as well as the book "Jazz on Record" published by Elm Tree Books, a history of the recording of the musical form.

Priestley is currently living in Tralee, Ireland, where he presents a show on Radio Kerry.

He has also done broadcasting work for the BBC (BBC Radio London and Radio3 as well as "London Jazz FM".

Discography

*You Taught My Heart to Sing (1994; Spirit of Jazz)

Literature

*Priestley, B. "Charlie Parker", Tunbridge Wells, Hippocrene Books 1984
*Priestley, B. "Chasin´ the Bird - The Life and Legacy of Charlie Parker", Oxford University Press 2007, ISBN 0195327098
*Priestley, B. "John Coltrane", London, Apollo Press 1986
*Priestley, B. "Mingus. A Critical Biography", Da Capo Press, New York 1985, ISBN 0306802171
*Priestley, Digby Fairweather, Ian Carr "Jazz The Rough Guide The Essential Companion to Artists and Albums", ISBN 1843532565 (formerly as "Jazz. The Essential companion", Grafton Books 1988)
*Priestley, B. "Jazz on Record", Elm Tree Books 1988, ISBN 0241124409
*Priestley, Dave Gelly, Paul Trynka, Tony Bacon "The Sax and Brass book- saxophones, trumpets and trombones in Jazz, Rock and Pop", Balafon Books 1998

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