Brian Priestley talks about Far East Suite
Brian Priestley had a heavy task at Ellington ’97. He was a presenter, a panel coordinator and a musician with his own band in the concerts at the conference. Here…
Blue Light Autumn 2024
The postman delivered the Autumn 2024 issue (Volume 31.2) in the middle of the summer. 50 pages full of interesting articles as always. Thank you, Gareth! I am happy to…
Opening of Ellington ’97 in Leeds
The 15th Ellington Study Group Conference took place in Leeds from 22nd to 26th May 1997. It was the first conference in Europe since the one in Stockholm in 1994.…
Smått & Gott/Bits & Pieces Dec 2021-2
Who Knows Before the summer, DESUK distributed to its members the CD Who Knows with Brian Priestley and a small group playing “least studied and least ‘covered’ pieces” of Ellington…
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Brian Priestly on Duke – The Pianist
Brian Priestly was also one of the speakers at the Ellington ’92 conference in Copenhagen. Photo Bjarne Busk He talked about “Ellington The Pianist”. During the 45 minutes presentation, Priestly…
Brian Priestly on BB&B
In 1974, Brian Priestly – jazz writer and pianist among other things – and the arranger and composer Alan Cohen wrote what Mark Tucker has labelled “the first serious analytical…