Podcast appearances and mentions of brian priestley

A birthday salute to Duke Ellington featuring Brian Priestley, Brian Landrus and the Planet D Nonet performing rarely covered Ellington compositions. Continue reading →

Street fighting - media at war over urban transport; the death of Radio Live; Brian Priestley - the forthright Fourth Estate critic.

Pioneering media watcher Brian Priestley has died, aged 92. It's 30 years since he last lashed the media on Fourth Estate, the TVNZ show that made him a household name. But he still had lots to say about the media after that.

Street fighting - media at war over urban transport; the death of Radio Live; Brian Priestley - the forthright Fourth Estate critic.

Pioneering media watcher Brian Priestley has died, aged 92. It's 30 years since he last lashed the media on Fourth Estate, the TVNZ show that made him a household name. But he still had lots to say about the media after that.

Show Notes You can listen to songs from every episode on Spotify. You can subscribe to the show on iTunes, Overcast, or wherever great podcasts are found. You can follow along with the show on Twitter @jazzhistorypod. The website can be found at A History of Jazz. My name is Arik Devens and you can follow me on Twitter @danieltiger Bibliography: 1919 - Wikipedia Louisiana Five - Wikipedia Lost Chords: White Musicians and their Contribution to Jazz, 1915-1945 - Richard M. Sudhalter The Rough Guide to Jazz 3 - Ian Carr, Brian Priestley, and Digby Fairweather The Story of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band - H.O. Brunn A History of Jazz in Britain 1919-50 - Jim Godbolt Harry Pilcer - Wikipedia Harry Yerkes - Wikipedia Scrap Iron Jazz Band Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry - Tim Brooks

Donald Macleod and Brian Priestley celebrate the centenary of jazz legend Thelonious Monk

Show Notes You can listen to songs from this episode on Spotify, either as an individual playlist, or as one ongoing playlist. You can subscribe to the show on iTunes, Overcast, or wherever great podcasts are found. You can follow along with the show on Twitter @jazzhistorypod. The website can be found at A History of Jazz. My name is Arik Devens and you can follow me on Twitter @danieltiger Bibliography: The History of Jazz - Ted Gioia The Jazz Book: From Ragtime to the 21st Century - Joachim-Ernst Berendt Pioneers of Jazz: The Story of the Creole Band - Lawrence Gushee Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development - Gunther Schuller Blues People: Negro Music in White America - Leroi Jones Reading Jazz - David Meltzer Writing Jazz - David Meltzer Jazz: A History of America's Music - Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns Jazz in American Culture - Peter Townsend Why Jazz Happened - Marc Myers The Rough Guide to Jazz 3 - Ian Carr, Brian Priestley, and Digby Fairweather The History of Music Production - Richard James Burgess

Gerry Mulligan was one of the finest baritone saxophonists in jazz history, bringing an effortless grace to the large instrument, enhanced by his skill as a composer and arranger. Brian Priestley joins Alyn Shipton to select Mulligan's key recordings, from his "pianoless" quartet through his sextets and ten-piece bands to the Concert Jazz Band. The music ranges from the early 1950s until the 1990s, and includes Mulligan's final, emotionally charged recordings.

Phineas Newborn Jr. was one of the finest pianists in jazz history, but his short career was dogged by physical and mental illness and he is now a somewhat obscure figure. In the wake of several recent reissues of Newborn's work, Brian Priestley joins Alyn Shipton to pick the highlights and to reappraise this largely forgotten genius of the piano.

Critic and pianist Brian Priestley joins Alyn Shipton to select recording highlights from the career of drummer, vibraphonist and pianist Lionel Hampton, one of the greatest musicians of the swing era. Including his work with Benny Goodman, his many studio recordings from the 1930s and the regular working bands he led from the 1940s for the rest of his life.

The man who was Duke Ellington's amanuensis, co-pianist and arranger is not so well-known in his own right. In tonight's programme Ellingtonian specialist Brian Priestley joins Alyn Shipton to look at Strayhorn's small catalogue of records under his own name, and also separates out his immense personal contribution to Duke Ellington's work for both large and small bands, as composer, arranger and instrumentalist.

Famously known as the 'The Angry Man of Jazz,' Charles Mingus refused to compromise his innovative compositional style throughout a long and illustrious career. Alyn Shipton surveys the recorded output of bassist and composer and selects highlights with the aid of Mingus biographer Brian Priestley.

Charlie Parker was the most influential alto saxophonist in jazz history, and in his short life he left hundreds of recordings. So how do you pick the best ones for your collection? In this Jazz Library podcast, Alyn Shipton explores Parker's legacy, and with the help of saxophonist Peter King and Parker's biographer, Brian Priestley, he chooses music from both Parker's live concert recordings and his studio work.