Brian Priestley 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.

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  • Brian Priestley 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.
  • Brian Priestley ist ein britischer Jazzautor und Musik-Journalist, Pianist und Arrangeur. Priestley lernte mit acht Jahren Klavier und studierte moderne Sprachen an der University of Leeds. Er arrangierte schon in den 1960er Jahren für das englische „National Youth Jazz Orchestra“ und begann über Jazz zu schreiben, z. B. mit Beiträgen für das von Albert McCarthy herausgegebene Jazz on Record (1968). 1970 zog er nach London, wo er u. a. für Big Bands arrangierte, so die Creole Rhapsody von Duke Ellington für Alan Cohen 1977, und als Jazzpianist auftrat. Von 1977 bis 1993 unterrichtete er Jazz-Piano am Goldsmiths College der University of London. Er ist vor allem bekannt als Autor von Biographien von Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus und John Coltrane sowie als Co-Autor – mit dem Jazz-Trompeter Digby Fairweather, mit dem er auch in einem eigenen Septett spielte, und Ian Carr – des „Rough Guide Jazz“. Er schrieb auch als Jazzkritiker für diverse Zeitschriften, u. a. Jazzwise, und arbeitete als Jazz-Moderator für BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio London und „London Jazz FM“.
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  • Brian Priestley ist ein britischer Jazzautor und Musik-Journalist, Pianist und Arrangeur. Priestley lernte mit acht Jahren Klavier und studierte moderne Sprachen an der University of Leeds. Er arrangierte schon in den 1960er Jahren für das englische „National Youth Jazz Orchestra“ und begann über Jazz zu schreiben, z. B. mit Beiträgen für das von Albert McCarthy herausgegebene Jazz on Record (1968). 1970 zog er nach London, wo er u. a.
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