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Brian Priestley

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British musician

Person · Open Library

Born
1940
Works
15

Top works

  • Chasin' the Bird
  • Jazz. Rough Guide
  • The Rough Guide to Jazz
  • Jazz
  • Charlie Parker

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1940-07-10
jazz

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
9
Total plays
308

Brian Priestley (born July 10, 1940 in Manchester, England) 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, 1917-1967 (1968), edited by Albert McCarthy

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Brian
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Manchester
Languages spoken
English language
Field of work
jazz
Genre
jazz
Instrument
piano
Image
Brian Priestley.jpg
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date of birth
1946-07-10
Commons category
Brian Priestley
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