Mark Nightingale

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Mark Nightingale
Photo by Frank Kramer
Photo by Frank Kramer
Background information
Birth nameMark Daryl Nightingale
Born (1967-05-29) 29 May 1967 (age 56)
Evesham, Worcestershire, England
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician, composer, arranger
Instrument(s)Trombone
Years active1980s–present
Websitemark-nightingale.co.uk

Mark Daryl Nightingale (born 29 May 1967) is an English jazz trombonist, composer, and arranger.

Career[edit]

He began on trombone at age nine, and played in the Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra and the National Youth Jazz Orchestra in his teens.[1] He attended Trinity College of Music from 1985 to 1988. His first band as leader was a trombone quintet called Bonestructure and he has gone on to front various sized groups from quartets and quintets to a Big Band featuring his own compositions and arrangements. Nightingale toured and recorded with James Morrison in Europe from 1994 to 1997. He has had longstanding musical relationships with John Dankworth, Stan Tracey, Alan Barnes and Andy Panayi. Nightingale has composed for trombone and other brass instruments. His published works include 20 Jazz Etudes (1995), Multiplicity (1996) Easy Jazzy Tudes (1998), Turning Back the Clock (2004), and Urbieplicity (2010). He played trombone on the album Ten Summoner's Tales by Sting.

He has worked with or recorded with Louie Bellson, Ray Brown, Carl Fontana, Urbie Green, Scott Hamilton, Slide Hampton, Bill Holman, Lee Konitz, Cleo Laine, Claire Martin, Clark Terry, and Kenny Wheeler; Steely Dan, Kylie Minogue, Tom Jones, Madonna, Robbie Williams, Henry Mancini, McFly, Frank Sinatra, John Wilson, and Michel Legrand. He occasionally directs the BBC Big Band.[1]

He was design consultant for the first instrument made by Michael Rath Trombones.[2]

Awards and honors[edit]

  • British Jazz Awards - Best Trombonist (1994), (1996), (1998), (2000), (2002), (2004), (2006), (2008), (2009), (2010), (2011) (2013), (2014), (2015), (2016), (2017), (2018)[3]
  • Worshipful Company of Musicians - Young Jazz Musician Award (1996)
  • British Jazz Award - Rising Star 1993[3]

Discography[edit]

As leader[edit]

  • Bone Structure (Calligraph, 1989)
  • I Got Rhythm with the London Brass (Teldec, 1991)
  • What I Wanted to Say with Ray Brown, Jeff Hamilton, Dado Moroni (Mons, 1994)
  • Remember the Time with Clark Terry, Ray Brown, Jeff Hamilton, Dado Moroni (Mons, 1995)
  • Some of Our Best Friends with the London Trombone Quartet (ASC, 1996)
  • Destiny (Mons, 1997)
  • A Nightingale Sang (2005)
  • Out of the Box (Woodville, 2010)
  • 21 Trombones in the 21st Century with the New Trombone Collective (New Trombone Collective, 2010)
  • The Sound of Jay & Kai with Alistair White (Woodville, 2014)[4][5]

As sideman[edit]

With Alan Barnes

  • A Dotty Blues (Zephyr, 1998)
  • The Sherlock Holmes Suite (Woodville, 2003)
  • The Marbella Jazz Suite (Big Bear, 2004)
  • Songs for Unsung Heroes (Woodville, 2004)
  • Seven Ages of Jazz (Woodville, 2006)
  • A Jazz Christmas Carol (Woodville, 2015)
  • Fish Tales (Woodville, 2017)[4]
  • 60th Birthday Celebration (Woodville, 2019)

With John Dankworth

  • Nebuchadnezzar (Jazz House, 1994)
  • Rhythm Changes (Jazz House, 1995)
  • In a Mellow Tone (Qnote, 2005)
  • Live at Ronnie Scotts (Sepia)[4]

With James Newton Howard

  • Maleficent (Disney, 2014)
  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Music On Vinyl, 2016)
  • Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (Sony/WaterTower Music, 2018)

With Claire Martin

  • Old Boyfriends (Linn, 1995)
  • Off Beat (Linn, 1995)
  • A Modern Art (Linn, 2015)

With Andy Panayi

  • Blown Away (Jazz House, 1998)
  • Time Displaced (Mainstem, 2002)
  • News from Blueport (Woodville, 2005)
  • The Solar Cats (Woodville, 2009)
  • Play Woolf Notes (Woolfnotes)
  • Whooeeee! (Mainstem)[4]

With Colin Towns

  • Mask Orchestra (Jazz Label, 1993)
  • Nowhere & Heaven (Provocateur, 1996)
  • Bolt from the Blue (Provocateur, 1997)
  • Dreaming Man with Blue Suede Shoes (Provocateur, 1999)
  • Another Think Coming (Provocateur, 2001)

With Robbie Williams

  • Live at the Albert (Chrysalis, 2001)
  • Swing When You're Winning (Chrysalis, 2001)
  • Swings Both Ways (Island, 2013)

With others

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Mark Nightingale". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Artists". Michael Rath Trombones. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  3. ^ a b "British Jazz Awards".
  4. ^ a b c d e "Discography". Mark Nightingale. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  5. ^ Nightingale, Mark. "Mark Nightingale". Woodville Records. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  • Mark Gilbert, "Mark Nightingale". Grove Jazz online.
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