Jason Yarde
Jason Yarde | |
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| Born | 1970 (age 55–56) Beckenham, England |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupations | Musician, composer, arranger, producer, music director |
| Instrument | Saxophones |
| Formerly of | Jazz Warriors; Tomorrow's Warriors |
Jason Yarde (born 1970) is an English jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, producer and music director. He has worked with a wide range of artists and music ensembles, including Denys Baptiste, The Blind Boys Of Alabama, McCoy Tyner, Andrew Hill, Jack DeJohnette, Hugh Masekela and the London Symphony Orchestra.[1][2]
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Yarde was born in 1970 in Beckenham, England, to Guyanese parents.[3] While still a teenager at school,[4] he began playing alto and soprano saxophone with the Jazz Warriors, and went on to become their music director.[5]
He studied at Middlesex University, obtaining a BA (Hons) in Performance Arts; the degree incorporated a year at William Paterson College, New Jersey, studying orchestration, studio engineering, jazz performance and saxophone under Joe Lovano, Gary Smulyan and Steve Wilson. [5]
Music career
[edit | edit source]Yarde was member of Anthony Tidd's Quite Sane band, which won the Capital Radio band of the year award in 1992.[6] He has also been associated with Tomorrow's Warriors since it was started,[7] including leading the J-Life quintet, featuring vocalist Julie Dexter.[8][9]
In 2007, his work All Souls Seek Joy was premiered by Hugh Masekela and the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican Centre.[10]
Yarde's BBC Proms composition Rhythm and Other Fascinations, for piano trio and the BBC Concert Orchestra, won the inaugural BASCA award for Contemporary Jazz Composition in 2009,[11][12] with the judges describing his work as "innovative, accomplished and entertaining. It achieves that difficult double act of looking back in homage to a bye-gone era and at the same time, achieving a very contemporary vision."[13]
In 2010, Yarde was a recipient of a Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award, "the most generous arts prize in the UK".[14]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Jason Yarde at Serious.org.
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- 1970 births
- Living people
- 20th-century British male musicians
- 20th-century British saxophonists
- 21st-century British male musicians
- 21st-century British saxophonists
- Alumni of Middlesex University
- Black British musicians
- English jazz composers
- English male composers
- English people of Guyanese descent
- Tomorrow's Warriors alumni