Mark Nightingale
Mark Nightingale (* May 29, 1967 in Evesham ) is a British trombonist of modern jazz.
Life and work
Nightingale began playing trumpet at age nine. 1984-1990 it belonged to the National Youth Jazz Orchestra as principal trombonist. During this time he completed his studies at Trinity College and played in the orchestra of Johnny Dankworth. 1988 published the trombone quintet Bonestructure he founded his eponymous album. The following year he joined with Carl Fontana and Jiggs Whigham on the International Trombone Workshop. The BBC sent him in 1990 in the orchestra of the European Broadcasting Union. With the Royal Philharmonic Pops Orchestra, he visited Korea and Japan. In the 1990s he worked in the BBC Radio Big Band and with Frank Sinatra, Sting, Henry Mancini, Cleo Laine, James Morrison Hot Horn Meeting and London Brass. With the band project of Charlie Watts, he appeared in London and in New York. He also worked on recordings of Louie Bellson, Clark Terry, Slide Hampton, Urbie Green, Shorty Rogers, Bill Holman, Clark Tracey, Claire Martin, Johnny Dankworth, Kenny Wheeler, Michel Legrand, Hans Koller and Thilo Berg.
Nightingale is on the way with his own quartet, his all-star quintet and his big band, but also plays Stan Tracey, Andy Panayi, Alan Barnes, Steely Dan and Scott Hamilton. He is also active as a composer and arranger and wrote the textbook 20 Jazz Etudes For Tenor Trombone.
Prizes and awards
Nightingale won already fifteen years the Don Lusher Award from the BBC. He was awarded " Newcomer" with the British Jazz Award in 1993; 1994, 1996, 1998 and 2000, he won the top award at this price.
Disco Graphical Notes
- What I Wanted to Say (1994, with Dado Moroni, Ray Brown and Jeff Hamilton)
- Destiny (1997, with the RIAS Big Band )
- Out of the Box (2010, with Nigel Hitchcock, Graham Harvey, Laurence Cottle and Ian Thomas )
Lexigraphic entries
- Martin Kunzler, Jazz Encyclopedia Vol 2 Reinbek 2002; ISBN 3-499-16513-9