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Karl Jenkins
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Penclawdd, Gower, Wales
Biography from his own site http://www.karljenkins.com/:
Karl Jenkins was raised in Penclawdd, Gower, Wales in 1934. After attending the University of Wales, Cardiff, he began postgraduate studies at the Royal Academy of Music, London.
It was in jazz that he initially made his mark. In the days of “Jazz Polls” he was a prolific poll winner, playing at Ronnie Scott’s club before co-forming Nucleus, which won first prize at the Montreux Jazz Festival. This was followed by a period with Soft Machine, one of the seminal bands of the 1970s. Defying categorization, the Softs played venues as diverse as the Proms, Carnegie Hall and the Newport Jazz Festival.
In the field of advertising music he has won several industry awards. Credits include Levi’s, British Airways, Renault, Volvo, De Beers, C&G, Tag Heuer, Pepsi and countless more.
It is perhaps for his Adiemus project and ‘classical’ works for which he is best known. Adiemus has topped classical and ‘pop’ charts around the world.
Commissions include works for television and film.
2002 saw the premiere of his double harp concerto ‘Over The Stone’ commissioned by HRH The Prince of Wales for the then Royal Harpist, Catrin Finch and Elinor Bennett accompanied by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
Other projects include scoring and conducting an album of rock classics by Bonnie Tyler.
Karl Jenkins was raised in Penclawdd, Gower, Wales in 1934. After attending the University of Wales, Cardiff, he began postgraduate studies at the Royal Academy of Music, London.
It was in jazz that he initially made his mark. In the days of “Jazz Polls” he was a prolific poll winner, playing at Ronnie Scott’s club before co-forming Nucleus, which won first prize at the Montreux Jazz Festival. This was followed by a period with Soft Machine, one of the seminal bands of the 1970s. Defying categorization, the Softs played venues as diverse as the Proms, Carnegie Hall and the Newport Jazz Festival.
In the field of advertising music he has won several industry awards. Credits include Levi’s, British Airways, Renault, Volvo, De Beers, C&G, Tag Heuer, Pepsi and countless more.
It is perhaps for his Adiemus project and ‘classical’ works for which he is best known. Adiemus has topped classical and ‘pop’ charts around the world.
Commissions include works for television and film.
2002 saw the premiere of his double harp concerto ‘Over The Stone’ commissioned by HRH The Prince of Wales for the then Royal Harpist, Catrin Finch and Elinor Bennett accompanied by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
Other projects include scoring and conducting an album of rock classics by Bonnie Tyler.
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The Armed Man: A Mass For Peace
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Classical Chillout (Disc 1)
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Adiemus 2 - Cantata Mundi
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Requiem
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Hymn Before Action
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Save Me From Bloody Men
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Kyrie
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The Armed Man
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Benedictus
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Angry Flames
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Torches
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Now The Guns Have Stopped
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The Call To Prayers (Adhaan)
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Better Is Peace
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Shoutbox
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Hayzi22 wrote:
Karl Jenkins is my favorite.
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humanfeelings wrote:
It's all about the mustache. [3]
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jizzy_jams wrote:
this guy can write some damn good music
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fulunek wrote:
love it ....hmmmmm....absolutely splendid....
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TouchMyDaikon wrote:
It's all about the mustache. [2]
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NAWABRA wrote:
incredible
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znienacka wrote:
Sanctus is awesome! :O
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theDecapitator wrote:
Hell Yeah! Jenkins kicks ass!
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ShinobiNoRyuu wrote:
fucking awesome moustache
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SummerHills wrote:
So, fantastic, this music ignights my imagination like nothing else
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proximus77 wrote:
You listened to this album: http://www.lastfm.ru/music/Gregorians/Mystera?setlang=ru
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LuliusCaesar wrote:
Beautiful humans: Making publicity for new blog in growth of a friend mine, enter here for music and great stuff: www.retrasadosocial.blogspot.com Happy day!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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atrapasu wrote:
Me encanta, guau!
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carlosserna wrote:
Music is the Universal SPIRIT LANGUAGE,.... what you create by your MUSIC, are your spirit IDEAS!,… and WE, the listeners, people which cannot speak and write the SPIRIT LANGUAGE needs to refer our own IDEAS on the LANGUAGE of others,….. IDENTIFYING some of our musical expressions, very close as our Universal SPIRITUAL IDEAS,.... GOOD for this genius,.... Karl Jenkins
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carlosserna wrote:
Lovely!
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peterrei wrote:
Maestro!!!
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dis-cover wrote:
Magic music!
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LuliusCaesar wrote:
And I've got more than 250 scrobblings till now! see my Karl Jenkins History scrobblings at http://www.lastfm.es/user/LuliusCaesar/library/music/Karl+Jenkins Have a lovely & a nice day!!!
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LuliusCaesar wrote:
Recently a got K. J. 2008's new record: Stabat Mater!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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bluesbomb wrote:
Due to illness, Hugh Hopper has had to cancel all engagements, including his solo gigs. He is strong in spirit, with great support from family & friends, & we all pray he makes a full recovery. A Hugh Hopper Benefit/Donations concert has been arranged, with all profits going to Hugh. The Concert will be held at the 100 Club Oxford Street London 14th December 2008. Also MoonjuneRecords has set up special deals of Hugh Hopper related CD's, & also deals with all CD's from their excellent catalogue. Full details on my channel page. http://it.youtube.com/user/TheSoftMachineFamily www.moonjunerecords.com www.the100club.co.uk
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T3hLibrarian added Karl Jenkins to T3hLibrarian’s library. 9 hours ago
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