Mark Daryl Nightingale (born 29 May 1967) is an English

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trombonist, composer, and arranger.

Career

He began on trombone at age nine, and played in the Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra and the

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in his teens. He attended

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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

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, Alan Barnes and

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. 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 ''

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'' by

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. He has worked with or recorded with

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, Ray Brown,

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, Scott Hamilton,

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, Bill Holman,

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, Claire Martin,

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, and

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;

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, and

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. He occasionally directs the

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

Awards and honors

* British Jazz Awards - Best Trombonist (1994), (1996), (1998), (2000), (2002), (2004), (2006), (2008), (2009), (2010), (2011) (2013), (2014), (2015), (2016), (2017), (2018) *

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- Young Jazz Musician Award (1996) * British Jazz Award - Rising Star 1993

Discography

As leader

* ''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)

As sideman

With Alan Barnes * ''A Dotty Blues'' (Zephyr, 1998) * ''The Sherlock Holmes Suite'' (Woodville, 2003) * ''The Marbella Jazz Suite'' (Big Bear, 2004) * ''Songs for Unsung Heroe''s (Woodville, 2004) * ''Seven Ages of Jazz'' (Woodville, 2006) * ''A Jazz Christmas Carol'' (Woodville, 2015) * ''Fish Tales'' (Woodville, 2017) * ''60th Birthday Celebration'' (Woodville, 2019) With

* ''Nebuchadnezzar'' (Jazz House, 1994) * ''Rhythm Changes'' (Jazz House, 1995) * ''In a Mellow Tone'' (Qnote, 2005) * ''Live at Ronnie Scotts'' (Sepia) With

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* ''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

* ''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) With

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* ''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

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, ''Songs of Love & Loss 2'' (EMI/Capitol 2008) *

, ''Special Edition'' (Actionbyte, 1990) *

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, ''Veneno Para el Corazon'' (Ariola, 1993) *

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, ''Stages'' (Red Girl, 2012) *

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, ''As Time Goes By'' (MIG, 2013) *

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, ''Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom'' (Back Lot Music, 2018) *

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, ''Cheating the Polygraph'' (Kscope, 2015) *

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, ''Full Circle'' (KPM Music, 2018) *

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, ''Testing the Water'' (Creek, 2014) *

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, ''Jazz Scenes'' (Chappell, 1993) *

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, ''The Tenor Connection'' (Spotlite, 2010) *

Workshy Workshy is an English band formed in London in 1986 by Michael McDermott, Chrysta Jones and Kevin Kehoe (who left in 1992). They are perhaps best known for their songs “Never The Same” and “You’re The Summer” as well as covers of the ...

, ''The Golden Mile'' (WEA, 1989) *

Hans Zimmer Hans Florian Zimmer (; born 12 September 1957) is a German film score composer and music producer. He has won two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, five Grammy Awards, and has been nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards, Emmy Awards and a Tony ...

, ''Kung Fu Panda 3'' (Sony, 2016)

References

*Mark Gilbert, "Mark Nightingale". '' Grove Jazz'' online. {{DEFAULTSORT:Nightingale, Mark 1967 births Living people People from Evesham 21st-century English male musicians 21st-century trombonists English jazz trombonists English male jazz musicians British male trombonists