John L. Walters
John L. Walters (born April 16, 1953 in Chesterfield , Derbyshire , England ) is a British magazine editor, critic, record producer and composer.
Walters holds degrees in mathematics and physics from King's College London . He is one of the founders of the jazz rock and synthpop band Landscape , which existed from 1974 to 1981 and had the hits Einstein A Go-Go and Norman Bates in 1981 . In the 1980s he produced rock and pop music and worked as a producer with, among others, Kate Bush , Twelfth Night , Swans Way, Mike Gibbs . From 1987 to 1997 he was a member of the Electronic Jazz Orchestra Cycle , with Neil Ardley , Warren Greveson , Ian Carr .
In 1992 he founded the audio journal Unknown Public with Laurence Aston . He later founded the SoundCircus label with pianist Joanna MacGregor and producer James Mallinson. He has written as a reviewer for The Guardian , Architectural Review and other magazines, and from 1999 published the quarterly graphic design magazine Eye .
Lexical entry
- Ian Carr , Digby Fairweather , Brian Priestley : Rough Guide Jazz. The ultimate guide to jazz music. 1700 artists and bands from the beginning until today. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 1999, ISBN 3-476-01584-X .
- Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather, Brian Priestley: The Rough Guide to Jazz 3 (Rough Guide Reference), Rough Guides, London, 2004, ISBN 978-1-84353-256-9 , p. 833.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Walters, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British jazz composer, producer and music critic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 16, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chesterfield , Derbyshire , England |