Keith Shadwick

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Keith Shadwick (born October 31, 1951 in Hampstead (London) , † July 28, 2008 ) was a British musician , A&R manager, broadcaster , author and music journalist .

Live and act

Shadwick grew up in Australia , where his parents immigrated in 1961, and attended Wollongong High School in New South Wales ; he then studied English literature at Sydney University . After graduating in 1973 he played as a saxophonist in jazz and rock groups, musically influenced by John Coltrane , Ornette Coleman , Eric Dolphy and Jimi Hendrix . He also began to write for music magazines, had a regular program on a Melbourne radio station and wrote poetry. In 1972 he recorded an album with his jazz rock band Sun ; then he played in the Melbourne rock band Bleeding Hearts ( What Happened!, 1976).

After his return to England in 1978, Shadwick worked in London as the editor of Music Trades International Magazine , from 1984 as a buyer for classical productions at the WHSmith chain , and as a consultant for the series The Great Composers . In 1985 he became head of marketing at RCA Classics , took care of the revival of the record company's back catalog and was responsible for promoting British artists such as Julian Bream and Julian Lloyd Webber . In the late 1980s he was involved in the reorientation of the RCA towards jazz productions and hired artists such as Dave O'Higgins' Roadside Picnic and the pianist Jason Rebello . In 1989 he became managing director of Koch International . In 1992 Shadwick left the music industry and worked as a freelance writer for the music magazine Gramophone , for the broadcaster Classic FM , wrote jazz reviews for TOP magazine and worked for The Tower Jazz Guide (1999).

Shadwick wrote from 1997 for The Independent and the music magazine Jazzwise ( The 100 Jazz Albums That Shook the World 2006); This was followed by a series of musician and band biographies about Bill Evans (2002), Jimi Hendrix (2003) and Led Zeppelin (2005). Shortly before his death from a mesothelioma disease, he published the two volumes of poetry Before I Left and Just Here as well as a solo album, Free Time , partly with previously unpublished material from the 1970s. that appeared on Candid Records .

Fonts (selection)

  • Windows & Mirrors, with drawings by Julie Clark . Bundeena, NSW: Island Press, 1977
  • The Illustrated Story of Jazz . Marshall Cavendish Books London / WHSMITH Exclusive Books 1991
  • with Alun Morgan , Dave Gelly, Steve Voce, Brian Priestley : The Gramophone Jazz Good CD Guide . Gramophone Publications Limited, Middlesex, 1995
  • The Guinness Guide to Classical Composers (1998)
  • Jazz: Legends of Style . Eagle Editions, Royston 2000
  • Blues. Keeping the Faith. Eagle Editions, Royston 2000
  • Bill Evans: Everything Happens to Me . San Francisco, Backbeat Books, 2002
  • Jimi Hendrix: Musician . San Francisco, Backbeat Books, 2003
  • Led Zeppelin. The Story Of A Band And Their Music 1968-1980 . Edition Olms, 2006. ISBN 9783283005344
  • The Encyclopedia of Jazz & Blues. Celebrating the Lives of the Greatest Artists in Jazz and Blues History. London, Eagle, 2007. ISBN 9781845733452

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Obituary in The Independent
  2. ↑ The manager of the band was the German-born Horst Liepolt , who later headed the New York jazz club Sweet Basil .
  3. ↑ Gramophone Jazz Good CD Guide in the Jazz Journalists Association Library
  4. ↑ The 100 Jazz Albums That Shook The World ( Memento of the original from July 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.jazzwisemagazine.com
  5. ^ Review at All About Jazz
personal data
SURNAME Shadwick, Keith
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British jazz writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 31, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Hampstead (London)
DATE OF DEATH July 28, 2008