Nikki Iles
Nikki Anne Iles (* 16th May 1963 in Dunstable , Bedfordshire as Nikki Burnham ) is a British jazz musician ( piano , even accordion , arrangements and composition ).
Live and act
Nikki Iles' father was a drummer and her mother a pianist. She first learned the harmonica and clarinet . At age eleven, she won a youth competition at the Royal Academy of Music ; There she studied clarinet and piano from 1974 to 1981. During this time she became a member of the Bedfordshire Youth Jazz Orchestra . After coming into contact with jazz, she studied alto saxophone and piano at Leeds College of Music from 1981 to 1984 .
First she went with Bobby Wellins . With her husband at the time, the trumpeter Richard Iles , she founded the formation Emanon , which also included Mike Walker (guitar) and Iain Dixon (saxophone); the other members all came from the Creative Jazz Orchestra or had worked with Vince Mendoza , Michael Gibbs , Kenny Wheeler . Iles also played with various London bands such as the Steve Argüelles Band, Mick Hutton's Straight Face , the Stan Sulzmann Quartet, with Tina May and with Karen Sharp . With Norma Winstone , Mike Walker, Mark Lockheart , Steve Watts and James Maddren she formed the sextet The Printmakers ( Westerly , 2015). Iles has worked on recordings with Tina May, Sylvan Richardson , the Mike Gibbs Orchestra ( Ah Hum , 1994), Stan Sulzmann, Anthony Braxton , Martin Speake , Geoff Simkins , Ingrid Laubrock , Karen Sharp, Georgia Mancio and Scott Hamilton . Appearances with her at the Pizza Express Steinway 2-Piano Festival 2011 (with Kate Williams ) were broadcast on the radio.
Iles teaches at Middlesex University ; previously she was at the University of York , Leeds College of Music, Guildhall School of Music and worked in Bulgaria, the Netherlands, France and Finland.
Prizes and awards
In 1996 Iles received the John Dankworth Special Award at the BT Jazz Festival . At the British Jazz Awards 2017 she won best pianist; In 2019 she received the Ivors Academy Award . In 2020 she and her 20-piece jazz orchestra won the Parliamentary Jazz Awards in the Jazz Ensemble of the Year category .
Discographic notes
- Veils (Symbol 2003, with Stan Sulzmann, Mike Outram, Mike Hutton, Anthony Michelli)
- Everything I Love (Basho Records 2004)
- Hush (Basho 2012, with Rufus Reid , Jeff Williams )
- Stan Sulzmann / Nikki Iles Lush Life (Jellymould 2018, with Dave Holland )
literature
- John Chilton , Who's Who in British Jazz Continuum: London 2004 ISBN 978-0826472342
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton , The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . Penguin: London 2006, ISBN 0-14-102327-9 . (8th edition)
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
Web links
- Website by Nikki Iles
- Nikki Iles at Discogs (English)
- Nikki Iles: Meditation and Collaboration - Interview with Bruce Lindsay 2012 in All About Jazz
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2020 Parliamentary Jazz Awards Winners Announced. London Jazz News, June 30, 2020, accessed July 27, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Iles, Nikki |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Iles, Nikki Anne; Burnham, Nikki Anne (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British jazz pianist, accordionist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 16, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dunstable , Bedfordshire |