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Karl Jenkins

Real Name:
Dr. Karl Jenkins OBE
Profile:
Karl Jenkins was born in Wales and educated at Gowerton Grammar School before reading music at the University of Wales, Cardiff. He then commenced postgraduate studies at the Royal Academy of Music, London.

It was in jazz that he initially made his mark; co-forming Nucleus (3), which won first prize at the Montreux jazz festival and appeared at the Newport Jazz Festival, Rhode Island. This was followed by a period with Soft Machine, one of the seminal bands of the 70’s. Through many incarnations, ‘Softs’ defied categorization playing venues as diverse as Carnegie Hall, the classical ‘Proms’ at the Royal Albert Hall, the Reading ‘Rock’ Festival.

After a period as a media composer, his return to the music mainstream was initially marked by the success of the Adiemus project.

The Armed Man; A Mass For Peace, commissioned by the Royal Armouries for the millennium and premiered at the Royal Albert Hall, London has had over four hundred performances.

He was awarded an OBE, by Her Majesty The Queen, in the 2005 New Years Honours List “for services to music”.
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Discography

Releases:
Nomination (LP)   Music De Wolfe 1976
Rubber Riff (LP)   Music De Wolfe 1976
Push Button (LP)   Music De Wolfe 1979
Movement (LP)   Rouge Music Ltd. 1982
Adiemus II: Cantata Mundi (Album) (3 versions)   Venture Records (2) ... 1997
Adiemus III - Dances Of Time (CD)   OmTown 1998
The Best Of Adiemus - The Journey (Album) (2 versions)   Virgin ... 1999
The Armed Man: A Mass For Peace (CD, Album)   Venture Records (2), Virgin, Venture Records (2) 2001
Vocalise (CD, Album)   OmTown, Virgin Records America, Inc. 2003
Requiem (CD)   EMI Classics 2005
The Essential Collection (CD, Comp)   EMI Classics 2006
Quirk - The Concertos (CD)   EMI Classics 2008
Production:
Direct Hits (LP)   Vertigo 1976
Never Gonna Change My Mind (12")   Pathé Marconi EMI, Sidewalk 1979
Plaza (LP, Album)   Pathé Marconi EMI 1979
Disconnections (2xLP, Comp) I Wish Calibre 1981
Adiemus (Maxi) (2 versions)   EMI Electrola 1995
Adiemus (Remix) (CD, Maxi)   EMI Electrola 1995
Kayama Remix (Maxi) (2 versions)   EMI Electrola ... 1995
Songs Of Sanctuary (Album) (4 versions)   Venture Records (2) ... 1995
Music Of The Spheres (CD)   Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2008
Appears On:
Deep Dark Blue Centre (LP, Album)   Deram 1967
Down Another Road (LP)   Fontana 1969
Elastic Rock (Album) (2 versions)   Vertigo ... 1970
Greek Variations & Other Aegean Exercises (Album) (2 versions)   EMI Columbia ... 1970
Jesus Christ Superstar (Album) (2 versions)   MCA Records Ltd. ... 1970
Tumbleweed Connection (Album) (4 versions) Come Down In Time Hansa ... 1970
Vertigo (Cass) Torrid Zone Vertigo 1970
Septober Energy (Album) (2 versions)   Neon (RCA) ... 1971
Solar Plexus (Album) (2 versions)   Vertigo 1971
We'll Talk About It Later (2 versions)   Vertigo 1971
Ode (2 versions)   Incus Records ... 1972
Seven (Album) (6 versions)   CBS ... 1973
Six (Album) (6 versions)   CBS ... 1973
Bundles (Album) (5 versions)   Harvest ... 1975
Softs (Album) (4 versions)   Harvest ... 1976
Triple Echo (3xLP, Comp, Mono) Stanley Stamps Gibbon ... Harvest, EMI Records 1977
Alive And Well Recorded In Paris (LP, Album)   Harvest, Harvest 1978
Kaleidoscope (LP)   Music De Wolfe 1978
Planet Earth (Album) (2 versions)   Pye Records ... 1978
Live Big Band And Quartet (LP)   Vinyl Records 1979
Never Gonna Change My Mind / (Got My) Dancing Shoes (2 versions)   Pathé Marconi EMI ... 1979
Higher Ground / I Wish (12")   Calibre 1980
Wonderin' (LP)   Ronnie Scott's Record Productions 1980
When Memories Began To Fade... (Cass, C46) Song Of Aeolus Underground Productions 1987
The Untouchable (CD)   Castle Music 1990
Elastic Rock / We'll Talk About It Later (2xCD, Album, RE) 1916, Elastic Rock, Cr... BGO Records 1994
Rubber Riff (CD)   Voiceprint 1994
Adiemus (Maxi) (2 versions)   EMI Electrola 1995
Internationale Hits 95 (2xCD, Comp) Adiemus Ariola 1995
Kayama Remix (Maxi) (2 versions)   EMI Electrola ... 1995
Kuschelrock 9 (2xCD, Comp) Adiemus Columbia, Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) 1995
Songs Of Sanctuary (Album) (4 versions)   Venture Records (2) ... 1995
Cantata Mundi (Album) (2 versions)   Virgin ... 1996
Land Of Cockayne (CD, Album)   One Way Records (USA) 1996
Spirits Of Nature (CD, Comp) Adiemus EMI Electrola 1996
Dream Sounds (The Best Of Dream Music Vol. 1) (2xCD, Comp) Song Of Invocation, Pa... Sony Music Media 1997
Knuffel Klassiek 2 (2xCD, Comp) Adiemus Sony Music Media 1997
New Age Babel (CD, Comp) Little Miss B Gruppo Futura 1997
Spirits Of Nature 3 (CD, Comp, Dig) Song Of Tears EVA 1997
Adeimus '98 (12")   Insolent Tracks 1998
Down Another Road (CD, Album, RM)   Disconforme SL 2000
Dream Dance Vol. 18 - The Best Of Dream House & Trance (2xCD, Comp) Clubbiemus (Radio Edit) Dance Division, Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) 2000
Les Voix Célestes (Cass, Comp) Adiemus EMI Music (France) 2000
Proximus (Medley With Adiemus) (Maxi) (6 versions)   BXR ... 2000
The Album (Album) (4 versions) Proximus Medley With A... Zeitgeist ... 2000
The Double Album (2xCD, Album) Proximus, Adiemus Media Records 2000
16 Top World Charts '01 (CD, Comp) Proximus (Medley With ... Vidisco 2001
Absolute Dance Opus 31 (CD, Comp) Proximus (Radio Edit) EVA Records (Denmark) 2001
Classical Chillout (2xCD, Comp) Adiemus Circa Records Ltd., Circa Records Ltd. 2001
Future Dome (CD, Comp, Mixed) Proximus DJ Beat Records Scandinavia 2001
The Most Relaxing Feel 2 (CD) Adiemus Toshiba EMI Ltd 2001
The Triple Album (Special Edition) (3xCD, Album) Proximus (Medley With ... BXR Benelux 2001
Classical Chillout 2 (2xCD, Comp) Song Of Tears (Extract... Circa Records Ltd., Circa Records Ltd. 2002
De Wolfe Sessions (LP)   Turning Point Music 2002
Impressed With Gilles Peterson (2xLP, Comp) Lullaby For A Lonely C... Universal Jazz (UK) 2002
Solar Plexus / Belladonna (2xCD, Album, RE)   BGO Records 2002
BBC Radio 1971 - 1974 (2xCD)   Hux Records 2003
Kayama (12", Promo)   The Heart Of Urban 2003
Pure (CD, Album) Benedictus Decca 2004
British Tour '75 (CD, Album, Liv)   Major League Productions Ltd. 2005
1969 (Album) (2 versions) Leaving It All Behind Polydor ... 2006
Someone Else (CD, Maxi)   Universal Music (Italy) 2006
Music Of The Spheres (CD)   Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2008
Horse Meat Disco (CD, Comp, Mixed + CD, Comp) (Got My) Dancing Shoes Strut 2009
Tracks Appear On:
Dream Sounds (The Best Of Dream Music Vol. 1) (2xCD, Comp) Palladio-Jazz Sony Music Media 1997
The Healing II - A Trip To Infinity (2xCD, Comp) Lake Of Tenderness Sony Music Media 2000
Classical Chillout (2xCD, Comp) Adiemus Circa Records Ltd., Circa Records Ltd. 2001
Classical Chillout 2 (2xCD, Comp) Song Of Tears (Extract... Circa Records Ltd., Circa Records Ltd. 2002
Euphoric Classics (2xCD, Comp) The Eternal Knot EMI 2003
Unofficial Releases:
Septober Energy (2xCD, Album)   Not On Label 2000
We'll Talk About It Later (CD, Album, RE) Easter 1916 Not On Label 2000
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