Question

2. Who is James Blade?​

Answer 1

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James "Jimmy" Blades OBE was an English percussionist.

Answer 2

Answer:

James "Jimmy" Blades OBE was an English percussionist. He was one of the most distinguished percussionists in Western music, with a long and varied career. His book Percussion Instruments and their History is a standard reference work on the subject. Blades was born in Peterborough in 1901.

He was one of the most distinguished percussionists in Western music, with a long and varied career. His book Percussion Instruments and their History (1971) is a standard reference work on the subject.

Blades was born in Peterborough in 1901.[3] He was a long-time associate of Benjamin Britten, with whom he conceived many of the composer's unusual percussion effects.[5] In 1954, Blades was appointed Professor of Percussion at the Royal Academy of Music.[2][3]