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An hour of recordings from one of the finest jazz vibraphone players ever to hold the mallets. Raised in Philadelphia, Khan Jamal began playing vibes (and later marimba) as a teenager in the 1960s. By the end of the decade and into the 1970s, Khan would become a notable figure in the more exploratory fringes of the jazz scene, playing with drummer and free jazz pioneer Sunny Murray, and playing a role in Sun Ra's Arkestra. Jamal would be one of the first artists to bridge the oftentimes disparate attitudes of free jazz and jazz fusion, creating work that straddled both. Photo: Jan Persson

Michael Kelly Blanchard

Michael Kelly Blanchard

Michael Kelly Blanchard has been played on NTS in shows including NTS Guide to…, featured first on 28 March 2021. Songs played include Three Soldiers.

For more than twenty years Michael Kelly Blanchard has written songs (Be Ye Glad , Danny's Downs, I Love You, I Do, You Bet ), prose ( Unsung Heroes ), and plays ("Gamaliel", "Heart Guard") which connect us to the merciful heart of God. As a solo performer on guitar and piano, Michael tells stories with a tender touch to help us laugh and cry at both the human condition and the renewing power of God's unconditional love.

Raised in a Christian, arts-loving home, Michael Kelly Blanchard apprenticed for his life's work as storyteller/songwriter from the very beginning. Always, there was the intertwining of art and faith in his parents' home. Mostly through music and literature (his father a fiddler, his mother an English teacher), he saw firsthand the blending of belief with the blessings of creativity. He started writing songs in his early teens. This coincided with an ever-expanding work as a performer in local clubs and coffeehouses. In his early twenties, he studied composition at Berklee College of Music, sharpening his music skills. Since then he has recorded ten albums, written two music dramas, one cantata and three novels.

Michael has been married to his wife, Greta, for 32 years and they have two adult children, Esther and Reuben.

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Michael Kelly Blanchard

Michael Kelly Blanchard has been played on NTS in shows including NTS Guide to…, featured first on 28 March 2021. Songs played include Three Soldiers.

For more than twenty years Michael Kelly Blanchard has written songs (Be Ye Glad , Danny's Downs, I Love You, I Do, You Bet ), prose ( Unsung Heroes ), and plays ("Gamaliel", "Heart Guard") which connect us to the merciful heart of God. As a solo performer on guitar and piano, Michael tells stories with a tender touch to help us laugh and cry at both the human condition and the renewing power of God's unconditional love.

Raised in a Christian, arts-loving home, Michael Kelly Blanchard apprenticed for his life's work as storyteller/songwriter from the very beginning. Always, there was the intertwining of art and faith in his parents' home. Mostly through music and literature (his father a fiddler, his mother an English teacher), he saw firsthand the blending of belief with the blessings of creativity. He started writing songs in his early teens. This coincided with an ever-expanding work as a performer in local clubs and coffeehouses. In his early twenties, he studied composition at Berklee College of Music, sharpening his music skills. Since then he has recorded ten albums, written two music dramas, one cantata and three novels.

Michael has been married to his wife, Greta, for 32 years and they have two adult children, Esther and Reuben.

Original source: Last.fm

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Three Soldiers
Michael Blanchard, Greta Blanchard
Koinonia Records1973