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Keith Waithe is a Guyana-born musician, composer and teacher who has been based in the United Kingdom since 1977.〔Mark McGowan, ("Keith Waithe: making the flute talk" ), ''Stabroek News'', 6 September 2008.〕 He is best known as a flautist and founder of the Macusi Players — a world music〔("Keith Waithe and The Macusi Players" ), World Music Meetup, 7 July 2012.〕 jazz band whose name derives from the indigenous Guyanese Macushi people — and has been "acknowledged as the best flute player that Guyana has ever produced".〔 His musical style explores a fusion of jazz, classical, African, Caribbean, Asian and Western influences,〔("Keith Waithe — Life" ), New Art Exchange, 13 November 2009.〕 and he has also developed a technique he calls "vocal gymnastics", in which he uses the voice to reproduce percussive sounds.〔〔 Music critic Kevin Le Gendre notes that Waithe "has single-mindedly pursued his own artistic agenda, developing a songbook that draws heavily on African-Caribbean and Asian folk traditions as well as jazz ingenuity in a manner not dissimilar to a large number of his forebears, of which Yusef Lateef is perhaps the most direct reference."〔Kevin Le Gendre, ("Gathering Echoes [Essequibo] — Keith Waithe & Macusi Players" ), Reviews, KeithWaithe.com.〕 ==Biography== Born in Guyana, the eldest of his parents' four children,〔 Waithe grew up in Kitty, Georgetown.〔("International flautist Keith Waithe" ), ''Guyana Times International'', 22 February 2013.〕 At the age of seven he was taught to play the trumpet by his father (Darnley van Herbert Waithe, who played in big bands at the time).〔 This led to Waithe honing his skills on the instrument by joining the Salvation Army Band and later the Guyana Police Force Band,〔〔 and he subsequently took up the flute, for which he "developed a passion".〔("About Keith Waithe" ), official website.〕 In 1973 he was awarded a British Council scholarship, which enabled him to study in England.〔 He attended the University of Surrey and the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall, where he gained an LRSM diploma and PGCE Teaching Certificate.〔 In the 1990s he set up Essequibo Music, of which he is Director, an organisation that oversees a range of contemporary Black British artists, storytellers, poets and musicians — among them Sandra Agard (storyteller/writer), Jo-Jo Yates (kora player/master drummer/percussionist), Darryl Lee Que (Caribbean drummer and percussionist) and Helen McDonald (vocalist) — who work in educational, cultural and performances arenas, running workshops and undertaking collaborations with teachers and community project workers.〔("Essequibo Music — Who are we?" ), official website.〕〔("Essequibo Music Group gets Year 3 into the Groove" ), Acton W3, 3 May 2007.〕 Its activities have included a residency at the Eden Project in Cornwall, an education workshop in Oxford's Pitt Rivers Museum, a series of African-themed workshops for the BBC Symphony Orchestra, as well as programmes for schools in deprived communities.〔Jane Harrison, ("Hanwell flautist creating community harmony" ), GetWestLondon, 1 October 2013.〕 He also heads Keith Waithe and the Macusi Players, a group comprising musicians of Caribbean, South American, African and Indian heritage — Waithe is known to "passionately believe in supporting cross-cultural relationships".〔〔James Lachno, ("Brecon Jazz Festival 2011: Keith Waithe's Macusi Players, Market Hall, review. Keith Waithe and his band of Macusi players brought some vibrant sunshine to the Brecon Jazz Festival" ), ''The Telegraph'', 16 August 2011.〕 Using his collection of more than 200 flutes from around the world,〔("The Global Flute Fraternity" ), ''Twenty Minutes'', BBC Radio 3, 4 August 2012.〕 he conjures up the sounds of animals and birds reminiscent of the tropical rainforests of his native Guyana.〔 He has said: "...it's fascinating for me at this moment to be living in England and still be very much Guyanese. My band and I, we represent Britain, not only at home but in Europe as well. And that in itself is wonderful; for me to be able to do that ... but to also show the world that the Caribbean and South America is more than just Jamaica or Peru or Colombia; that Guyana, too, has a vibrant culture."〔 He makes frequent appearances at festivals in the UK, such as the Hay Festival,〔("Keith Waithe's Macusi Players" ), Hay Festival, 14 August 2011.〕 the Ealing Jazz Festival,〔(Ealing Jazz Festival ), Friday 31 July 2015, Main Stage, 9.15pm – 10.30pm.〕 Wessex Book Festival,〔(Words & World Music: Patience Agbabi and Keith Waithe ), Wessex Book Festival, 24 November 2008.〕 and others. He has performed around the world, including in India, Denmark, Italy, Lithuania, Estonia, Sudan, Ghana, France, Geneva, Peru, Guyana, Columbia and the Cayman Islands and US,〔 and has worked with such notable artists as Nitin Sawhney, Courtney Pine and percussionist Bosco de Oliveira.〔("Jazz Plus at Victoria Embankment Gardens" ), London Lantern, 7 May 2008.〕 Recent activities include a 2015 national tour〔("Latest News: 2015 Tour Dates" ), Keith Waithe website.〕 and the project "Fusion Journeys" in the V&A India Festival.〔("Fusion Journeys – Special Events — Sat 7 November 2015" ), V&A.〕〔("Keith Waithe @ the V & A - Fusion Journeys – A Fabric of India workshop & performance at the Victoria and Albert Museum!" ), AllEvents.〕 He has also been featured often on radio programmes such as BBC Radio 4's ''Midweek'' and ''Kaleidoscope'', ''Night Waves'' on BBC Radio 3, ''Mad About Music'' on Radio 2〔 and the BBC World Service's The Forum''.〔("The Forum" ), BBC World Service, 17 February 2015.〕 In November 2008, Waithe went to the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Kampala, Uganda, where he took part in a programme of cultural events that involved bringing together classically trained British musicians with traditional Ugandan music players, as well as working with the African Children's Choir.〔〔 Waithe has been involved with a number of literary ventures over the years, such as the International Book Fair of Radical Black and Third World Books〔Michael Horovitz, ("Poetry recordings" ), ''The Spectator'', 22 December 1990.〕 (1982–95, organised by Bogle-L'Ouverture Publications, New Beacon Books and Race Today), and has worked with a wide variety of spoken-word artists and poets, including John Agard,〔("John Agard and Keith Waithe" ), 2009. YouTube.〕〔("John Agard live with Keith Waithe" ), from ''Alternative Anthem'' DVD-book (2009). Bloodaxe Books.〕 Sandra Agard,〔 Kwame Dawes,〔Kevin Le Gendre, ("Books: The busiest man in literature" ), ''The Independent'', 23 August 1998.〕 Patience Agbabi,〔 Inua Ellams, John Lyons and Jean Binta Breeze.〔(Music and poetry event ) at the British Museum.〕 His most recent CD, ''Gathering Echoes'', was released to critical acclaim, with the reviewer for ''Caribbean Life'' (New York) referring to it as "a significant milestone.... With this CD, Waithe, a phenomenal flautist, has proven that he has gotten better with age, appealing to a new generation of music lovers."〔Tangerine Clarke, ("Keith Waithe releases new CD" ), ''Caribbean Life'' (New York), 11 November 2009.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Keith Waithe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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