Jazz Articles about John Allee

John Allee: Bardfly

by Nicholas F. Mondello
October 31, 2019

Overshadowed by the notoriety of Shakespeare's works, it is less known that accompanying music was regularly incorporated into his Globe Theatre productions. The music of William Byrd, Thomas Morley et al, was played there on lutes, hautboys (oboes), recorders and, for more martial and ceremonial aspects, trumpets. Conversely, the Bard's words have been used in more modern music productions by artists such as Cleo Laine (Shakespeare and All that Jazz Fontana Records, 1964) , Duke Ellington (Such Sweet Thunder Columbia/Legacy, ...