Dee Palmer (born David Palmer
on July
2, 1937, in London) is a British
arranger
and keyboardist
best known for having been a member of the rock
group Jethro Tull.
Palmer studied music at the Royal Military School
of Music and at the Royal Academy of Music,
majoring in composition and winning the Eric Coates
Prize.
Palmer arranged string, brass, and woodwind parts for Jethro
Tull songs in the late 1960s and early 1970s, before formally joining
the group in 1976,
mainly playing electronic keyboard instruments. In 1980, leader Ian Anderson
intended to release a record with other musicians as a side project
under the name "Ian Anderson" but was persuaded by his record company
to release it instead under the name "Jethro Tull". This resulted in
every member of the group, including Palmer, leaving except guitarist
Martin Barre and Anderson himself. Palmer formed a new group, Tallis,
with former Jethro Tull pianist and organist John
Evan. The new group was not commercially successful, and
Palmer returned to film scoring and sessions.
Beginning in the 1980s, Palmer produced several albums of
orchestral arrangements of the music of various
rock groups, including Jethro Tull, Pink
Floyd, Genesis, Yes,
the
Beatles and Queen.
In 2004,
Palmer's first name was changed to Dee, after Palmer announced having
undergone sex reassignment surgery.
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Contents
- 1 Discography
- 1.1 Jethro
Tull
- 1.2 Symphonic
arrangements
- 2 External
links
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Discography
Jethro Tull
- This Was (1968)
- Stand Up (1969)
- Thick as a Brick (1972)
- War Child (album) (1974)
- Minstrel in the Gallery (1975)
- Too Old
to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976)
- Songs from the Wood
(1977)
- Heavy Horses (1978)
- Bursting Out
(1978 live album)
- Stormwatch
(1979)
Symphonic arrangements
- A Classic Case,
also known as Classic Jethro Tull (1986)
- We Know What We Like
(Genesis)
(1987)
- The Symphonic Music of Yes
- Orchestral
Maneuvers: The Music Of Pink Floyd (1991)
- Orchestral Sgt. Pepper's
(version of The Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's
Lonely Hearts Club Band)
External links
| v • d • e Jethro
Tull |
| Ian Anderson | Martin
Barre | Jonathan Noyce | Andrew
Giddings | Doane Perry |
| Mick Abrahams | Clive
Bunker | Glenn Cornick | Barriemore
Barlow | Jeffrey Hammond | John
Evan | David Palmer
| John
Glascock | Mark Craney | Peter-John Vettese | Eddie
Jobson | Dave Pegg | Gerry Conway | Maartin
Allcock | Dave Mattacks | Tony
Iommi |
| Discography |
| Studio: This Was
| Stand Up
| Benefit | Aqualung
| Thick as a Brick
| A Passion Play
| War Child |Minstrel in the Gallery
| Too Old
to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! | Songs
From The Wood | Heavy
Horses | Stormwatch
| A
| Broadsword and the Beast
| Under Wraps | A
Classic Case | Crest
of a Knave | Rock
Island | Catfish
Rising | Roots
to Branches | J-Tull
Dot Com | The Jethro Tull
Christmas Album
Live: Nothing
Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 | Bursting
Out | Live at Hammersmith '84
| Jethro Tull In Concert
| A Little Light Music
| Living with the Past
| Aqualung Live
Compilation: M.U. - The
Best Of Jethro Tull - Vol I | Repeat -
The Best of Jethro Tull - Vol II | Original
Masters | 20 Years of
Jethro Tull: Highlights | The
Best Of Jethro Tull - The Anniversary Collection
| Through the Years
| The Very Best of Jethro
Tull | The Essential Jethro Tull
| The Best Of Acoustic
Compilation containing
previously-unreleased material: Living
in the Past | Nightcap
Box set: 20 Years of Jethro Tull
| 25th Anniversary Box Set
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