1. John Crofton Harle was born on 20 September 1956 and is an English saxophonist, composer, educator and record producer.
10 Facts About John Harle
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John Harle is an Ivor Novello Award winner and has been the recipient of two Royal Television Society awards.
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In May 1998, John Harle was the castaway on BBC Radio 4's long-running Desert Island Discs programme, with the BBC describing him as "the most-recorded saxophonist in the world".
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John Harle served as artistic advisor to Paul McCartney for six years, and has collaborated with Elvis Costello, Herbie Hancock and Elmer Bernstein.
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John Harle contributed to the charting album Standing Stone by Paul McCartney.
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John Harle has been an educator, serving at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London in the late 1980s as a professor of Saxophone and Chamber Music.
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John Harle is currently Professor of Saxophone at the Guildhall School.
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In October 2013, on BBC Radio 3's In Tune programme, John Harle talked about his recently released album Art Music, the composition of which was inspired by his favourite paintings.
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John Harle appeared with Marc Almond on BBC Radio 4's Front Row in February 2014 to discuss their collaborative work about Gothic London, The Tyburn Tree.
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John Harle has written a reference book, The Saxophone: The Art and Science of Playing and Performing, published in May 2017.