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Information trouvée : James Blades OBE was an English percussionist who died in 1999 at the age of 97. He
was one of the most celebrated percussionists, having had a long and varied career.
He also wrote Percussion Instruments and their History, one of the standard works
on percussion instruments. Jimmy, as he was known to all, was born in 1901. He provided
the sound for the Rank Organisation's famous Gongman and was an associate of Benjamin
Britten, with whom he conceived many of the composer's unusual percussion effects.
In 1954, Jimmy was appointed Professor of Percussion at the Royal Academy of Music.