{{Use British English|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Dee Palmer | birth_name = David Palmer | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1937|7|2}} | birth_place = [[Hendon]], [[London]], England | occupation = {{hlist|[[Composer|Arranger]]|musician}} | instruments = {{hlist|Keyboards|clarinet}} | genre = {{hlist|[[Rock music|Rock]]|[[soundtrack]]|[[Contemporary classical music|modern classical]]}} | years_active = 1967–present | label = [[Chrysalis Records|Chrysalis]] | website = {{Official URL}} }}
'''Dee Palmer''' (formerly '''David Palmer'''; born 2 July 1937)<ref name="AMG"/> is an English composer, arranger,<ref name="Nollen2002">{{cite book|last=Nollen|first=Scott Allen|title=Jethro Tull: A History of the Band, 1968–2001|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AsvpFwKVCN4C&pg=PA185|access-date=27 April 2012|year=2002|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-1101-6|pages=185–}}</ref> and keyboardist best known for having been a member of the [[progressive rock]] group [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] from 1976 to 1980 (although Palmer had worked with the band as an arranger since their inception in 1967).<ref name="Buckley2003">{{cite book|last=Buckley|first=Peter|title=The Rough Guide to Rock|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&pg=PT551|access-date=27 April 2012|date=1 November 2003|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=978-1-84353-105-0|pages=551–}}</ref>
==Early life and career== Palmer was born in [[Hendon]], London,<ref name="AMG">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dee-palmer-mn0000222917|title=Dee Palmer Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=18 April 2024}}</ref> and later studied composition at the [[Royal Academy of Music]] with [[Richard Rodney Bennett]], winning the Eric Coates Prize<ref name="AMG"/> and The Boosey and Hawkes Prize. During studentship, Palmer taught clarinet to second study students.
In 1994, Palmer was appointed a [[Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ram.ac.uk/viewfile.cfm?id=82&h=AF6C30994DA9A2992E08804E0987CCC9E56A9A3160463D55A22551C95E7466FA|title=Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music (FRAM)|work=Royal Academy of Music|access-date=27 April 2012}}</ref>
==Jethro Tull== {{main|Jethro Tull (band)}} During an early career as a jobbing arranger and conductor of recording sessions, Palmer recorded a first album project, ''[[Nicola (album)|Nicola]]'', in 1967 with [[Bert Jansch]].<ref name="AMG"/> Palmer was then referred to [[Terry Ellis (manager)|Terry Ellis]], then manager of the early [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]], which was making its first album at Sound Techniques Studio in [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]], London. At short notice, Palmer came up with arrangements for the horns and strings on the [[Mick Abrahams]] composition, "Move on Alone" from the ''[[This Was]]'' album.<ref name="AMG"/> This work and professional performance endeared Palmer to the band<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/palmer_david_jethro_tull_/artist.jhtml|title=David Palmer|last=Eder|first=Bruce|publisher=VH1|access-date=27 April 2012|archive-date=31 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110331162712/http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/palmer_david_jethro_tull_/artist.jhtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> and Palmer was soon to visit them again, with a string quartet arrangement to "A Christmas Song".<ref name="AMG"/> 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 and primarily playing electronic keyboard instruments.<ref name="AMG"/>
In 1980, leader [[Ian Anderson (musician)|Ian Anderson]] intended to release the album ''[[A (Jethro Tull album)|A]]'' with other musicians as a solo project, but was persuaded by his [[record label]] to release it instead under the Jethro Tull name. 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]].<ref name="AMG"/> The new group was not commercially successful, and Palmer returned to film scoring and sessions.<ref name="AMG"/>
==Solo work== Beginning in the 1980s, Palmer produced several albums of orchestral arrangements of the music of various rock groups, including Jethro Tull, [[Pink Floyd]], [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]], [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[the Beatles]] and [[Queen (band)|Queen]].<ref name="Thompson2004">{{cite book|last=Thompson|first=Dave|title=Turn It On Again: Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins & Genesis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZKDcBOvRoGcC&pg=PA260|access-date=14 May 2012|date=1 November 2004|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9780879308100|pages=260–}}</ref>
In 2017, Palmer announced the release of her first solo album, ''Through Darkened Glass'', which was released in January 2018 and has the guest appearance of former band-mate [[Martin Barre]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://missdeepalmer.bandcamp.com/album/through-darkened-glass|title=Through Darkened Glass, by Dee Palmer|website=Missdeepalmer.bandcamp.com|access-date=2019-03-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Dee-Palmer-Through-Darkened-Glass/release/11690788|title=Dee Palmer - Through Darkened Glass|website=Discogs.com|date=23 January 2018 |language=en|access-date=2019-03-21}}</ref><ref>{{YouTube|Ml6mF3rdR9U|Through Darkened Glass - Dee Palmer - Behind The Scenes}}</ref>
In August 2019, Palmer appeared, alongside Barre, at [[Fairport's Cropredy Convention]].<ref>{{YouTube|LJtkGAIiYi0|Martin Barre Band: "Life is a Long Song" @ Fairport's Cropredy Convention; August 10, 2019}}</ref>
==Personal life== In 1998, Palmer came out as [[transgender]] and [[intersex]], changing her name to Dee. Palmer was born with [[intersex|genital ambiguity]], assigned male at birth, and underwent several surgeries, the last in her late twenties. Palmer said her [[gender identity disorder|gender dysphoria]] had been a part of her life since she had been young, and that the dysphoria "started to reassert itself again" in the year following the death of her wife Maggie in 1995.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.j-tull.com/news/deepalmerand.cfm |title=Dee Palmer Interview with David Rees |date=29 June 2004 |work=Official Jethro Tull website |access-date=27 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330130836/http://www.j-tull.com/news/deepalmerand.cfm |archive-date=30 March 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name="Publishing2004">{{cite book|title=Out|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZWIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA113|access-date=27 April 2012|date=December 2004|publisher=Here Publishing|pages=113–}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050204093944/http://www.classicrockrevisited.com/Interviews04/DeePalmer.htm |title=Dee Palmer Interview |last=Wright |first=Jeb |date=October 2004 |work=Classic Rock Revisited |access-date=14 May 2012 |archive-date=4 February 2005 |url=http://www.classicrockrevisited.com/Interviews04/DeePalmer.htm |url-status=unfit }}</ref>
==Discography== ===Solo=== *''Through Darkened Glass'' (2018)
===With Jethro Tull=== ;Providing orchestral arrangements: *''[[This Was]]'' (1968) *''[[Stand Up (Jethro Tull album)|Stand Up]]'' (1969) *''[[Benefit (album)|Benefit]]'' (1970) *''[[Aqualung (Jethro Tull album)|Aqualung]]'' (1971) *''[[Thick as a Brick]]'' (1972) *''[[A Passion Play]]'' (1973) *''[[War Child (album)|War Child]]'' (1974) *''[[Minstrel in the Gallery]]'' (1975) *''[[Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!]]'' (1976)
;As a full-time member: *''[[Songs from the Wood]]'' (1977) *''[[Heavy Horses]]'' (1978) *''[[Bursting Out]]'' (1978 live album) *''[[Stormwatch (album)|Stormwatch]]'' (1979) *''[[Nightcap (album)|Nightcap : The Unreleased Masters 1972–1991]]'' (1993) *''[[Live at Madison Square Garden 1978]]'' (2009 DVD)
===Symphonic arrangements=== *''[[A Classic Case]]'', also known as ''Classic Jethro Tull'' (1985) *''We Know What We Like: The Music of [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]'' (the [[London Symphony Orchestra]] with David Palmer) (1987) *''Objects of Fantasy: The Music of [[Pink Floyd]]'' (1989) (re-issued in 2006 as "Orchestral Maneuvers") *''[[Symphonic Music of Yes]]'', [[London Philharmonic Orchestra]] with [[Steve Howe (guitarist)|Steve Howe]] and [[Bill Bruford]] (1993) *''Orchestral Sgt. Pepper's'' (version of [[The Beatles]]' album ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'') (1994) *''Passing Open Windows: A Symphonic Tribute to [[Queen (band)|Queen]]'' (1996) *''Norske popklassikere'' (the [[London Symphony Orchestra]] with David Palmer) (1996)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website}} * {{Discogs artist|Dee Palmer}}
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