Dizzy Reece
Jamaican trumpeter Dizzy Reece (born 1931) had a short UK career before moving to New York in 1959, but this...
Month: May 2020
Ivy Benson
Ivy Benson (1913-1993) led an all female big band was one of the most popular British jazz orchestras in post-war...
Tubby Hayes
Tubby Hayes (1935-1973) is (along with his similarly multi-talented contemporary, Victor Feldman) one of UK jazz’s most extraordinary prodigies. He...
Jazz in Azerbaijan
In the chaos that followed the Russian Revolution, Azerbaijan, which was part of the Soviet Union from 1920, jazz was...
John Tchicai
Saxophonist John Tchicai (1936-2012) was born in Copenhagen to a Congolese father and Danish mother. He grew up in Aarhus...
Bert Ambrose
Bert Ambrose (1896-1971) led one of the most successful dance bands of the 1930s. He started out as a professional...
Bobby Wellins
Bobby Wellins (1936-2016) is celebrated today particularly for the fruitful fifty year association with Stan Tracey, on whose seminal album...
Jazz in Denmark
C-melody saxophonist Valdemar Eiberg (1892-1965) made the first jazz recordings with an octet in Denmark in 1924. His band included...
Svend Asmussen
Danish violinist, Svend Asmussen (1916-2017) died just short of his 101st birthday, and he had one of the longest careers...
Acker Bilk
Acker Bilk (born 1929) was born Bernard Stanley Bilk in the West Country - his nickname 'Acker' came from the...
