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...
Year: 2020
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...
