Year: 2020

Joseph Paice July 20, 2020

Kenny Baker (1921-1999) was a technically gifted trumpeter, often cited as perhaps post-War Britain's best mainstream player. He was born...

Joseph Paice July 15, 2020

Miroslav Vitouš (born 1947) was born in Prague, in what was then Czechoslovakia. His father was a saxophonist, and he...

Joseph Paice July 14, 2020

Saxophonist and clarinettist Paquito D'Rivera (born 1948) has worked in classical, jazz and latin settings with equal facility. He has...

Joseph Paice July 13, 2020

Rita Reys (1924-2013) was considered one of Europe's pre-eminent jazz singers. In presenting her with a lifetime achievement award in...

Joseph Paice July 10, 2020

Bangladeshi percussionist Badal Roy (born 1945) has worked with many of the leading names in modern jazz since arriving in...

Joseph Paice July 9, 2020

Singer-guitarist Al Bowlly (1899-1941) was one of the most popular singers in 1930s Britain, with a distinctive and instantly recognisable...

Joseph Paice July 9, 2020

Ken 'Snakehips' Johnson (1914-1941) was born in Georgetown, in what was then British Guiana. He attended Queen's College in Georgetown...

Joseph Paice July 8, 2020

George Shearing (1919-2011) was one of the most famous and commercially successful musicians in the history of jazz. Born blind...

Joseph Paice July 7, 2020

Attila Zoller (1927-1998) was born in Visegrád in the North of Hungary. His father was a violinist and music teacher...

Joseph Paice July 6, 2020

Pianist Jutta Hipp (1925-2003) had a sadly truncated career - her first recordings were in 1952, her last in 1956...