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Laurence Cottle (287 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

he produced three albums for guitarist Jim Mullen and recorded with British jazz musicians Mornington Lockett, Tim Garland, Django Bates, Gerard Presencer

Brand X (1,433 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Brand X were a British jazz fusion band formed in London in 1974. They were active until 1980, followed by a reformation between 1992 and 1999, and were

Acker Bilk (1,870 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

side of things. Duncan Heining rates it as "one of the highlights of British jazz of the period". Bilk finally had another chart success in 1976 with "Aria"

George Shearing (2,530 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

George Albert Shearing OBE (13 August 1919 – 14 February 2011) was a British jazz pianist who for many years led a popular jazz group that recorded for

David Knopfler (1,325 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

David Knopfler (born 27 December 1952) is a British musician. He was born in Scotland, but raised in Blyth, near Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Together

Digby Fairweather (781 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Richard John Charles "Digby" Fairweather (born 25 April 1946) is a British jazz cornetist, author and broadcaster. Before becoming a professional musician

Manfred Mann (musician) (1,504 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Manfred Sepse Lubowitz (born 21 October 1940), known professionally as Manfred Mann, is a South African-born musician, residing in the UK since 1961. He

Tubby Hayes (3,480 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Edward Brian "Tubby" Hayes (30 January 1935 – 8 June 1973) was a British jazz multi-instrumentalist, best known for his virtuosic musicianship on tenor

Dave Holland (1,999 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Hawkins, Ben Webster and Joe Henderson. He also linked up with other British jazz musicians, including guitarist John McLaughlin, saxophonists Evan Parker

Stan Tracey (1,956 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Stanley William Tracey CBE (30 December 1926 – 6 December 2013) was a British jazz pianist and composer, whose most important influences were Duke Ellington

Humphrey Carpenter (1,028 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Humphrey William Bouverie Carpenter (29 April 1946 – 4 January 2005) was an English biographer, writer, and radio broadcaster. He is known especially for

Wally Fawkes (1,430 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

March 2023), also known as Trog when signing cartoons, was a Canadian-British jazz clarinettist and satirical cartoonist. After emigrating with his family

Keith Tippett (1,652 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

August 1947 – 14 June 2020), known professionally as Keith Tippett, was a British jazz pianist and composer. According to AllMusic, Tippett's career "...spanned

John Fordham (jazz critic) (267 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

John Fordham is a British jazz critic and writer. As well as being the main jazz critic for The Guardian, he publishes a monthly column for the newspaper

Malcolm Cecil (1,401 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Malcolm Cecil (9 January 1937 – 28 March 2021) was a British jazz bassist, record producer, engineer, electronic musician and teacher. He was a founding

Ted Heath (bandleader) (2,706 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

George Edward Heath (30 March 1902 – 18 November 1969) was a British musician and big band leader. Heath led what is widely considered Britain's greatest

Leo Records (364 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Leo Records is a British record company and label which releases jazz from Russian, American, and British musicians. It concentrates on free jazz. Leo

Paul Turner (bassist) (192 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Paul Turner (born 11 March 1968 in Sunderland) is an English musician who has been the bassist of the jazz-funk band Jamiroquai since 2005. Turner joined

Tim Garland (656 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Tim Garland (born 19 October 1966) is a British jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. His compositions draw from modern jazz and classical concert

BGO Records (102 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

BGO Records (Beat Goes On) is a British record label specializing in classic rock, blues, jazz, and folk music. In 1965, Andy Gray opened Andys Records

Terry Smith (guitarist) (400 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Terence Smith (born 20 May 1943) is a British jazz guitarist. Twice winner of the Melody Maker Music Polls, Smith spent the early 1960s playing with the

Colin Wood (186 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

.. Very 'umble (1970) Siren The Ultimate John Chilton: Who's who of British Jazz London: Continuum 2004; ISBN 0-8264-7234-6 (2nd ed.) Colin Wood at The

Ric Sanders (694 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Richard Sanders (born 8 December 1952) is an English violinist who has played in jazz-rock, folk rock, British folk rock and folk groups, including Soft

Friday Night Is Music Night (870 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Friday Night Is Music Night (known as Sunday Night Is Music Night on BBC Radio 2 from 2020) is a long-running live BBC radio concert programme featuring

Jamie Talbot (150 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

James Robert Talbot (born 23 April 1960 in London) is an English jazz alto saxophonist. Talbot played with the London Schools Symphony Orchestra and then

Theo Travis (1,919 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

voted Best British Jazz CD of 1994 by a Jazz on CD Critics/Readers poll. 2am (1993) 33 Jazz View From the Edge (1994) "Best British Jazz CD 1994" 33

Colosseum II (859 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Colosseum II was a British progressive jazz-rock band formed in 1975 by former Colosseum drummer and bandleader Jon Hiseman, which featured guitarist Gary

Morrissey–Mullen (608 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Morrissey–Mullen were a British jazz-funk/fusion group of the 1970s and 1980s. Considered one of the most popular jazz groups in London, the band was led

Colin Hodgkinson (718 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Colin Hodgkinson (born 14 October 1945, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England) is a British rock, jazz and blues bassist, who has been active since the

John Taylor (jazz) (1,041 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

John Taylor (25 September 1942 – 17 July 2015) was a British jazz pianist, born in Manchester, England, who occasionally performed on the organ and the

Grant Kirkhope (1,148 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Grant Kirkhope (born July 10, 1962) is a Scottish composer and voice actor for video games and film. Some of his notable works include GoldenEye 007, Banjo-Kazooie

Jasmine Records (75 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Jasmine Records is a London-based record label that specialises in jazz reissues. The label was founded in 1982 as part of Hasmick Promotions, issuing

John Chilton (568 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

John James Chilton (16 July 1932 – 25 February 2016) was a British jazz trumpeter and writer. During the 1960s, he also worked with pop bands, including

Johnny Claes (485 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Octave John Claes (/kleɪz/; 11 August 1916 – 3 February 1956) was a British-born racing driver who competed for Belgium. Before his fame as a racing driver

Roy Budd (1,116 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Roy Frederick Budd (14 March 1947 – 7 August 1993) was a British jazz pianist and composer known for his film scores, including Get Carter and The Wild

Black Lion Records (155 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Black Lion Records was a British jazz record company and label based in London, England. Alan Bates founded Black Lion Records in 1968. The label had two

Al Bowlly (1,769 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Albert Allick Bowlly (7 January 1898 – 17 April 1941) was a South African-British vocalist and dance band guitarist who was popular during the 1930s in

Herbie Flowers (1,305 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Brian Keith "Herbie" Flowers (born 19 May 1938) is an English musician specialising in electric bass, double bass and tuba. He is noted as a member of

Andy Sheppard (1,202 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(born 20 January 1957) is a British jazz saxophonist and composer. He has been awarded several prizes at the British Jazz Awards, and has worked with

Evan Parker (2,204 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Evan Shaw Parker (born 5 April 1944) is a British tenor and soprano saxophone player who plays free improvisation. Recording and performing prolifically

Victor Feldman (2,789 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

orchestra and quintet from 1954 to 1955, which also featured other important British jazz musicians such as Phil Seamen and Hank Shaw. It was Scott who recommended

Frank Ricotti (1,262 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Adams, "Frank Ricotti". Grove Jazz online. John Chilton, Who's Who of British Jazz. 2004, Continuum International Publishing, ISBN 978-0826472342 Frank

Last Exit (British band) (644 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

British jazz fusion band

Soweto Kinch (864 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Soweto Kinch (born 10 January 1978) is a British jazz saxophonist and rapper. Born in 1978 in London, England, to a Barbadian father, playwright Don Kinch

Gilad Atzmon (5,800 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

גלעד עצמון, [ɡiˈlad at͡sˈmon]; born 9 June 1963) is an Israeli-born British jazz saxophonist, novelist, political activist, and writer. As a musician

Wonderin' (180 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Rollercoaster made up of leading UK session and jazz musicians from British jazz-rock bands of the 1960s and 1970s such as Soft Machine, Blue Mink and

Edition Records (638 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Edition Records is an independent record label that was founded in 2008 by pianist Dave Stapleton and photographer Tim Dickeson. In 2008, pianist and composer

Paul Hardcastle (1,143 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Paul Louis Hardcastle (born 10 December 1957) is a British composer, musician, producer, songwriter, radio presenter and multi-instrumentalist. He is best

Lyn Dobson (229 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Lyn Dobson (born 22 June 1939 in Bedford) is an English musician, noted as a jazz-rock flautist and saxophonist. He appeared with Georgie Fame and the

Ronnie Ross (415 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Albert Ronald Ross (2 October 1933 – 12 December 1991) was a British jazz baritone saxophonist. Born in Calcutta, India, to Scottish parents, Ross moved

Henry Lowther (musician) (1,613 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Thomas Henry Lowther (born 11 July 1941) is an English jazz trumpeter who also plays violin. Lowther was born in Leicester, England, and his first musical

Remember Shakti (550 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Remember Shakti is a quintet which combines elements of traditional Indian music with elements of jazz. The band consists of English guitarist John McLaughlin

Julian Joseph (485 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Julian Raphael Nathaniel Joseph OBE (born 11 May 1966) is a British jazz pianist, bandleader, composer, arranger, and broadcaster. He has worked solo,

Earthworks (band) (3,702 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Bill Bruford's Earthworks were a British jazz band led by drummer Bill Bruford. The band recorded several albums for Editions EG, Discipline Global Mobile

Hep Records (168 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Hep Records is a jazz record company and label founded by Alastair Robertson (born March 3, 1941, in Aberdeen, Scotland) in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1974

Bill Wells (383 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Bill Wells (born c. 1963) is a Scottish bassist, pianist, guitarist and composer. Wells is completely self-taught, and began performing in clubs in Scotland

John Thirkell (827 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

John Thirkell is a British trumpet and flugelhorn player, who has appeared on hundreds of pop, rock, and jazz recordings. Through the 1980s and early 1990s

Gary Crosby (bassist) (1,332 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Gary Crosby OBE (born 26 January 1955) is a British jazz double bassist, composer, music arranger, and educator. He was a founding member of the celebrated

Dick Morrissey (3,106 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Richard Edwin Morrissey (9 May 1940 – 8 November 2000) was a British jazz musician and composer. He played the tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone and flute

Kenny Graham (773 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(born Kenneth Thomas Skingle; 19 July 1924 – 17 February 1997) was a British jazz saxophonist, arranger, composer and essayist, described as "one of Britain's

Arthur Greenslade (369 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Arthur Greenslade (4 May 1923 – 27 November 2003) was a British conductor and arranger for films and television, as well as for a number of performers

Nucleus (band) (718 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Nucleus was a British jazz-fusion band, which continued in different forms from 1969 to 1989. In 1970, the band won first prize at the Montreux Jazz Festival

Whirlwind Recordings (171 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Whirlwind Recordings is a London, UK-based independent record label established in 2010 by Michael Janisch. The label was founded in 2010 by bassist, composer

Jim Richardson (423 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

member of the progressive rock band If. An original member of pioneering British jazz-rock band, If (1969–1973), he went on to undertake session and studio

Bill Le Sage (384 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Obituary, The Guardian, 2 November, 2001 Chilton, John (2004). Who's Who of British Jazz (2nd ed.). Continuum. pp. 219–220. ISBN 978-0-8264-7234-2. "Bill Le Sage"

Jeff Clyne (819 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Jeffrey Ovid Clyne (29 January 1937 – 16 November 2009) was a British jazz bassist (playing both bass guitar and double bass). Clyne worked with Tubby

Tommy Whittle (750 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Tommy Whittle (13 October 1926 – 13 October 2013) was a British jazz saxophonist. Tommy Whittle was born in Grangemouth, Scotland. He started playing clarinet

Chris Laurence (925 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Chris Laurence (born 6 January 1949) is an English musician. Born in London, he studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and primarily works

Geraldo (bandleader) (970 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Gerald Walcan Bright (10 August 1904 – 4 May 1974), better known as Geraldo, was an English bandleader. He adopted the name "Geraldo" in 1930, and became

Annie Whitehead (212 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Lena Annie Whitehead (born 16 July 1955 in Oldham, Lancashire) is a British jazz trombone player. Whitehead learned the trombone in high school and participated

Seb Rochford (1,421 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Harding - Warm Chris (4AD, 2022) Chilton, John (2004). Who's Who of British Jazz (2nd ed.). Continuum. p. 302. ISBN 978-0-8264-7234-2. Gioia, Ted (2021)

Jazz Warriors (918 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

established black British jazz players — pianist Alex Wilson and trumpeter Byron Wallen. It also contained younger black British jazz talent, including

Courtney Pine (1,157 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Courtney Pine, CBE (born 18 March 1964), is a British jazz musician, who was the principal founder in the 1980s of the black British band the Jazz Warriors

John Baker (Radiophonic musician) (296 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

John William Baker (12 October 1937 in Leigh-on-Sea – 7 February 1997 in Freshwater, Isle of Wight) was a British musician and composer who worked in jazz

Clare Teal (894 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

singing, but also for having signed the biggest recording contract by a British jazz singer. Teal was brought up in the Kildwick area of Yorkshire. She developed

Nick Evans (trombonist) (646 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

recorded during 1973–1976 Snapes, Laura (15 June 2020). "Keith Tippett: British jazz pianist dies age 72". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 4 July 2020. "Soft Machine :

Robin Lumley (630 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Robin Lumley (17 January 1948 – 9 March 2023) was a British jazz fusion musician, keyboardist, record producer, and author who was a member of the band

Jazz Journal (787 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Jazz Journal is a British jazz magazine established in 1946 by Sinclair Traill (1904–1981). It was first published in London under the title Pick Up, which

Ronnie Scott (1,727 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Scott OBE (born Ronald Schatt; 28 January 1927 – 23 December 1996) was a British jazz tenor saxophonist and jazz club owner. He co-founded Ronnie Scott's Jazz

Dave Gelly (360 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1938) is a British jazz critic. A long-standing contributor to The Observer, he was named Jazz Writer of the Year in the 1999 British Jazz Awards. Gelly

Centipede (band) (866 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Tippett. Formed in 1970, it brought together much of a generation of young British jazz and rock musicians from a number of bands, including Soft Machine, King

Polar Bear (British band) (589 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Polar Bear is a British experimental jazz band led by drummer Seb Rochford with Pete Wareham and Mark Lockheart on tenor saxophone, Tom Herbert on double

Upp (band) (443 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Upp was a British rock-jazz fusion band, active in the 1970s. The group was originally going to be called 3 UPP, and consisted of Stephen Amazing (bass

Snowboy (246 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Snowboy (a.k.a. Mark Cotgrove) is an English percussionist, bandleader, DJ and journalist. Ritmo Snowbo (Acid Jazz, 1989) Descarga Mambito (Acid Jazz,

A.R.C. (album) (332 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

A.R.C. is an album by American jazz pianist Chick Corea, British jazz bassist Dave Holland and American jazz drummer Barry Altschul, recorded over January

Spotlite Records (159 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Spotlite Records is a British jazz record company and label. It was founded in 1968 by British producer Tony Williams, originally as an outlet for Charlie

Juliet Roberts (535 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Juliet Roberts (born 6 May 1962) is a British jazz, rock, soul and house music singer of Grenadian descent. Roberts was born in London, England. She originally

Peter Ind (1,163 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Peter Ind (20 July 1928 – 20 August 2021) was a British jazz double bassist and record producer. Ind was born in Middlesex. His father was a builder. Ind

Ian Hamer (musician) (575 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Ian Wilfred Hamer (11 September 1932 – 3 September 2006) was a British jazz trumpeter. Hamer was born in Liverpool, the son of a successful Merseyside

Mike Taylor (musician) (311 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Ronald Taylor (1 June 1938, Ealing, West London – 19 January 1969) was a British jazz composer, pianist and co-songwriter for the band Cream. Mike Taylor was

Snowboy (246 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Snowboy (a.k.a. Mark Cotgrove) is an English percussionist, bandleader, DJ and journalist. Ritmo Snowbo (Acid Jazz, 1989) Descarga Mambito (Acid Jazz,

Stuart Nicholson (jazz historian) (395 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Stuart Nicholson (born 8 January 1948) is a British jazz historian, biographer, music critic, journalist, and academic. A recognized expert on the history

Graham Clark (violinist) (233 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Graham Leslie Lionel Clark (born 16 December 1959) is an English violinist based in Buxton, Derbyshire. He also plays electric guitar. A freelance violinist

Us3 (602 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Us3 were a British jazz rap group founded in London in 1992. Their name was inspired by a Horace Parlan album, titled Us Three, produced by Alfred Lion

Miles Kington (1,269 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Miles Beresford Kington (13 May 1941 – 30 January 2008) was a British journalist, musician (a double bass player for Instant Sunshine and other groups)

All Night Long (1962 film) (1,398 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

The black-and-white film features performances by several prominent British jazz musicians—among them John Dankworth and Tubby Hayes—as well as the Americans

George Chisholm (musician) (362 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

George Chisholm OBE (29 March 1915 – 6 December 1997) was a Scottish jazz trombonist and vocalist. In the late 1930s he moved to London, where he played

Sid Phillips (musician) (317 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Isador Simon "Sid" Phillips (14 June 1907 – 23 May 1973) was a British jazz clarinettist, bandleader and arranger. Phillips was born in London, England

Liberation Time (384 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Liberation Time is a studio album by British jazz guitarist John McLaughlin. The album was recorded in various locations and released on 16 July 2021 via

Julian Siegel (327 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Julian H. Siegel (born 1966) is a British jazz saxophone and clarinet player, and a composer and arranger, described by MOJO Magazine as "One of the UK's

The Temperance Seven (1,784 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Temperance Seven is a British band originally active in the 1950s, specialising in 1920s-style jazz music. They were known for their surreal performances

Pete Wareham (673 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

British jazz musician

Kenneth Baker (160 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

American radio singer and actor Kenny Baker (trumpeter) (1921–1999), British jazz trumpeter Kenny Baker (fiddler) (1926–2011), American bluegrass fiddler

Marian McPartland (4,844 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Margaret Marian McPartland OBE (née Turner; 20 March 1918 – 20 August 2013), was an English–American jazz pianist, composer, and writer. She was the host

The Bryan Ferry Orchestra (315 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Bryan Ferry Orchestra is a retro-jazz ensemble founded and led by Bryan Ferry. They exclusively play his work in a 1920s jazz style. Ferry formed the

Brotherhood of Breath (352 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Brotherhood of Breath was an English-South African big band established in the late-1960s by South African pianist and composer Chris McGregor, an

National Youth Jazz Orchestra (955 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(NYJO), established as the London Schools' Jazz Orchestra in 1965, is a British jazz orchestra. The National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NYJO) was founded in 1965

Mark Charig (580 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Mark Charig (born 22 February 1944 in London) is a British trumpeter and cornetist. He was particularly active in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when

Harry Parry (270 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Harry Owen Parry (22 January 1912 – 18 October 1956) was a Welsh jazz clarinetist and bandleader. Parry was born in Bangor, Wales. He played cornet, tenor

Fred Thelonious Baker (298 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Fred Thelonious Baker (born 4 June 1960) is an English guitarist and jazz bass guitarist from Tibshelf, Derbyshire. He is known for playing in Phil Miller's

Big Bear Records (758 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

recorded and released as the British Jazz Awards 1987 album. Big Bear Records continued to work with prominent names in British jazz into the 1990s, releasing

Sheila Tracy (463 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Sheila Tracy (née Lugg; 10 January 1934 – 30 September 2014) was a British broadcaster, writer, musician, and singer. She began her career as a trombone

Bruford (band) (386 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

This first album also featured Annette Peacock on occasional vocals and British jazz stalwart Kenny Wheeler on flugelhorn. Bruford and Holdsworth then joined

Sons of Kemet (493 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Sons of Kemet was a British jazz group formed by Shabaka Hutchings, Oren Marshall, Seb Rochford, and Tom Skinner. Theon Cross replaced Marshall on tuba

Mátyás Seiber (1,923 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Mátyás György Seiber (Hungarian: [ˈmaːcaːʃ ˈʃaibɛr], sometimes given as Matthis Seyber; 4 May 1905 – 24 September 1960) was a Hungarian-born British composer

Isotope (band) (273 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Isotope was a British jazz rock band, fronted by the guitarist Gary Boyle. Boyle founded the band in June 1972 and a first album, Isotope, was largely

Martin Taylor (guitarist) (1,606 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Martin Taylor, MBE (born 20 October 1956) is a British jazz guitarist who has performed solo, in groups, guitar ensembles, and as an accompanist. Taylor

Rock the House (Gorillaz song) (797 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

features a horn section loop sampled from "Modesty Blaise", a piece by British jazz musician John Dankworth. Rapper Del the Funky Homosapien is the only

Coleridge Goode (943 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

have been an important inspiration for some leading contemporary black British jazz musicians. In 2002, his autobiography Bass Lines: A Life in Jazz, co-authored

Carol Grimes (214 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Carol Ann Grimes (born 7 April 1944) is a British singer and songwriter. In 1969, she joined the band Delivery and recorded one album before departing

Derek Humble (432 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Derek Humble (March 1930 – 22 February 1971) was an English jazz alto saxophonist. Humble was born in Livingston, County Durham, England, and played professionally

Clark Tracey (1,218 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Clark Tracey BEM (born 5 February 1961) is a British jazz drummer, band leader, and composer. Tracey was born in London, England. He first played piano

Larry Stabbins (801 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Larry Stabbins (born 9 September 1949) is a British jazz saxophonist, flutist and composer. Larry Stabbins learned clarinet at school from the age of eight

Spike Heatley (443 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

February 1933 – 10 November 2021), better known as Spike Heatley, was a British jazz double bassist. Heatley was born in Muswell Hill, North London in February

Nikki Iles (488 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Nikki Anne Iles BEM (née Burnham; born 16 May 1963) is a British jazz composer, pianist and educator. Iles was born in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, on 16 May

Orphy Robinson (1,377 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Orphy Robinson MBE (born 13 October 1960) is a British jazz multi-instrumentalist who plays vibraphone, keyboards, saxophone, trumpet, piano, marimba,

Art Themen (846 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

is a British jazz saxophonist and formerly orthopaedic surgeon. Critic John Fordham has described him as "an appealing presence on the British jazz circuit

Kemet (123 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1984 book The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley Sons of Kemet, a British jazz group formed in 2011 Kemetic (disambiguation) Km (hieroglyph) This disambiguation

Daryl Runswick (536 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

October 2001 (Accessed 14 April 2019). Chilton, John, Who's Who of British Jazz, Continuum International Publishing Group, 2004. ISBN 0-8264-7234-6,

Johnny Parker (jazz pianist) (503 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Johnny Parker (6 November 1929 – 11 June 2010) was a British jazz pianist. Parker was born in Beckenham, Kent, England. In 1940, his family moved to Wiltshire

Ron Mathewson (497 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Rognvald Andrew Mathewson (19 February 1944 – 3 December 2020) was a British jazz double bassist and bass guitarist. During his career, Mathewson performed

Mike Carr (musician) (258 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Mike Carr (born Michael Anthony Carr, 7 December 1937 – 22 September 2017) was an English jazz organist, pianist and vibraphonist. Mike Carr was born on

Black Light (John McLaughlin album) (667 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Black Light is a studio album by British jazz guitarist John McLaughlin and his band the 4th Dimension. The album was recorded in March 2015 in London

Oscar Rabin Band (685 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Oscar Rabin Band was a popular British dance band in the first half of the twentieth century. Oscar Rabin formed his first band with Harry Davis, the

Helen Shapiro (1,887 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and jazz; she appeared in the West End and toured extensively with the British jazz trumpeter Humphrey Lyttelton and his band. Shapiro was born at Bethnal

Mick Hutton (548 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Mick Hutton (born 5 June 1956 in Chester, UK) is a British jazz bassist and composer. 'He plays a lotta bass' - Al Grey, jazz trombonist Classically trained

Chicago Tenor Duets (218 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Chicago Tenor Duets is an album by British jazz saxophonist Evan Parker and American saxophonist Joe McPhee, which was recorded in 1998 and released on

Young Disciples (525 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Young Disciples was a British / American acid jazz band, formed in London in 1990 by Carleen Anderson (vocals and keyboards), Marco Nelson (bass, guitar

Danny Moss (690 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(16 August 1927 – 28 May 2008) was a British jazz tenor saxophonist. He performed with many figures in British jazz, including Vic Lewis, Ted Heath, John

Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (7,007 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (also known as the Bonzo Dog Band or the Bonzos) was created by a group of British art-school students in the 1960s. Combining

Martin Slavin (287 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

in a road accident in May 1988. Find My Past, Ancestry Who's Who of British Jazz by John Chilton. ISBN 0-8264-7234-6 Martin Slavin at IMDb v t e v t e

Liam Noble (musician) (408 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Liam Noble (born 15 November 1968) is a British jazz pianist, composer, arranger and educator. Noble was born in London on 15 November 1968. He studied

John Wilson (conductor) (1,654 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

John Wilson (born 1972) is a British conductor, arranger and musicologist, who conducts orchestras and operas, as well as big band jazz. He is the artistic

Spike Hughes (1,728 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Patrick Cairns "Spike" Hughes (19 October 1908 – 2 February 1987) was a British musician, composer and arranger involved in the worlds of classical music

Tom Bancroft (495 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Thomas Peter Bancroft (born 29 January 1967) is a British jazz drummer and composer. Bancroft was born in London on 29 January 1967. He began drumming

Bob Kerr (musician) (156 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Robert Kerr (born 14 February 1940) is a comic musician who plays trumpet and cornet. He was originally a member of Spencer's Washboard Kings in 1965 and

Last Amendment (439 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Last Amendment, formerly known as The Crass Collective and Crass Agenda, is the working title of a series of collaborations by ex-members of the anarcho-punk

Kenny Clare (625 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Kenneth Cloudsley Clare (8 June 1929 – 11 January 1985) was a British jazz drummer. Born in Leytonstone, Essex, England, Clare learnt to play the drums

Alec Dankworth (385 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Alexander William Tamba Dankworth (born 14 May 1960) is an English jazz bassist and composer. Born in London, the son of John Dankworth and Cleo Laine

Ray Gelato (1,005 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

October 1961), known professionally by his stage name Ray Gelato, is a British jazz, swing and jump blues saxophonist, singer and bandleader. He is known

Sue (Or in a Season of Crime) (3,586 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

"Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)" is a song by English musician David Bowie released on 17 November 2014 as the lead single from the 2014 compilation album

Steve Waterman (musician) (67 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Steve Waterman (born 8 September 1960) is a British jazz trumpeter, composer and educator. Waterman was born in Lincolnshire and educated at Trinity College

Incus Records (326 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Incus Records is a British record company and label founded by Derek Bailey, Tony Oxley, Evan Parker and Michael Walters that specializes in free jazz

Light of the World (band) (320 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

are a British jazz-funk band. The band was formed in London in 1978. They were originally a forerunner of the late 1970s/early 1980s British jazz-funk

John Dankworth (2,113 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Parker, he learned to play the alto saxophone. He began his career on the British jazz scene after studying at London's Royal Academy of Music (where his jazz

Terry Lightfoot (258 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Terence Lightfoot (21 May 1935 – 15 March 2013) was a British jazz clarinettist and bandleader, and together with Chris Barber, Acker Bilk and Kenny Ball

Mel and George "Do" World War II (253 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

II is a 1990 live album by the American jazz singer Mel Tormé and the British jazz pianist George Shearing. "Lili Marlene" (Tommie Connor, Hans Leip, Norbert

Ken Woodman (239 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Ken (Kenny) Woodman was a British composer and trumpeter. He was famous for the song "Town Talk", which was used as the theme song for Paul Kaye's shows

Tommy Watt (394 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Thomas Mitchell Watt (31 October 1925, Glasgow – 20 May 2006, Bristol, England) was a Scottish jazz bandleader. Born to a working-class family, his father

Joe Stilgoe (742 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Joe Stilgoe (born 29 May 1979) is a British singer, pianist and songwriter. Stilgoe was born in Sevenoaks, Kent. He is the son of the lyricist and entertainer

Vic Lewis (893 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Victor Lewis MBE (29 July 1919 – 9 February 2009) was a British jazz guitarist and bandleader. He also enjoyed success as an artists' agent and manager

Nightfall (Charlie Haden album) (314 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Nightfall is a 2004 studio album by American jazz bassist Charlie Haden and British jazz pianist John Taylor. The record was released via Naim label on 1 March

Last Exit (free jazz band) (466 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

several years before his demise. The band is unrelated to the 1970s British jazz fusion band of the same name. The band was known for its uncompromising

Ian Shaw (singer) (739 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Ian Shaw (born 2 June 1962) is a Welsh jazz singer, record producer, actor and stand-up comedian. Shaw was born in St. Asaph, Wales, and took his music

The Squadronaires (1,126 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Squadronaires is a Royal Air Force band which began and performed in Britain during and after World War II. The official title of the band was 'The

The Graham Bond Organisation (1,251 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Graham Bond Organisation (GBO) were a British jazz/rhythm and blues group of the mid-1960s consisting of Graham Bond (vocals, keyboards, alto-saxophone)

Music While You Work (732 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Music While You Work was a daytime radio programme of continuous live popular music broadcast in the United Kingdom twice daily on workdays from 23 June

Tony Kofi (555 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Tony Kofi (born 10 July 1966) is a British jazz saxophonist and flautist. He leads a trio and quartet and is co-founder of the Monk Liberation Band. His

Mike Lindup (557 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

singer who joined Mark King and brothers Phil and Boon Gould to form the British jazz-funk/pop rock band Level 42. Lindup was born in London, England. He attended

James McMillan (trumpeter) (92 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

James McMillan is a British jazz trumpeter, record producer and the founder and owner of the record label, Quietmoney Recordings. He performed on and produced

Al Fairweather (203 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Alastair Fairweather (12 June 1927 – 21 June 1993) was a British jazz trumpeter, born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Educated at the city's Royal High School

Dennis Berry (729 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Dennis Alfred Berry (21 August 1921 – 21 June 1994) was an English musician, composer, arranger, and producer. His work has been used in film-making and

Esquire Records (UK) (123 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Esquire Records was a UK jazz record company and label founded by Carlo Krahmer and Peter Newbrook in 1947. It issued recordings by British musicians and

Anthony Kerr (348 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Anthony Kerr is a British jazz vibraphone player, who has performed and recorded internationally with Georgie Fame, Charlie Watts, BBC Big Band, Robbie

To the One (1,083 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

To the One is an album released by British jazz guitarist John McLaughlin. It is his first album with his band, the 4th Dimension. The album was released

Jack Fallon (575 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Jack Patrick Fallon (October 13, 1915 – May 22, 2006) was a British jazz bassist born in Canada. Fallon played violin and studied with London Symphony

Ember Records (UK label) (1,099 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Businessman who opened the Flamingo Club, which was at the epicentre of the British jazz and r’n’b scene", The Independent, 23 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014

New Jazz Orchestra (618 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The New Jazz Orchestra (NJO) was a British jazz big band that was active from 1963 to 1970. Neil Ardley recorded several more albums with many of the NJO's

Richard Edwards (musician) (746 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Richard Edwards is a London-based classical and jazz trombone player as well as composer/arranger. With Jamiroquai Blow Your Mind (Sony Soho Square, 1993)

Thomas Harrison (264 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(born 1971), English cricketer Tom Harrison (musician) (born 1985), British jazz musician Tom Harrison (politician) (1864–1944), Australian politician

Len Skeat (270 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Leonard Skeat (9 February 1937 – 9 March 2021) was a British jazz double-bassist, and the younger brother of Bill Skeat, a saxophone player (1926–1999)

Joe Daniels (jazz drummer) (498 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Joe Daniels (9 March 1909 – 2 July 1993), was a British Dixieland drummer and performer, whose career began in the early 1920s. Among his more popular

Touch and Go (band) (439 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Touch and Go is a British jazz pop ensemble founded in 1998, whose most famous hit was "Would You...?", released in October of the same year as a single

Emanem Records (1,457 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Emanem Records is a record company and independent record label founded in London, England in 1974 by Martin Davidson and Madelaine Davidson to record

Human Chain (band) (2,174 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Human Chain is a British jazz quartet led by composer and keyboard virtuoso Django Bates. The band has been Bates's main musical outlet since 1990 and

Russell Henderson (665 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Russell Audley Ferdinand "Russ" Henderson MBE (7 January 1924 – 18 August 2015) was a jazz musician on the piano and the steelpan. Originally from Trinidad

I Missed Again (600 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

followed by "I Missed Again". The song features a tenor sax solo from British jazz musician Ronnie Scott. Like many of the songs on Face Value, "I Missed

Rex, Wrecks & XXX (249 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Rex, Wrecks & XXX is a double CD by British jazz saxophonist Evan Parker and American pianist Matthew Shipp released on the French RogueArt label. The

Kishon Khan (239 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Khan (Bengali: কীশোন খান; born 1 August 1970) is a Bangladeshi-born British jazz pianist, composer, arranger and music producer. Khan grew up in North

Jacqui Dankworth (351 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Jacqueline Caryl Dankworth MBE (born 5 February 1963) is a British jazz singer. She is the daughter of jazz singer Cleo Laine and musician John Dankworth

Continental Experience (251 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Continental Experience is a studio album by British jazz pianist George Shearing, billed as part of the 'George Shearing Quintet and Amigos'. Ken Dryden

Laura Jurd (295 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London. Jurd composes for and plays in British jazz quartet Dinosaur. Jurd is a member of BBC Radio 3's New Generation Artists

Delightful Precipice (736 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Delightful Precipice is a 19-piece British jazz big band/orchestra led by Django Bates. Delightful Precipice contains many individual solo artists, music

Janette Mason (416 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Janette Mason is a British jazz pianist, arranger, composer and record producer. Three of her albums have received four-starred reviews in The Guardian

John Wilson Orchestra (1,603 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The John Wilson Orchestra was formed by British orchestral conductor John Wilson in 1994. It is a symphony orchestra comprising exclusively the siblings

Ugonna Okegwo (603 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Ugonna Okegwo (born March 15, 1962) is a German-Nigerian jazz bassist and composer based in New York City. Born in London, Okegwo is the son of Christel

Eddie Harvey (451 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Edward Thomas Harvey (15 November 1925–9 October 2012) was a British jazz musician (piano, trombone, arranger and educator). He was also the inspiration

Nikki Yeoh (337 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Nikki Yeoh (born 24 May 1973) is a British jazz pianist who has worked with Courtney Pine, Cleveland Watkiss, Steve Williamson, Chante Moore, The Roots

Alyn Shipton (1,138 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

strand Jazz File. In 2001, he was named "Jazz Writer of the Year" at the British Jazz Awards. In 2003, he won the Willis Conover/Marian McPartland Lifetime

Jay Wilbur (366 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

James Edward Wilbur (1898–1968) was a British bandleader and prolifically recorded musician identified with and influential in the era of Big Band and

Peter Appleyard (1,120 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Peter Appleyard, OC (26 August 1928 – 17 July 2013) was a British–Canadian jazz vibraphonist, percussionist, and composer. He spent most of his life in

Simon Spillett (1,442 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Spillett (born 4 November 1974, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England) is a British jazz tenor saxophonist. He has won the BBC Jazz Awards Rising Star (2007)

Frank Holder (musician) (1,527 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

and Harold Davison. In the middle of the decade, he was approached by British jazz record producer Denis Preston to record calypso music. Holder's records

Greg Carmichael (138 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Greg Carmichael (born 7 August 1953) is a British guitarist and co-founding member (along with Nick Webb) of contemporary jazz group Acoustic Alchemy.

Andy Blythe and Marten Joustra (293 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Andy Blythe and Marten Joustra are British composers who have collaborated on various TV, Production Music and game projects as part of their company,

Robert Wyatt (3,276 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

a forty-year solo career. A key player during the formative years of British jazz fusion, psychedelia and progressive rock, Wyatt's own work became increasingly

Theon Cross (208 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Theon Cross is a British tuba player and composer. Born and raised in London, England, to a Jamaican father and Saint Lucian mother, he began taking tenor

Staring at the Sun (Level 42 album) (427 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Staring at the Sun is the eighth studio album by British jazz/funk band Level 42, released in 1988. The album includes the singles "Heaven in My Hands"

Azimuth (band) (335 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Azimuth was a British jazz trio, active from 1977 through the early 2000s. Azimuth began as a duo composed of vocalist Norma Winstone and her husband,

Kipper (musician) (239 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Mark Eldridge, better known by the stage name Kipper, is a British Grammy Award-winning guitarist, keyboardist and record producer, known mostly from his

Karen Sharp (103 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Wait And See in 2007 and Spirit in 2011. John Chilton: Who’s Who of British Jazz. Continuum, London 2004, ISBN 0-8264-7234-6. Gelly, Dave (3 October 2004)

Ezra Collective (966 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ezra Collective is a British jazz quintet composed of drummer and bandleader Femi Koleoso, bassist TJ Koleoso, keyboardist Joe Armon-Jones, trumpeter Ife

Denis Rose (155 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Denis Rose (May 31, 1922, in London – November 22, 1984, in London) was an English jazz pianist and trumpeter. He was a longtime fixture on the London

Andy Panayi (361 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Andy Panayi is a British jazz musician, skilled in performance, composition and arranging. He plays all the flutes and all the saxophones and leads a selection

Harry Klein (189 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Harold Klein (25 December 1928 – 30 June 2010) was an English jazz saxophonist. As a session musician, he played on recordings by the Beatles. Early in

Trevor Tomkins (327 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Trevor Ramsey Tomkins (12 May 1941 – 9 September 2022) was a British jazz drummer best known for his work in a number of British bands in the 1970s, including

Roy Powell (musician) (388 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Roy Powell (born 2 October 1965 in Langham, Rutland) is a British jazz pianist. His mother was a historian. His father was a scientist who moved the family

Chris Standring (204 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Chris Standring (born 1 December 1960) is a British jazz guitarist known for his heavy use of 1970s-style musical nuances. Before launching his solo career

Issie Barratt (435 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Issie Barratt (born 29 November 1964) is a British composer, known for her work in Big Band jazz and jazz education. Issie has been awarded commissions

Jason Rebello (584 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

two sons, George and Jacques. Album of the Year, Held, British Jazz Awards, 2016 British Jazz Awards (piano), 2016 A Clearer View (1990) Keeping Time

John Horler (156 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

John Dankworth and Kenny Wheeler on record. Mark Gilbert, "John Horler". Grove Jazz online. John Chilton, Who's Who of British Jazz. John Horler at IMDb

Kit Downes (1,197 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

received a Mercury Music Award nomination (in 2010), BBC Jazz Award, and a British Jazz Award for his own albums, and later toured with his own group ‘ENEMY’

Taller (album) (611 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Taller is the eighth studio album by British jazz musician Jamie Cullum, released through Island Records on 7 June 2019. Cullum divulged that the title

Stan Stennett (346 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Stanley Llewelyn Stennett MBE (30 July 1925 – 26 November 2013) was a Welsh comedian, actor and jazz musician. Stennett was born in Pencoed, Bridgend.

Duncan Lamont (musician) (923 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Duncan Lamont (4 July 1931 – 2 July 2019) was a saxophonist, composer and bandleader active for many years in London's Soho jazz scene. His soundtracks

Derek Watkins (trumpeter) (1,563 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

trumpet work on the soundtracks of James Bond films, Watkins recorded with British jazz bandleaders as well as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Symphony

Solid Gold Cadillac (94 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Solid Gold Cadillac was a British jazz-rock group set up in the early 1970s. The band featured, variously, Roy Babbington (bass), Mike Westbrook (electric

Denis Rose (155 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Denis Rose (May 31, 1922, in London – November 22, 1984, in London) was an English jazz pianist and trumpeter. He was a longtime fixture on the London

Kokoroko (231 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Kokoroko (stylised as KOKOROKO) is a London-based eight-piece musical group led by Sheila Maurice-Grey, playing a fusion of jazz and Afrobeat. In February

Dan Costa (musician) (1,609 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Daniel Greco Costa (born 7 April 1989) is a British-Italian-Portuguese jazz pianist and composer known for his original work and for his collaborations

Ogun Records (227 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Ogun Records is a jazz record label created in London in 1973 by South African expatriate bassist Harry Miller, his wife Hazel Miller, and sound engineer

Derek Watkins (trumpeter) (1,563 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

trumpet work on the soundtracks of James Bond films, Watkins recorded with British jazz bandleaders as well as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Symphony

Jazz Jamaica (624 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Jazz Jamaica is a British jazz/reggae music group founded by musician Gary Crosby in London in 1991. In 1991, inspired by the rhythms of traditional Jamaican

Pete King (saxophonist) (545 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Stephen George King (23 August 1929; Bow, London – 20 December 2009) was a British jazz tenor saxophonist. He was the manager of London's Ronnie Scott's jazz

The Jazz Couriers (253 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Jazz Couriers were a British jazz quintet formed in April 1957 and which disbanded in August 1959. The quintet's first line-up consisted of Tubby Hayes

Curfew (band) (460 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Curfew are a jazz fusion band from England. Curfew were formed in 1988 by Martin Lawrie and Steve Marshall as an outlet for their jazz fusion compositions

John Mealing (203 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Rendell-Ian Carr Quintet in the late sixties, he joined the pioneering British jazz-rock band If until they came off the road in 1972. Subsequently appearing

Alan Branscombe (485 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Alan Branscombe (4 June 1936 – 27 October 1986) was an English jazz pianist, vibraphonist, and alto saxophonist. Branscombe was born in Wallasey, Cheshire

Andrew McCormack (333 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Andrew McCormack (born 24 March 1978) is a British jazz pianist. McCormack recorded his debut album Telescope in 2006 and was awarded BBC Jazz Awards Rising

Hank Shaw (386 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Shaw played regularly both live and as a session musician for many British jazz musicians over the course of the next twenty or so years, working with

Solid Gold Cadillac (94 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Solid Gold Cadillac was a British jazz-rock group set up in the early 1970s. The band featured, variously, Roy Babbington (bass), Mike Westbrook (electric

Benny Green (saxophonist) (879 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Bernard "Benny" Green (9 December 1927 – 22 June 1998) was a British jazz saxophonist who was also known for his radio shows and books. His parents were

Dinosaur (band) (221 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Dinosaur are a British jazz quartet founded in 2010. The band comprises Laura Jurd on trumpet and synthesizers, Elliot Galvin on keyboards and synthesizers

Alex Wilson (musician) (574 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Alex Wilson (born 21 November 1971) is a British pianist, composer, producer, arranger, and educator. Alex Wilson was born in the UK and was brought up

Elliot Mason (320 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Elliot Mason (born 13 January 1977) is an English jazz trombonist. He also plays the keyboard and the bass trumpet. He has been praised by such musicians

Derek Nash (musician) (920 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Derek Nash (born 28 July 1961) is a British jazz saxophonist, band leader, arranger and recording engineer. For over forty years, Nash has led Sax Appeal

Shabaka Hutchings (1,612 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Shabaka Hutchings (born 1984) is a British jazz musician, composer and bandleader. He leads the band Shabaka and the Ancestors, and used to lead Sons of

Gilgamesh (band) (624 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Gilgamesh (1972–1975, 1977–1978) were a British jazz fusion band in the 1970s led by keyboardist Alan Gowen, part of the Canterbury scene. The original

Jackie Dougan (272 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Greenock, Scotland – 27 January 1973, New South Wales, Australia) was a British jazz drummer. Dougan originally played in Scotland with Duncan Lamont's band

Dave Green (musician) (557 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

David John Green (born 5 March 1942) is an English jazz bassist. Green's first public performances were with his childhood friend Charlie Watts in the

Howard Riley (musician) (630 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

John Howard Riley (born 16 February 1943) is an English pianist and composer, who worked in jazz and experimental music idioms. Riley was born in Huddersfield

The Peddlers (1,175 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Peddlers were a British jazz/soul trio of the 1960s and 1970s. Led by organist Roy Phillips, they had hits with "Birth" and "Girlie". They were very

Simon Wallace (694 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Simon Wallace (born 1957) is a British composer and pianist. Simon Wallace was born in Newport, South Wales. He studied music at the Royal Welsh College

Maxine Daniels (415 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Maxine Daniels (2 November 1930 – 20 October 2003) was an English jazz singer who achieved notability in the post-war era. Daniels was born Gladys Lynch

Eddie Thompson (musician) (440 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

professionally as Eddie Thompson (31 May 1925 – 6 November 1986) was a British jazz pianist. Thompson was born blind in London, England. After studying at

Alan Barnes (musician) (1,051 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

Instrumentalist, BBC Jazz Awards, 2001, 2006 Clarinet, British Jazz Awards, 2016 In the Marston's Pedigree British Jazz Awards, Barnes won the alto and clarinet sections

Gary Boyle (204 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Gary Winston Boyle (born 24 November 1941) is a British jazz fusion guitarist. Boyle was born in Patna, Bihar, India, on 24 November 1941. He attended

Mike Elliott (saxophonist) (1,970 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Mike Elliott (born 6 August 1929) is a Jamaican-born British saxophonist. He played on ska recordings in the early 1960s and on pop and soul music hits

Alexander Hawkins (1,591 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Alexander Hawkins (born 3 May 1981) is a British jazz pianist and composer. Three of the main groups he has led or co-led are the Alexander Hawkins Ensemble;

Johnny Edgecombe (786 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Arthur Alexander Edgecombe (22 October 1932 – 26 September 2010) was a British jazz promoter, whose involvement with Christine Keeler inadvertently alerted

Jack Wilson (pianist) (63 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Jack Wilson (28 September 1907 – 12 January 2006) was a British jazz pianist. Born in Warwickshire, England, he was perhaps better known as bandleader

Kenny Clayton (570 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Kenny Clayton (9 May 1936 – 10 October 2022) was a British record producer, arranger, conductor and jazz pianist. Clayton was born in Edmonton, London

Beggar and Co (374 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Beggar and Co (also written Beggar & Co) are a British jazz-funk group formed by Kenny Wellington, David Baptiste and Neville 'Breeze' McKrieth, originally

Lionel Grigson (2,741 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

director of Ziggy's Jazz Club, a launching ground for new talent in British jazz, at a Sunday-night jam downstairs at The Albany in London's Great Portland

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1,382 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

sequences overseen by Bob Godfrey's animation studio. The music score is by British jazz musician Roy Budd, cinematography by Harvey Harrison and editing by Rod

Laura Macdonald (330 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Laura Margaret Macdonald (born 17 July 1974, Glasgow) is a Scottish alto and soprano saxophonist, composer and teacher, specialising in jazz. She attended

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John Armatage (born 5 August 1929) is an English jazz swing drummer and arranger. Armatage began professional work in 1957 when he gigged with John Chilton

Tony Lee (pianist) (537 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Tony Lee (born Anthony Leedham Lee; 23 July 1934 – 2 March 2004) was a British jazz pianist, who played with Tommy Whittle, Tom Jones, Dusty Springfield

Pat Thomas (pianist) (206 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Pat Thomas (born 27 July 1960) is a jazz pianist from Oxford, England. Thomas received a Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Artists in 2014. Several of his

Lennie Bush (375 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Leonard Walter Bush (6 June 1927 – 15 June 2004) was an English jazz double bassist. Bush was born in London. He contracted polio as a child and had a

Finn Peters (195 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Finn Peters is a flautist and saxophonist. "After the best part of a decade immersed in dance, hip hop, Afro-Cuban, electronica and contemporary classical

Web (528 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

"The Web", a song by Zao from The Crimson Corridor The Web (band), a British jazz/blues band active in the late 1960s and early 1970s W. E. B. Du Bois

Eddie Mordue (361 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Edwin "Eddie" Mordue (5 January 1928 – 26 January 2011) was a British jazz saxophonist whose career spanned 70 years. Born in South Shields in January

Dominique Atkins (463 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Dominique Atkins (born 29 April 1970) is a British jazz and dance singer from London. She has been a member of such groups as Grace and The Space Brothers

Derek Smith (154 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1980), American soccer defender Derek Smith (musician) (1931–2016), British jazz pianist Derek Vincent Smith, known as Pretty Lights (born 1981), electronic

Dominique Atkins (463 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Dominique Atkins (born 29 April 1970) is a British jazz and dance singer from London. She has been a member of such groups as Grace and The Space Brothers

The Web (band) (309 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

The Web were a British jazz/blues band, with a style simultaneously related to America's West Coast groove and UK's proto-prog movement. Hailing from the

Alan Elsdon (235 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Alan Elsdon (15 October 1934 – 2 May 2016) was an English jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist. Elsdon was born in London on 15 October 1934. He studied trumpet

Pat Halcox (293 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Patrick John Halcox (18 March 1930 – 4 February 2013), was an English jazz trumpeter. Halcox was born in Chelsea, London, England, and became the trumpet

Southern Syncopated Orchestra (431 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Southern Syncopated Orchestra (SSO), established first in the U.S. as the New York Syncopated Orchestra, was an early jazz group known for bringing Black

Liane Carroll (2,044 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Liane Carroll (born 9 February 1964, London) is an English vocalist, pianist and keyboardist. Jazz critic Dave Gelly of The Observer has described her

David Lyttle (1,361 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

David Lyttle (born 21 June 1984) is a jazz drummer, hip hop producer, composer and record label owner from Waringstown, Northern Ireland. He has released

Nubya Garcia (1,381 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

performance a five-star review. In December 2020, Garcia joined a band of British jazz musicians called London Brew to play on the Bitches Brew-inspired self-titled

Bob Wallis (660 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Robert Wallis (3 June 1934 – 10 January 1991) was a British jazz musician, who had a handful of chart success in the early 1960s, during the UK traditional

BBC Big Band (1,384 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Showband, under the leadership of Cyril Stapleton. The band, featuring many British jazz players, was heavily featured on the BBC Light Programme and also began

Billy Amstell (174 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Billy Amstell (20 August 1911 – 19 December 2005) was a British jazz reedist. At ten, Amstel he played piano, and at thirteen was teaching himself how

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and recorded extensively on her own. She has won several awards at the British Jazz Awards. In 1998, she was appointed an MBE. Carol Kidd (Aloi, 1984) All

Derek Smith (154 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1980), American soccer defender Derek Smith (musician) (1931–2016), British jazz pianist Derek Vincent Smith, known as Pretty Lights (born 1981), electronic

Basquiat Strings (116 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Basquiat Strings is a British chamber jazz quintet led by the cellist Ben Davis, who composes all the music. It features an innovative line-up which hybridises

Georgian (324 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

American jazz and dance band of the 1920s The Georgians (Nat Gonella), a British jazz band of the 1930s Georgian poets, a group of early 20th century English

The Spatial AKA Orchestra (403 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Spatial AKA Orchestra is a music ensemble led by Jerry Dammers of the Specials, an English 2 tone ska band popular in the late 1970s (which also went

The Real Tuesday Weld (3,501 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Real Tuesday Weld is a British band founded in 1999 by lead singer and producer Stephen Coates, who studied at the Royal College of Art. They have

Scatter (band) (78 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Scatter are an improvisational collective, based in Glasgow. The membership of the group is fluid. Members have included Nick McCarthy, Oliver Neilson

Alan Clare (437 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Clare (born Alan George Jaycock; 31 May 1921 – 29 November 1993) was a British jazz pianist and composer. Singer Bloom Rose Houtman married Alan Clare in

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1990s, he led his own trio and gave tuition. John Chilton, Who's Who of British Jazz, 2004. Continuum International Publishing Group, ISBN 0-8264-7234-6

Empirical (band) (157 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Empirical is a British jazz group, formed in 2007. The group performs original compositions with each member being given equal responsibility for the direction

Frank Deniz (548 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Francisco "Frank" Antonio Deniz (31 July 1912 – 17 July 2005) was a British jazz guitarist. He performed in London from the 1930s, and in the 1950s gave

Judd Proctor (370 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Judd Proctor (né Procter; 2 January 1931 – 21 August 2020) was a British jazz guitarist and session musician. He was born in Doncaster, Yorkshire, in 1931

Europe '72 (Live) (144 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

(Live), released in 1997, is a compilation album of live performances by British jazz-rock group If. It features material from their first four LPs that was

George Webb (musician) (378 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

the musicians who played in the Dixielanders at various times were the British jazz trumpeter Humphrey Lyttelton, Wally Fawkes the clarinettist and Eddie

Unorthodox Behaviour (360 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Unorthodox Behaviour is the first album by British jazz fusion group Brand X. It peaked at 191 on the Billboard 200 in 1976, the same year it was released

Max Jones (journalist) (566 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Maxwell Jones (28 February 1917, London – 2 August 1993, Chichester) was a British jazz author, radio host and journalist. Together with his brother Cliff, Jones

Do They Hurt? (355 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Do They Hurt? (1980) is the fifth album by British jazz fusion group Brand X. The tracks on this album are outtakes from the Product sessions. ("Noddy

First House (band) (707 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

First House was a British jazz quartet that was active between 1983 and 1990. Founded and led by saxophonist and composer Ken Stubbs, the group also consisted

Pauline Pearce (2,489 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Pauline Pearce is a British Liberal Democrat campaigner and anti-knife crime activist. Pearce came to prominence during the 2011 England riots, featuring

Brendan Kavanagh (1,757 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Brendan Kavanagh (born October 1967), also known as "Dr K" due to his PhD in English, is a British pianist and piano teacher of Irish descent. He specializes

Phil Robson (346 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Phil Robson is a British jazz guitarist, bandleader, and composer. Born in Derby (Derbyshire), England in 1970, Robson began guitar studies at age 14.

Dutton Vocalion (353 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

'n' roll stars Lord Rockingham and Terry Dene right through to modern British jazz musicians and composers like Michael Garrick, John Surman and Alan Skidmore

Down to the Bone (band) (261 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Down to the Bone is an acid jazz group led by British DJ Stuart Wade, who formed the band in 1996 with Chris Morgans (who later left). The group was popular

Nick Etwell (137 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

(born 30 May 1974) is the lead member and trumpeter of The Filthy Six, a British Jazz group. He is originally from Derby, and was Ben Lovett's music teacher

Tony Momrelle (273 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Tony Momrelle (born Anthony Momrelle on 28 April 1973) is a British R&B and jazz singer and is one of the current lead vocalists of the band Incognito

Dave Cliff (531 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Dave Cliff (born 25 June 1944) is a British jazz guitarist. Cliff was born in Hexham, Northumberland. In 1967, he moved to Leeds and gained a diploma in

Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band (442 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band, also billed as Bob Kerr and His Whoopee Band, is a jazz band which started in 1967 and continues to perform today. It was an offshoot

Not Just Another Bunch of Pretty Faces (163 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Not Just Another Bunch of Pretty Faces is the seventh studio album by British jazz-rock band If, released in 1974. The band was now back on Capitol Records

Carlo Krahmer (203 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Geserick, 11 March 1914, Shoreditch, London – 20 April 1976, London) was a British jazz drummer and record producer. Born in Shoreditch, London, Krahmer was

Tony Grey (545 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Tony Grey (born March 25, 1975, in Newcastle, England) is an English bass player, composer, producer, author and award winning music educator; Grey studied

Hidden Orchestra (315 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Hidden Orchestra is the solo studio project of multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer Joe Acheson, whose albums and live shows include guest musicians

John Law (musician) (1,419 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

John Law is a British jazz pianist and composer, born in London to British and Austrian parents. He started classical piano at the age of four, playing

Jazz Review (337 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and Andrew Hill. The magazine was also renowned for its coverage of British jazz. Contributors included Simon Adams, Ronald Atkins, Emma Baker, Garry

Richard Iles (290 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Richard Iles (born 1962 in Birmingham, England) is a jazz trumpeter. As a member of the Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra, he gained valuable experience in

Dave Cliff (531 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Dave Cliff (born 25 June 1944) is a British jazz guitarist. Cliff was born in Hexham, Northumberland. In 1967, he moved to Leeds and gained a diploma in

Duncan Hopkins (277 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Duncan Hopkins (born 21 September 1967) is an English-born jazz composer and musician who plays double bass and electric bass. Hopkins was born in Coventry

Geoff Simkins (326 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Geoff Simkins (born 13 October 1948) is a British jazz musician who plays alto saxophone. Simkins started playing jazz in his early teens. His first instrument

Paul Rogers (bassist) (139 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Paul Rogers (born 20 April 1956) is an English bassist. Rogers is best known as a member of improvising jazz group Mujician but has also released a number

Not Guilty (song) (5,484 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

"Not Guilty" is a song by English rock musician George Harrison from his 1979 album George Harrison. He wrote the song in 1968 following the Beatles' Transcendental

Child in Time (album) (308 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Child in Time is the debut album by British jazz rock band Ian Gillan Band, released in 1976. The album took its title from the Deep Purple song "Child

Duncan Swift (348 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Rotherham, Yorkshire – 8 August 1997 Bewdley, Worcestershire) was a British jazz musician and a practitioner of the stride piano performance style. He

Arthur Rosebery (156 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Wonderful Amy, a song about Amy Johnson. Chilton, John (2004), Who's who of British jazz (2 ed.), London: Continuum International Publishing, p. 306, ISBN 0-8264-7234-6

Forgotten Roads: The Best of If (152 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Forgotten Roads: The Best of If was British jazz-rock group If's first compilation album, released on CD twenty years after the band's dissolution in 1975

The Dedication Orchestra (96 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Dedication Orchestra is a jazz ensemble formed as a tribute to the exiled South African musicians who formed the core of The Blue Notes and the Brotherhood

Mujician (233 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Mujician were a free improvising and free jazz quartet. The core members were Paul Dunmall (reeds), Keith Tippett (piano), Paul Rogers (bass) and Tony

Jon Marks (915 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Jonathan Marks (11 July 1947 – 23 July 2007) was a British jazz pianist. Jon Marks began learning the piano at the age of seven. The lessons discontinued

Ashley Kozak (371 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ashley Kozak (c.1930 – 2008) was a British jazz bassist, record producer and artists' manager, best known as having been Donovan's manager alongside Grahame

Charlie Bruce (583 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Charlotte "Charlie" Bruce is a British jazz dancer from Cropston, Leicestershire, who won the first UK series of So You Think You Can Dance in February

Back Door (jazz trio) (1,170 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Back Door were a British jazz-rock trio, formed in 1971. Colin Hodgkinson (born 14 October 1945, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England) – bass guitar,

Tommy McQuater (445 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Thomas Mossie McQuater (4 September 1914 – 20 January 2008) was a Scottish jazz trumpeter. Born in Maybole, Ayrshire, McQuater was most notable for his

George Webb (162 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Webb (American actor) (1887–1943) George Webb (musician) (1917–2010), British jazz musician George Webb (cricketer) (1857–1931), English cricketer George

Jonathan Bratoeff (150 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Jonathan Bratoëff (born 1974 in France) is a Berlin-based guitarist. Bratoëff is a member and co-founder of the F-IRE Collective. He has released several

Tommy Smith (saxophonist) (1,735 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

Composition Fellowship Prize] 1996 BT British Jazz Award 1992 Wavendon All Music Awards [Services to Music] 1989 British Jazz Award 1986 BBC National Big Band

Clear Air Turbulence (album) (580 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Clear Air Turbulence is the second studio album by British jazz rock band Ian Gillan Band, released in 1977 with cover by Chris Foss. The album was initially

John Barnes (musician) (390 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

John Barnes (15 May 1932 – 18 April 2022) was a British jazz saxophonist and clarinettist, who played New Orleans-styled jazz in his early career, but

Miles Gilderdale (290 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Miles Gilderdale (born in Kingston, Jamaica) is a member of smooth jazz group Acoustic Alchemy and plays the steel-string acoustic guitar and electric

Moroccan Roll (335 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Moroccan Roll (1977) is the second studio album by British jazz fusion group Brand X. The title is a pun referring to this being their second album: "more

Chris Woods (guitarist) (1,087 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Chris Woods, born in Sussex, is a British fingerstyle guitarist whose playing features extended techniques. Woods is also a composer, educator and author

Malcolm Edmonstone (792 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Malcolm Edmonstone (born 1980, Perth, Scotland) is a British jazz pianist and pop arranger. He studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where

Double Diamond (album) (302 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Double Diamond is the sixth album by British jazz-rock group If and the second to be issued in the U.S. on the Metromedia Records label. With only Dick

Masques (Brand X album) (243 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Masques is the third album by the British jazz fusion group Brand X. This was the band's first studio recording without drummer Phil Collins. The rear

Al Gay (313 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Gay (born Albert Goldstein; 25 February 1928 – 12 October 2013) was a British jazz tenor saxophonist. After having played with the Jive Bombers, Gay worked

Michael Gibbs (composer) (700 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Did Those Feet … Six British Jazz Composers (2023) Mike Gibbs Biography Jazzcds.co.uk "Gold Badge Awards 2017 celebrates British jazz - M Magazine". M-magazine

Mont Campbell (2,620 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Dirk Campbell (born Hugo Martin Montgomery Campbell, 30 December 1950), previously known as Mont Campbell, is a British composer, multi-instrumentalist

2008 in music (7,457 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

American composer May 28 – Danny Moss, 80, British jazz saxophonist May 30 Campbell Burnap, 68 (cancer), British jazz trombonist and broadcaster Nat Temple

Byron Wallen (527 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Byron Wallen (born July 1969) is a British jazz trumpeter, composer and educator. He was described by Jazzwise as "one of the most innovative, exciting

Here and Now and Sounding Good! (114 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

tracks included were a tribute to Dick Morrissey's friends and fellow British jazz musicians. It was re-released as a CD in 2007. "Off the Wagon" (Tubby

Product (Brand X album) (443 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Product is the fourth studio album by British jazz fusion group Brand X, originally released in 1979. It features primary member Phil Collins back once

Tony Archer (musician) (139 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

Lemon, Sandy Brown, Harold McNair, John Dankworth, and in the Best of British Jazz group with Kenny Baker and Don Lusher. Archer continued to work with

Andy Quin (332 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Andrew James Quin (born 12 August 1960) is a British composer and jazz pianist who works in TV and film. His music has appeared in Hollywood movies, advertising

Michael Tyzack (325 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Michael Tyzack (3 August 1933 – 11 February 2007) was a British painter and printmaker. He is considered an important representative of contemporary abstract

Dan Forshaw (997 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Dan Forshaw (born 19 May 1981) is an English jazz musician and music educator who started his career aged sixteen. He plays the tenor, soprano and alto

Dave Quincy (339 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

is an English saxophonist and composer who was a founder-member of British jazz-rock bands If and Zzebra. Before joining If, Quincy had played in the

Mammal Hands (500 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Mammal Hands are a British band from Norwich. Members include Jordan Smart on saxophone, Nick Smart on piano and Jesse Barrett on drums and tabla. The

Tomorrow's Warriors (2,522 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Telegraph concluded: "Tomorrow's Warriors' contribution to Jazz – not just British Jazz – has been nothing short of monumental. Their youth ensembles, Junior

Trevor Watkis (233 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Trevor Watkis (born 1971) is a British jazz pianist, composer and arranger. Watkis was born in London in 1971. His older brother is vocalist Cleveland

J.W. Hodkinson (317 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Coulam. In the late 1960s, he became a founding member of the pioneering British jazz-rock band If, appearing on their first five albums. When the band's first

Tom Norris (musician) (487 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Tom Norris (born 1971) is an English musician, composer, ensemble leader and songwriter, who plays classical violin with the London Symphony Orchestra

Tom Norris (musician) (487 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Tom Norris (born 1971) is an English musician, composer, ensemble leader and songwriter, who plays classical violin with the London Symphony Orchestra

Dan Forshaw (997 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Dan Forshaw (born 19 May 1981) is an English jazz musician and music educator who started his career aged sixteen. He plays the tenor, soprano and alto

My Girl's Pussy (899 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

"My Girl's Pussy" (or simply "Pussy!") is a 1931 vocal jazz song recorded by the British bandleader and clarinetist Harry Roy and His Bat Club Boys. The

Ben Davis (cellist) (361 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

British jazz cellist

Scarabus (378 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Scarabus is the third and the last studio album by British jazz rock band Ian Gillan Band, released in October 1977. The album was reissued in 1982 by

Blue Rondo à la Turk (band) (858 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Blue Rondo à la Turk was an early 1980s British musical ensemble, whose music featured elements of salsa, pop and cool jazz. The group placed two songs

Mike Daniels (musician) (361 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

British jazz trumpeter and bandleader

Allan Holdsworth (6,278 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Allan Holdsworth (6 August 1946 – 15 April 2017) was a British jazz fusion and progressive rock guitarist, violinist and composer. He contributed to numerous

Adrian Fry (199 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Adrian Fry is a British freelance jazz trombonist, arranger and composer. He performed and recorded with many British bands including Back to Basie, Frank

Kevin Davy (650 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Kevin G. Davy (born 29 October 1961, Nottingham, UK) is a British jazz trumpeter/flugelhorn player, composer, arranger and bandleader. He has recorded

Kamaal Williams (2,633 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Kamaal Williams (born Henry Wu,14 December 1989) is a British musician and record producer. He began his career producing house and broken beat music as

Fergus McCreadie (1,073 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Fergus McCreadie (born 12 July 1997, Jamestown, Easter Ross) is a Scottish jazz pianist and composer based in Glasgow. His style revolves around a fusion

Jonathan Gee (117 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Jonathan Gee is a British jazz musician. He was voted Guardian/Wire British Jazz Awards "Most Promising Newcomer" in the 1991 and has played in many jazz

Billy Munn (250 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

William Munn (12 May 1911 – 2 May 2000) was a British jazz pianist and arranger. Munn was born on 12 May 1911 in Glasgow, Scotland. He studied at the Athenaeum

77 Records (244 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Road, London. The label specialised in folk, blues, and jazz. Several British jazz musicians, such as Acker Bilk, Bruce Turner, Tubby Hayes, Les Condon

Zara McFarlane (586 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Zara McFarlane (born 1983) is a British jazz/soul singer and songwriter, based in East London, England. In October 2014, McFarlane was awarded the title

Would You...? (1,418 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

"Would You...?" is a song by British electronic group Touch and Go. Written and produced by band member David Lowe, it was released as the first single

Andy Davies (musician) (128 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Andrew Davies (born 1 February 1981) is a Welsh jazz trumpet player. At the London Jazz Festival, 2007, he played the role of Chet Baker in the play, "Speedball"

Cassie Kinoshi (456 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Cassie Kinoshi is a British composer, saxophonist and bandleader who leads the group SEED Ensemble, who were nominated for a Mercury Prize award in 2019

Working Week (band) (512 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Working Week were a British jazz-dance band active in the 1980s and 1990s. Working Week was formed in 1983 by guitarist Simon Booth and saxophonist Larry

2011 in music (820 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(58), Northern Irish musician (Thin Lizzy) 14 – George Shearing (91), British jazz pianist. 22 – Beau Dollar (69), American soul-R&B singer and drummer

Fellside Recordings (3,152 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

including 12 from the Music Retailers Association. LAKE has won a BT British Jazz Award and Paul Adams was nominated for a BBC Jazz Award.[citation needed]

Livestock (Brand X album) (216 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Livestock is a live album by British jazz fusion group Brand X released in 1977. The album has five tracks. The opening and closing tracks feature drummer

Paul Dunmall (1,702 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Paul Dunmall (born 6 May 1953) is a British jazz musician who plays tenor and soprano saxophone, as well as the baritone and the more exotic saxello and

Freddy Gardner (457 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Frederick James Gardner (23 December 1910 – 26 July 1950) was a British jazz and dance band saxophonist during the 1930s and 1940s. His father sold artist's

Neil Yates (927 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Neil Yates (born 1970 in Stockport, Cheshire, England) is a British jazz and folk musician. Yates studied music at Salford University before moving to

Ivo Neame (598 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ivo Michael Beale Neame (born 13 March 1981) is a British jazz pianist and composer. In addition to leading his own bands he is a member of several European

Tempo Records (UK) (250 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Tempo Records was an independent British jazz record label. The label was founded in 1946 by Ron Davies, and Colin Pomroy, with premises on Piccadilly

Sincerity Is Scary (5,575 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

"Sincerity Is Scary" is a song by the English band the 1975 from their third studio album, A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships (2018). The song was

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Colin Steele is a jazz trumpeter from Scotland. He played pop music with Hue and Cry during the 1980s. After two years in France he studied jazz at the

Dennis Armitage (331 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Dennis Armitage (/ˈdɛnɪs ˈɑːrmɪtɪdʒ/; 28 May 1928 – 5 November 2005) was a British pianist, saxophonist, composer, arranger, and painter. He was a member

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Steve Lawson (born 1972) is a British bass guitarist. Based in Birmingham, England, Lawson regularly tours in the United States and Europe. He has supported

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(tenor) (1941–2023), English tenor Graham Clark (violinist) (born 1959), British jazz violinist Graham Clark (footballer) (born 1961), Scottish footballer

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Joe Appleton (1900–1991) was a jazz saxophonist and clarinetist from the West Indies. Appleton moved to Britain in the 1920s, and he played in dance bands

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on 20 July 1970, aged 41. Chilton, John (21 June 2004). Who's Who of British Jazz: 2nd Edition. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 310. ISBN 9780826472342. Retrieved

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Herbert Frederick Hunt (21 September 1923 – 25 April 1986) was an English jazz pianist. Born in London as the younger son of a pianist mother and a cellist

Carl Hudson (429 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Carl Hudson (born 22 October 1983 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England) is a British pianist and keyboardist who has performed with numerous acts including

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called "one of the most distinctive saxophone voices in contemporary British jazz". Born in London, England, to Jamaican parents, Williamson began playing

Golders Green Crematorium (5,432 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

activist, editor of The Daily Worker Ronnie Scott, British jazz musician Phil Seamen, British jazz musician Peter Sellers, actor and comedian Geoffrey

Storyville (magazine) (374 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Storyville was a British jazz magazine that ran from 1965 to 2003 featuring jazz history, discography, and record trading. It was published six times a

This Must Be the Place (album) (105 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

This Must Be the Place is a 1985 album by British jazz rock duo Morrissey–Mullen. "A Tear for Crystal" "Mean Time" "This Must Be the Place" "With You"

Johnny Keating (733 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Revisited - 2004 - Dutton Vocalion British Jazz - 2005 - Harkit British Jazz and Swinging Scots - 2008 - British Jazz "A Little Waltzin'" "Barber Shop Jump"

The Jive Aces (4,676 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Jive Aces are a six-piece UK-based, swing band that was formed in 1989. They were Britain's Got Talent semi-finalists in 2012. They have released 11

Simon Townley (170 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Simon Andrew Townley is a British pianist and composer. Townley was born in 1963 and read music at Worcester College, Oxford. He has been the pianist for

Dizzy Reece (2,294 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

as well as Hayes, on a Blue Note recording raised the profile of the British jazz scene, and garnered musical respect for Reece from jazz musicians such

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Randolph Colville (23 May 1942 – 15 January 2004) was a Scottish jazz swing clarinettist, saxophonist, bandleader and arranger, perhaps best known for

Jack Emblow (821 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Jack Alexander Emblow (born 27 June 1930) is a British jazz accordionist who is best known for his musical work accompanying the Cliff Adams Singers on

Tea Break Over–Back on Your 'Eads! (313 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Tea Break Over–Back on Your 'Eads! is the eighth studio album by British jazz-rock band If. Released on 7 March 1975, it was their final studio album for

Ronnie Chamberlain (259 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ronald H. Chamberlain (12 May 1924 – 17 September 1999) was a British jazz clarinettist and saxophonist, best known for his long stints with bands led

The Jive Aces (4,676 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Jive Aces are a six-piece UK-based, swing band that was formed in 1989. They were Britain's Got Talent semi-finalists in 2012. They have released 11

Eggy Ley (322 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Derek William "Eggy" Ley (4 November 1928 – 20 December 1995) was a British jazz musician known for his work with soprano and alto saxophones, as well

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Eastbourne in 1978, at the age of 75. John Chilton (ed.), Who's Who of British Jazz: 2nd Edition, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2004, p.316 Brian Reynolds, "George

SEED Ensemble (475 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

SEED Ensemble are a 10-piece British jazz ensemble led by Cassie Kinoshi. In 2019, they were nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. Metro has described

Bryan Spring (401 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Bryan Spring (born 24 August 1945) is a British jazz drummer. He is sometimes credited as Brian Spring. He was born in London, England. Spring was self-taught

List of British big band leaders (219 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

See also Big band. Contents: Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N P x= R S T U V W X Alyn Ainsworth (BBC Northern Dance Orchestra) John Arthy (Pasadena

Joe Harriott (2,404 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was his mastery of bebop that gained him immediate kudos within the British jazz scene upon his arrival in London. During the 1950s, he had two long spells

Jim Douglas (guitarist) (319 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Jim Douglas (born Robert James Elliot Douglas, 13 May 1942) is a Scottish jazz guitarist, banjoist, and author born in Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland

Polar Bear (416 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the American band Polar Bear Polar Bear (album), a 2008 album by the British jazz band Polar Bear "Polar Bear", a 1990 song by Ride from Nowhere "Polar

Tim Giles (162 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Tim Giles is a jazz drummer who won the Daily Telegraph Young Composer of the Year Award in 1992 at the age of 12 and has gone on to perform with a variety

Kairos 4Tet (277 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Kairos 4Tet is a British jazz quartet founded in 2010. The band is led by Adam Waldmann on saxophone, Ivo Neame on keyboards and synthesizers, Jon Scott

Julia Biel (365 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Julia Biel is a British jazz singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Biel was born in London on 22 February 1976. She was brought up in Sutton,

Hannah Marshall (musician) (217 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Hannah Marshall (born 1973 in London) is a British experimental and free improvising musician (cello, vocals) and composer. Hannah Marshall has played

Andy Hamilton (jazz saxophonist) (823 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Thomas Hamilton, MBE (26 March 1918 – 3 June 2012) was a Jamaican-born British jazz saxophonist and composer who migrated to the UK in 1949. He recorded

Tori Freestone (906 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

British saxophonist, flautist, violinist and composer. She has performed British jazz since 2009 as a band leader and sidewoman, known for her robust tenor

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Maya Youssef (born 1984) is a Syrian musician and composer based in the United Kingdom who plays the qanun. She has performed on the BBC Proms and WOMAD

52nd Street (band) (1,513 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

52nd Street were a British jazz-funk and R&B band formed in Manchester in late 1980. Throughout the 1980s the group enjoyed success not only in the UK

Edward Hayes (82 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

American Legion, 1933–34 Tubby Hayes (Edward Brian Hayes, 1935–1973), British jazz musician Ned Hayes (1875–1945), Irish hurler Eddie Hayes (disambiguation)

Joe Armon-Jones (528 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Joseph Armon-Jones (born February 1993) is a British musician, keyboardist, composer, producer and bandleader. His debut album, Starting Today, was released

Roller Trio (262 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Roller Trio are a British jazz-rock trio, who formed whilst studying at Leeds College of Music in 2011. In 2012, their eponymous debut studio album was

John C. Marshall (musician) (607 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

John C. Marshall (17 April 1941 – 2 September 2012) was a British guitarist, vocalist and songwriter in the jazz and blues vein. He was born in London

Gerry Moore (219 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Digby Fairweather and Simon Adams, "Gerry Moore". Grove Jazz online. John Chilton, Who's Who of British Jazz. Obituary, The Guardian, February 26, 1993.

Dave O'Higgins (372 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

latterly recording engineer and producer. O'Higgins first emerged on the British jazz scene in the 1980s. After playing in the National Youth Jazz Orchestra

Kate Williams (pianist) (167 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Kate Williams is a British jazz pianist and composer who formed the jazz ensemble Kate Williams Quartet with saxophonist Steve Kaldestad, flautist Gareth

Bobby Worth (musician) (305 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Robert Dodsworth (January 7, 1949), better known as Bobby Worth, is a British jazz drummer. He was named the 1998 British Telecom Drummer of the Year. Worth

Mike Walker (jazz guitarist) (586 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Mike Walker (born 12 July 1962) is a British jazz guitarist. Walker was influenced by his father's piano playing, his mother's singing, and his brother's

Close Your Eyes (Stacey Kent album) (407 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

New York City in September 1997. Close Your Eyes was the best-selling British jazz album of 1997. In an interview with Billboard magazine to promote the

Is There Anything About? (524 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Is There Anything About? is the sixth studio album by British jazz fusion group Brand X. It is the last album to feature longstanding members Robin Lumley

Chris Kibble (191 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Chris Kibble (born 24 July 1963) is a British pianist and keyboard player. He started with the jazz fusion band Kafo in 1985, then joined acid jazz band

The Georgians (British band) (233 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

The Georgians were the solo band Nat Gonella founded on his departure from Lew Stone and his Orchestra in 1934. He had already experimented as a solo artist

Turning Point (UK band) (89 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Turning Point were formed in 1976 fusion band from the UK. The band was formed by Jeff Clyne (bass) and Brian Miller (keyboards), who had played together

Atila Huseyin (255 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Atila Huseyin is a Turkish - British jazz singer. In February 2002, Huseyin was invited by the British jazz musician Bill Ashton to work with the National

Elliot Galvin (294 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(with Dinosaur, Edition Records, 2020) Galvin also plays synthesizers in British jazz quartet Dinosaur. Elliot Galvin Trio won the 2014 European Young Jazz

Dave Maric (710 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Dave Maric (born 12 June 1970) is a British composer and musician. Born in Bedford, England to Greek and Bosnian Serb immigrants, he moved to London in

Alun Morgan (302 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Morgan (24 February 1928 in Pontypridd, Wales – 11 November 2018) was a British jazz critic and writer. Morgan became interested in jazz as a teenager during

Tiny Winters (217 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

June 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2018. Chilton, John (2004). Who's Who of British Jazz (2nd revised ed.). London: Continuum. ISBN 0-8264-7234-6. v t e v t e

Roger Webb (876 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Roger Webb (7 April 1934 – 19 December 2002) was a British jazz pianist and composer best known for leading the Roger Webb Trio (1963-1965) and for the

Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee (464 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee (born 1979 in London, England) is a Emmy and Peabody award nominated filmmaker, a composer, and a Naqshbandi Sufi teacher. Emmanuel

Binky McKenzie (860 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Michael Keith Winston "Binky" McKenzie is a former musician. During the 1960s he played and recorded with several musicians such as Alexis Korner, John

Johnny Van Derrick (609 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

August 1926 in Ealing; † 15 May 1995 in Denham, Buckinghamshire) was a British Jazz violinist, who also worked as session musician in pop music. Van Derrick

Stan Barker (128 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Stan Barker (24 May 1926 – 2 July 1997) was an English jazz pianist born in Clitheroe, Lancashire. He has taught in a variety of educational institutions

Southern Freeez (album) (219 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Southern Freeez is the debut album by the British jazz-funk band Freeez, first released in 1981 by John Rocca on his Pink Rhythm record label and then

Live at Ronnie Scott's (Jamie Cullum album) (142 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Live at Ronnie Scott's is a live album by British jazz singer Jamie Cullum. It consists of songs from the albums Catching Tales and Twentysomething. It

Karen Kay (TV personality) (303 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

singer, cabaret singer, comedian and impressionist. She is the mother of British jazz-funk singer-songwriter Jay Kay. Kay was born Adrianne Judith Pringle

Ocacia (218 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Ocacia was an international smooth jazz studio and performance group. In 2014 name was adopted by a UK clothing brand based in South Africa. Ocacia is

Joanna Wallfisch (607 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Joanna Wallfisch (born 1985[citation needed] in London) is a British-Australian singer-songwriter and jazz singer. Wallfisch grew up in London in a musical

Ocacia (218 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Ocacia was an international smooth jazz studio and performance group. In 2014 name was adopted by a UK clothing brand based in South Africa. Ocacia is

Mike Cotton (musician) (433 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

and The Mike Cotton Sound. Cotton currently plays with the Stars of British Jazz. Mike Cotton formed The Mike Cotton Jazzmen in the early 1950s during

Ronnie Stephenson (853 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

English jazz drummer. He was one of the most in-demand drummers on the British jazz scene in the 1960s. Stephenson was born in Sunderland. As a boy, he wanted

Gonna Get You (279 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Gonna Get You is the second album by the British jazz-funk/post-disco group Freeez, released in United Kingdom on 1983 by Beggars Banquet, and in Japan

The Filthy Six (193 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Filthy Six are a British jazz group encompassing funk, acid jazz, and soul jazz, involving the use of Hammond organ. The group has been described as

Big Boss Man (disambiguation) (90 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

professional wrestler. Big Boss Man may also refer to: Big Boss Man (band), a British jazz/funk band "Big Boss Man" (song), a blues song made famous by Jimmy Reed

Pictures (Katie Melua album) (832 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Pictures is the third album by British jazz and blues singer Katie Melua, and was released on 1 October 2007. It was released in the USA on 5 May 2009

Southern Freeez (album) (219 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Southern Freeez is the debut album by the British jazz-funk band Freeez, first released in 1981 by John Rocca on his Pink Rhythm record label and then

Tom Harrison (musician) (272 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

is a British alto saxophonist and flautist who has been active on the British jazz scene since 2009. Harrison reached a national audience following the

Snakehips (124 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Tucker (1905–1937), American dancer Ken Snakehips Johnson (1914–1941), British jazz band leader and dancer "Snake Hips", a 1994 song by Brand New Heavies

Keith Waithe (1,489 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Keith Waithe is a Guyana-born musician, composer and teacher who has been based in the United Kingdom since 1977. He is best known as a flautist and founder

David Kane (pianist) (614 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

David Kane is an American pianist, composer, arranger, author and music critic. Kane was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1955 and moved to the United States

Lydia D'Ustebyn Ladies Swing Band (160 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

verification] Parsonage, Catherine & Dyson, Kathy. The history of women in British Jazz. Rome: Editore Columbo. McKay, George (2005). Circular Breathing. Durham:

Greg Bowen (2,257 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Gregory Bowen (né Gregory Emmanuel Cole Bowen, May 3, 1943) is a Welsh trumpet player. His primary work was done in London before relocating to Berlin

Nick Ramm (191 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Nick Ramm is an English, London-based, pianist and composer. In 2005, he released his first album, Flashes of a Normal World, with his own band Clown Revisited

Fred Gardner (119 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(1909–1999), Australian rugby league footballer Freddy Gardner (1910–1950), British jazz musician Frederick D. Gardner (1869–1933), American coffin and hearse

Calum Gourlay (298 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Calum Gourlay is a Scottish jazz bassist, composer, and band leader. The son of a music teacher, Gourlay grew up in Glasgow. At the age of ten he began

FMR Records (422 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

This set the pattern for the label's early years, concentrating on British jazz musicians. Taylor also purchased the right to issue CD versions of successful

Femi Temowo (167 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Femi Temowo (born 15 September 1976) is a Nigerian-born British jazz guitarist, musical director, producer, and broadcaster. Temowo was born in 1976 in

Life on the Wire (210 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Life on the Wire is the fourth studio album by British jazz-funk duo Morrissey–Mullen, released in 1982 by Beggars Banquet Records. It peaked at No. 47

Big Chief (British band) (136 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Big Chief is a British jazz band that also incorporates blues influences. The band is described by The Observer as "an institution as much as a band, bundling

Paul Mottram (509 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Paul Mottram is a composer, arranger and orchestrator of music for film and television, and also writes production music for Audio Network. Commissioned

Barbara Jay (309 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Barbara Jay (born 14 August 1937) is a British jazz singer. Barbara Jay grew up in a musical family, her father playing trumpet with many of the leading

Anthony Tidd (833 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Anthony Tidd is a British-born bass player, composer and music producer, who has been based in the United States since 1996. A well-known name on the international

George Haslam (444 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

He played in Mexico in 1986 and in Cuba soon after; his was the first British jazz ensemble to play in the latter country. He won the same distinction in

One to One (Freeez song) (66 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

"One to One" is the fourth single by British jazz-funk band Freeez. The single was released by Beggars Banquet. Although the single failed to chart, the

Midnite Follies Orchestra (386 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Midnite Follies Orchestra was formed in Britain in 1978, by jazz musicians Keith Nichols and Alan Cohen, dedicated to recreating standards by some of early

2nd Vision (419 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

2nd Vision was a British jazz-rock band notable for including guitarist John Etheridge and violinist Ric Sanders, both former members of Soft Machine.

Raymond Monelle (1,548 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Raymond Monelle (19 August 1937 in Bristol, England – 12 March 2010 in Edinburgh, Scotland). was a music theorist, teacher, music critic, composer and

Gordon Stretton (2,098 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Gordon Stretton (5 June 1887 – 3 May 1983), born William Masters, was an English singer, dancer and musical director of mixed Irish and Jamaican descent

Oliver Weindling (251 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Oliver Weindling (born 1955) is a British jazz promoter and founder of the Babel jazz record label and a Director of the Vortex Jazz Club. He came from

Kenny Napper (216 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Kenneth Napper (born July 14, 1933 in London) is an English jazz double-bassist. Napper started out on piano as a child and picked up bass as a student

Terence Croucher (327 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Terence Croucher (born 1944 in Jutogh, India) is a British composer and performer based in north Cumbria, England. He has a BA Hons, a Certificate of Education

Jack Coles (685 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

John Robert Coles (28 April 1914 – 24 April 1991) was a British composer, trumpeter, arranger, and conductor of light music, best known for his composition

Gary Williams (singer) (1,896 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Gary Williams (born 15 December 1970) is a British jazz singer, writer, broadcaster and photographer whose performances include concerts, cabaret shows

Badness (album) (87 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Badness is the third album released by British jazz fusion duo Morrissey–Mullen. Released in 1981, it entered the UK Album Charts on 18 July 1981, eventually

Jim Hart (musician) (968 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Empire and Barbican Centre in London, has been the recipient of five British jazz awards, and was nominated for ‘musician of the year’ in the 2011 Parliamentary

Death to the Planet (246 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Death to the Planet is an EP by British jazz/electronica trio The Comet Is Coming. It was released by The Leaf Label as part of Record Store Day 2017.

Sunlightsquare (348 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Sunlightsquare is the pseudonym of British Italian music producer, pianist and digital entrepreneur Claudio Passavanti also known as Doctor Mix on YouTube

Juliet Kelly (207 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Juliet Kelly is a British jazz singer and songwriter. Kelly grew up in London and discovered her talent for singing whilst studying economics at university

Call Off the Search (931 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Call off the Search is the debut studio album by British jazz and blues singer Katie Melua, released in 2003. British songwriter, producer and arranger

Ian Lynn (215 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Ian Stuart Lynn is a British musician and composer. He was performing in London's West End as a jazz pianist while still in his teens, and rose to prominence

Slowly Rolling Camera (245 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Slowly Rolling Camera is a jazz band formed in Cardiff in 2013. Slowly Rolling Camera was formed in Cardiff in 2013 by Dave Stapleton (founder of Edition

Light Coorporation (1,731 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Light Coorporation are an avant-garde and progressive rock band formed in 2007. Their influences include jazz, fusion and psychedelic rock. The band's

Oriole (band) (308 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

members consist of many of the most well established figures in the new British Jazz scene and are perhaps one of the few groups to feature two Mercury nominated

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was a world class performer."[citation needed] He formed the 'Best of British Jazz', which was a show with Don Lusher and Betty Smith. This group toured

Moses Boyd (2,826 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Moses Boyd (born 30 April 1991) is a British jazz drummer, composer, record producer, bandleader and radio host. His debut solo studio album Dark Matter