Billy Jenkins (musician)
Billy Jenkins (born July 5, 1956 in Bromley , Kent ) is a British guitarist and composer of fusion jazz .
Live and act
In his youth he sang in choirs that could be heard in St Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey . Between 1972 and 1977 he was a member of the art rock band Burlesque . In 1979 he founded the comedy duo Trimmer & Jenkins and then played for Ginger Bakers Nutters . With his own formation Voice of God Collective , which existed from 1981 to 1997, he appeared internationally at festivals and in clubs; Iain Ballamy , Django Bates , Steve Watts and Ashley Slater belonged to the band at times . In the 1990s he also appeared with the Fun Horns around Volker Schlott and Jörg Huke . Under the name BIg Fights! He improvised with Roberto Bellatalla , Elton Dean , Steve Noble , Steve Argüelles , Lol Coxhill , Paul Rutherford , Steve Beresford , Claude Deppa , John Edwards , Jim Dvorak and Simon Picard. In 1995 he founded his Blues Collective .
He wrote more than 350 compositions, some for bizarre ensembles such as six guitars or for half a dozen drum sets. He has been invited to give guest lectures by the Royal Academy of Music . On Resonance 104.4FM he introduced improvisation musicians on his own radio show.
He has the reputation of a “ Monty Python of Jazz” (Wolf Kampmann).
Discographic notes
- Sounds Like Bromley (1981)
- Uncommerciality Vol. 1 (1986)
- Suburbia (2000)
Lexigraphic entries
- Wolf Kampmann (Ed.), With the assistance of Ekkehard Jost : Reclams Jazzlexikon . Reclam, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-15-010528-5 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jenkins, Billy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jenkins, Charles William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th July 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London Borough of Bromley |