Bobby Pratt

This article is about the Scottish jazz trumpeter Bobby Pratt. For the American jazz musician of the same name, see Bobby Pratt (trombonist) .

Robert Stuart "Bobby" Pratt (born January 24, 1927 in Aberdeen , † June 5, 1968 in Alperton , Middlesex ) was a Scottish jazz trumpeter and studio musician .

Live and act

Bobby Pratt began his career as a professional musician at the age of 16; he worked in Aberdeen in 1945 with the pianist Archie Alexander and then did his military service in the Royal Corps of Signals, where he played in the Skyliners Army Band at Catterick Camp in Yorkshire. After his discharge from the army he worked in the Ken Mackintosh Band in 1948/49, which performed in the Astoria Ballroom in Nottingham, from 1949 he was lead trumpeter in the orchestra of Ted Heath , where he stayed until 1960. He also worked with Frank Chacksfield , Humphrey Lyttelton , Eddie Harvey , Bob Miller, Ivor Kirchin and as a studio musician. After leaving the Heath band, he worked as a freelance musician; he worked u. a. with Johnny Keating , the Tubby Hayes Big Band, Downbeat Big Band, Tommy Watt and Jack Parnell 's ATV Orchestra. He also worked as a studio musician on the soundtrack of the James Bond films 007 Dr. No , greetings from Moscow and Goldfinger with me , also to the soundtrack by Dr. Strangelove (1964) and With Umbrella, Charm and Melon (1966) and numerous television shows. He has also been involved in studio recordings for Geoff Love , Matt Monro , Laurie Gold , Petula Clark , Tony Hatch , Cilla Black and Tom Jones . In the field of jazz he was involved in 180 recording sessions between 1946 and 1966.

Web links

• Bobby Pratt at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Bobby Pratt: The Gabriel from Scotland. National Jazz Archive, April 10, 2016, accessed April 10, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed April 11, 2016)