Campbell Burnap

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Campbell Crichton Mackinnon Burnap (born September 10, 1939 in Derby (Derbyshire) , † May 30, 2008 ) was a British musician of traditional jazz ( trombone , vocals ) and radio presenter .

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Burnap was introduced to New Orleans Jazz by his schoolmate Chris Blount . When he founded a skiffle band , Burnap first played washboard before switching to the trombone. In 1959 he moved to New Zealand , where he was a trombonist in the Omega Jazz Band from 1960 to 1962 . Until 1965 he was in Australia with the Hot Sands Jazz Band (1962-64) and then in Geoff Bull's Olympia Jazz Band (1964-65), with whom he also recorded. In 1965 he played for a while at the Preservation Hall in New Orleans before working in the UK for Terry Lightfoot and Monty Sunshine .

He returned to Australia from 1966 to 1969 before returning to the UK. He was now one of the bands of Ian Armit (1969-70) and Alan Elsdon (1970-75). Since 1976 he had his own band with Geoff Simkins and Dick Charlesworth, with whom he gave summer guest performances in the Casa Bar in Zurich. Then he became a member of the bands of Alex Welsh (1978-79) and especially of Acker Bilk (1980-87), with whom he made numerous recordings. The discographer Tom Lord recorded 42 recordings of Burnaps between 1963 and 2007.

Occasionally he also wrote on jazz subjects; his short story A Bit of a Scrape was published in 1986 in the B-Flat, Bebop, Scat collection by Quartet Books. Since 1988 Burnap has been responsible for jazz programs for the BBC radio and for Jazz FM .

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  1. ↑ Obituary (Guardian)
  2. ↑ Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography
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SURNAME Burnap, Campbell
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Burnap, Campbell Crichton Mackinnon (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British traditional jazz musician (trombone, vocals) and radio presenter
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Derby (Derbyshire)
DATE OF DEATH May 30, 2008