Campbell Burnap
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 .
Live and act
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 .
Lexical entries
- John Chilton , Who's Who of British Jazz . London: Continuum 2004; ISBN 978-0826472342
- Mark Gilbert, Campbell Burnap . The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz
Web links
- Campbell Burnap at Allmusic (English)
- Campbell Burnap at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Obituary (Guardian)
- ↑ Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography
personal data | |
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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 |