Colin Purbrook
Colin Thomas Purbrook (born February 26, 1936 in Seaford , East Sussex , † February 5, 1999 in London ) was a British jazz musician (piano, double bass, arrangement, composition).
Live and act
Purbrook, whose father worked as a pianist, took piano lessons from the age of 6. At the age of eleven he won three prizes at the Brighton Music Festival and received a scholarship to attend Fitzwilliam College in Cambridge , where he also trained as a bassist and trombonist. In 1958 he was seen as a trombonist with the Cambridge University Jazz Band in the film Bachelor of Hearts . In the same year he joined Sandy Brown's band as a bassist , and then worked for three years as a pianist with the All Stars , which he formed with Al Fairweather . He also performed with Kenny Ball and then worked with the Jazzmakers of Ronnie Ross and Allan Ganley . Then he was a ship musician on the RMS Queen Mary to work with Ronnie Scott and Jimmy Deuchar . In 1961 he worked with Bert Courtley in Germany, then worked again with the Jazzmakers and appeared in the film All Night Long . In 1962 he toured with Kenny Baker and worked with Tubby Hayes . He also led his own quintet together with Tony Coe to accompany American musicians such as Benny Goodman traveling through 1964 . He also worked for Don Rendell and in his quintet with Ian Carr ( Shades of Blue 1964), before appearing in the quintet of Coe and John Picard . In 1967 and 1968 he led his own groups, but was also active in the trios of Phil Seamen and Brian Lemon .
Since the mid-1960s, he has mainly worked as the musical director and arranger of shows. He also worked with Annie Ross (until the 1990s) and in 1972 with Humphrey Lyttelton . Occasionally he accompanied Benny Carter , Chet Baker , Buddy Tate , Kenny Davern , Al Cohn and other Americans traveling through (also on recordings on the BBC).
Discographic notes
- Blues for Buddy (Spotlite 1988, with Peter King , Dave Green , Allan Ganley).
- My Ideal (Trio 1997, with Andy Cleyndert and Colin Oxley )
Lexigraphic entry
- John Chilton, Who's Who in British Jazz Continuum: London 2004 ISBN 978-0826472342
Web links
- CV and partial discography
- obituary
- Colin Purbrook at Allmusic (English)
- Colin Purbrook at Discogs (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Purbrook, Colin |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Purbrook, Colin Thomas (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British jazz musician (piano, double bass, arrangement, composition) |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 26, 1936 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Seaford (Sussex) |
DATE OF DEATH | February 5, 1999 |
Place of death | London |