Colin T. Dawson

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Colin T. Dawson performing with the Red Hot Hottentots (2013)

Colin Thomas Dawson (* 1960 in South Shields , England) is a British jazz musician ( trumpet , also flugelhorn , cornet , vocals , arrangement ).

Live and act

Dawson began taking classical trumpet lessons at the age of 10; from 1976 to 1979 he received further training at Newcastle College of Arts and Technology . At the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival he made his first appearance in 1977; In 1978 Jabbo Smith gave him trumpet lessons in New Orleans. There he later played with Kid Thomas Valentine and Preston Jackson . In 1979 he began his career as a professional jazz trumpeter ; with the band of Sammy Rimington he played his first long-playing record in the same year. A year later followed the first album of his own band, which was recorded at the 100 Club in London . In 1984 he founded the Onward Band , with which he performed for five years.

Since 1988 he has been a member of the Allotria Jazzband , for which he also arranged. He has given concerts with many guest stars such as Ray Brown , Benny Waters , Clark Terry , Buddy DeFranco and has made numerous international tours as a soloist. In 1998 he released the CD Sophisticated with the pianist Bernd Lhotzky . Since 1998 he has been a member of the Echoes of Swing quartet (with Lhotzky, Chris Hopkins and Oliver Mewes ), with whom he has also recorded ten albums. He also worked with Alexander's Swing-Machine (2001) and the European Jazz Giants (2002). Tom Lord recorded 48 recordings between 1979 and 2017. He was also one of the Red Hot Hottentots from Frankfurt.

Web links

Commons : Colin T. Dawson  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ entry (radioswissjazz)
  2. ↑ a b portrait ( memento from March 2, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography
personal data
SURNAME Dawson, Colin T.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dawson, Colin Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British jazz musician (trumpet, vocals)
DATE OF BIRTH 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH South Shields