Dickie Hawdon

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Dickie Hawdon , also Dick Hawdon (born August 27, 1927 in Leeds as Richard Hawdon; † June 23, 2009 ibid) was a British jazz musician ( trumpet , flugelhorn , tenor horn , bass ), arranger and music teacher. He set up the first full-time jazz course in a European college .

Life

Richard Hawdon first learned the cello and began his career in his hometown Leeds as a trumpeter with the Yorkshire Jazz Men and the Yorkshire Jazz Band , in which u. a. also Diz Disley played. In 1951 he moved to London to play with Chris Barber's New Orleans Jazz Band for a few months . He then worked for the Christie Brothers' Stompers , where he replaced Ken Colyer and stayed for two years. Originally tied to traditional jazz , his style was based on the modern jazz of Clifford Brown and Fats Navarro when he became a member of Don Rendell's sextet in 1954 . In 1955 he was a trumpeter and arranger with Tubby Hayes , at whose concert in the Royal Festival Hall in February 1956 he participated. In 1957 Hawdon went to John Dankworth's Orchestra, in which he was lead trumpeter with occasional interruptions until 1964. In 1958 he took part in the Ken Moules Jazz at Toad Hall concert, which was published by Decca . In 1959 he appeared with Dankworth at the Newport Jazz Festival together with Louis Armstrong and between 1958 and 1963 took part in numerous recordings of the Dankworth Orchestra for parlophones .

In addition, Hawdon was active in various bands in the early 1960s, such as Sid Phillips , Harry Gold and Oscar Rabin (1960/61). He then played with Terry Lightfoot's New Orleans Jazzmen until 1964 , in various club bands, with The Talk of the Town and as an accompanying musician for Tony Bennett , Pearl Bailey , Sarah Vaughan and Eartha Kitt . In 1967 he returned to Yorkshire and led the house band at the Batley Variety Club .

Since 1968 he has mainly worked as a music teacher and built up jazz courses at the Music College of the City of Leeds ; from 1972 headed the department for popular music there and set up the first advanced level jazz courses at a British college. In the 1980s he had his own quintet. After his retirement in 1993 he played as a bassist with guest musicians in Leeds such as Art Farmer , Kai Winding and Harry Sweets Edison .

Discographic notes

  • Don Rendell: Meet Don Rendell (1954/55)
  • Tubby Hayes: Modern Jazz Scene (1956)
  • Tubby Hayes: The Swinging Giant. Volume 1 and Volume 2 (1956)
  • John Dankworth: What the Dickens! (Fontana, 1963)

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary in The Times
  2. ↑ a b Obituary in The Guardian , September 14, 2009
  3. ^ Obituary in The Independent , August 1, 2009
personal data
SURNAME Hawdon, Dickie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hawdon, Dick; Hawdon, Richard (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British jazz musician and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Leeds
DATE OF DEATH June 23, 2009
Place of death Leeds