Eddie Harvey

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Edward Thomas "Eddie" Harvey (born November 15, 1925 in Blackpool ; † October 9, 2012 ) was a British jazz musician ( piano , trombone ), arranger and music teacher .

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Harvey grew up in Sidcup in the county of Kent , where he visited the Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School. At the age of 16 he began training as an engineer in nearby Crayford. He was also a trombonist in a band led by George Webb and from which George Webb's Dixielanders emerged , Britain's first traditional jazz band . While doing military service with the British RAF, he was stationed in Cumbria , where he had the opportunity to improve his trombone playing. In the post-war period u. a. with Freddy Randall , from 1950 to 1953 with John Dankworth and Ronnie Scott , who appeared at the London Club Eleven , and with Vic Lewis . In 1953 he also appeared in Germany (in American clubs). He worked in the Dankworth Orchestra until 1955, then in London clubs, in the Don Rendell Sextet (1957-1959) and with Tubby Hayes . In 1959 he went on tour in Great Britain as a member of Woody Hermans Anglo-American Herd . In the meantime Harvey played both the trombone and piano, and he also dealt with arrangement and composition . For a short time he studied at the Guildhall School of Music and worked as a freelance arranger, primarily for the orchestra of Jack Parnell on the private television program Associated Television , but also for Oscar Rabin and Kenny Baker .

Between 1963 and 1972 Harvey played with Humphrey Lyttelton and during this time formed a rehearsal band that performed New Music at the City Literary Institute . He also intensified his activities in jazz education, held a piano course at the City Literary Institute and, based on this, wrote the textbook Teach Yourself Jazz Piano , which appeared in 1974. In 1972 he began teaching at Haileybury College and also played on the London jazz scene. After leaving in 1985, he became head of the jazz department at the London College of Music ; He also taught at the Guildhall and, from 2003, at the Royal College of Music , where he directed their big band . He also worked for the Arts Council of Great Britain , where he was a member of the Music Panel for many years. In the early 2000s he was mainly active as a composer and wrote works for orchestras and small ensembles. Between 1943 and 1989 Harvey participated in 85 recording sessions, including a. with Mike Westbrook ( Marching Song , 1969) and the John Surman / John Warren production Tales of the Algonquin (1971).

Awards

Harvey received the British Jazz Award as a soloist in 1998 and a prize from the Parliamentary Jazz Society in 2005 for his contributions to jazz education.

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  1. ↑ a b c Obituary in The Telegraph
  2. ↑ Tom Lord Discography
  3. ^ Information from Jazz in London
personal data
SURNAME Harvey, Eddie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Harvey, Edward Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH November 15, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Blackpool
DATE OF DEATH October 9, 2012