Henry Lowther

Henry Lowther (* 11. July 1941 in Leicester ) is a British jazz - trumpet player , violinist and pianist .

Live and act

Lowther comes from a brass family on both his mother's and father's side and had cornet lessons from his father. He later studied violin at the Royal Academy of Music in London , but is self-taught as a jazz musician . During the 1960s he led his own formations and played with Jack Bruce and Jon Hiseman . He also worked with Mike Westbrook , the New Jazz Orchestra , and with rock and blues bands such as John Mayall , Manfred Mann and the Keef Hartley Band . In the 1970s he played with leading musicians on the English jazz scene such as Michael Gibbs , Kenny Wheeler , Tony Coe , Norma Winstone , Michael Garrick , Keith Tippett and John Dankworth . In the 1980s he led his own bands again and worked with John Surman , Gordon Beck , John Taylor , Gil Evans and the London Brass Virtuosi . In the 1990s he took part in numerous big band productions, such as the Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra , Kenny Wheeler ("Music for Large and Small Ensembles", 1990), the London Jazz Composers Orchestra from 1987 to 1996, the "Brass Project" by John Surman and John Warren 1992, Colin Towns , Don Weller (1996), Stan Tracey and George Russell's Living Time Orchestra . In the early 1990s he was a member of the Dedication Orchestra . In 2000 he played with Frank Griffith Nonet at the Ealing Jazz Festival . He was a member of the BBC Radio Orchestra for several years and continued to work with Django Bates , Sam Rivers and Billy Cobham .

Henry Lowther Band: Child Song (Deram, 1970)
The Great Wee Band: Light Blue (Trio, 2011) with Jim Mullen
Berlin Contemporary Orchestra: Berlin Contemporary Orchestra (ECM, 1989)
Berlin Contemporary Orchestra: Live in Japan , (DIW, 1996)
London Composers´ Orchestra: Harmos . (Intact, 1989)
John Surman / John Warren : The Brass Project (ECM, 1992) Lowther is a soloist in the piece "Silent Lake"
Keith Tippett: Frames (Ogun, 1978)
Mike Westbrook: Marching Song (Deram, 1969); Love / Dream and Variations (1976)

Ian Carr , Digby Fairweather , Brian Priestley : Rough Guide Jazz. The ultimate guide to jazz. 1800 bands and artists from the beginning until today. 2nd, expanded and updated edition. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2004, ISBN 3-476-01892-X .
Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .