Ian Hamer (musician)

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Ian Hamer (* 11. September 1932 in Liverpool , † 3. September 2006 in Brighton ) was a British jazz - trumpet .

Live and act

Hamer was the son of a dance band leader; together with his brothers George and Stu Hamer he had his first appearances in his mother's band and came with her to London in 1953, where he then worked with the clarinetist Carl Barriteau , then in the Oscar Rabin Band and the big band of Vic Lewis . In 1955 and 1956 he was a member of the Tubby Hayes octet ; with this formation the first recordings were made in 1956 in the Festival Hall . In 1958 he played in the Vic Ash Quintet.
In 1963 he led a formation called The Six Sounds with Harry South , in which also played Ken Wray and Dick Morrissey ; In 1966 it became his own Ian Hamer sextet . In the sextet u. a. South, Dick Morrissey, Keith Christie , Kenny Napper , Bill Eyden , Tubby Hayes, Alan Skidmore , Spike Wells , Daryl Runswick , Alan Branscombe and Ron Mathewson . In the late 1980s he founded the Sussex Youth Jazz Orchestra .

Hamer also played in the bands of Tubby Hayes, Ted Heath , Michael Gibbs , Jack Parnell and Harry South as well as with Kenny Wheeler , Dizzy Gillespie , Ella Fitzgerald , Stan Tracey , Benny Golson , Lalo Schifrin , Gary McFarland , Woody Herman 's Anglo- American Herd , Barbara Thompson , the Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Orchestra , John Dankworth and Joe Harriott . In 1990 he worked on Kenny Wheeler's ECM production Music For Large & Small Ensembles ; In 1994 he played in the Dedication Orchestra . As a session musician he can be heard on recordings of the Beatles (" Got to Get You into My Life ", 1966) and Bing Crosby , Tom Jones , Dusty Springfield , Shirley Bassey , Barbra Streisand and James Last . He was a member of the Top of the Pops studio band for almost 20 years and played regularly in Peter Herbolzheimer's big band.

Discographic notes

  • Michael Gibbs: Michael Gibbs (Deram, 1970)
  • Acropolis (Jasmine, 1966–74) with Keith Christie, Tubby Hayes, Dick Morrissey, Alan Skidmore, Harry South, Spike Wells

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personal data
SURNAME Hamer, Ian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British jazz trumpeter
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Liverpool
DATE OF DEATH September 3, 2006
Place of death Brighton