Jack Nathan

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Jack Nathan (born August 23, 1910 in London ; † March 23, 1990 ibid) was a British jazz and entertainment musician (piano, band leader, composition).

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After finishing school, Nathan first pursued a commercial career and did secretarial work in a London manufacturing company. In 1932 he decided on music and played in a quintet with a. a. Ivor Mairants, Les Lambert and Harry Gold , with whom he moved to the Jack Padbury orchestra that same year and only a little later to that of trumpeter Roy Fox , where Nathan spent six years. Increasingly he was responsible for the band's arrangements. In 1938 Billy Bissett brought him into his band before he formed his own formation in 1939. In 1940 he was called up by the Air Force; during his military service he directed one of their orchestras and a dance band.

In 1946 he was released; he first played in the Harry Hayes Band, then worked for Roy Fox and joined the London Coliseum Orchestra under Reginald Burston, which accompanied the musical Annie Get Your Gun . In 1947 he founded his nonet, with which he had regular radio broadcasts from 1948. In 1950 he downsized the combo, which remained active as a dance band until 1981. In addition, he appeared in a quintet on the BBC , but was also active as a soloist and leader of large formations in the Glenn Miller sound for recordings.

After an accident in 1980, it took him a long time to convalesce before he appeared again, especially as a solo pianist. From the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s, he supported his former band member Basil Kirchin as arranger and musical director for some film scores and recordings.

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SURNAME Nathan, Jack
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British jazz and entertainment musician
DATE OF BIRTH August 23, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH March 23, 1990
Place of death London