Jackie Dougan

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Jack "Jackie" Dougan (born 1930 in Greenock , Scotland , † January 27, 1973 in New South Wales , Australia ) was a British jazz musician ( drums ).

Live and act

Dougan worked in the British jazz scene from the mid-1950s; first recordings were made in 1956 with Buddy Featherstonhaugh . In the following years he played in the bands of Tommy Whittle and Eddie Thompson ; During this time he also recorded with Kenny Baker , Bert Courtley & Don Rendell ( The Jazz Committee ), Cleo Laine , Sandy Brown and the Harry South Orchestra. In the early 1960s he was a member of the Dick Morrissey Quartet. He then played in the Ronnie Scott Quartet, of which Malcolm Cecil was a member.

After working with Scott, he was a member of the Tony Coe Quintet and was involved in the recording of Stan Tracey ( Jazz Suite Inspired by Dylan Thomas's "Under Milk Wood" , 1965), Al Fairweather , Brian Lemon , Sonny Stitt , Johnny Griffin , Ben Webster , Stan Getz , Gordon Beck , Tubby Hayes , Al Cohn and Zoot Sims with. In 1965 he accompanied guitarist Wes Montgomery with Stan Tracey and Rick Laird at a studio session for BBC2 . In 1968 he toured with the Don Burrows Orchestra in Australia. In the field of jazz he was involved in 67 recording sessions between 1956 and 1968, according to Tom Lord .

Discographic notices

  • 1959: Blowing Up a Storm  : Kenny Baker and The Baker's Dozen
  • 1962: Zoot at Ronnie Scott's - Zoot Sims
  • 1962: Solo for Zoot - Zoot Sims
  • 1963: Have You Heard - The Dick Morrissey Quartet
  • 1965: Jazz Suite Inspired by Dylan Thomas's "Under Milk Wood" - Stan Tracey
  • 1965: Al and Zoot in London - Al Cohn & Zoot Sims
  • 1967: Indo-Jazz Fusions II - Joe Harriott / John Mayer

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b David Taylor's Tribute to British Jazz
  2. ^ The Library of Congress Performing Arts Encyclopedia The Cool of the Evening (motion picture directed by David Keeley)
  3. ^ Stan Tracey entry at David Taylor's Tribute to British Jazz
  4. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed October 19, 2019)
personal data
SURNAME Dougan, Jackie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dougan, Jack
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Greenock
DATE OF DEATH January 27, 1973
Place of death New South Wales , Australia