Jackie Flavelle

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Jackie Flavelle (* 1938 in North Belfast ; † September 25, 2017 in Donaghadee , County Down ) was a British blues and jazz musician ( double bass , electric bass , also vocals ).

Live and act

Flavelle began his musical career in the 1940s with a flute group, The Ulster Amateur Flute Band. Influenced by Skiffle and Lonnie Donegan , he switched to bass and played first in Dixieland bands and in show bands, in 1959 in the Dave Glover Orchestra, then with Johnny Quigley All Stars and with Johnny and the Jokers from Londonderry and the Swingtime Aces from Athenry . From 1967 to 1977 he played double bass and electric bass in the Chris Barber Band; In 1972 he presented a solo album ( Admission Free , York Records). As a studio musician, he also worked on Rod Stewart's album Smiler (1974).

In 1978 Flavelle returned to Northern Ireland and played there with jazz and blues musicians such as Philip Walker and Guitar Shorty; in addition, he led the formation Blues Experience and was a member of the local jazz band Giant Steps . From 2002 he played in The Ulster Scots Folk Orchestra and hosted a radio show, Jackie's Jazz and Blues . In his later years he continued to perform with Chris Barber, most recently in 2013 at the Lahnsteiner Blues Festival . In the field of jazz he was involved in 88 recording sessions between 1967 and 2013, in addition to the barber band with Don Ewell , Russell Procope / Wild Bill Davis (1976). Flavelle died in September 2017 at the age of 78.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Funeral of celebrated jazz musician Jackie Flavelle to take place at Roselawn Crematorium , irishnews.com, September 27, 2017, accessed October 31, 2018
  2. ↑ a b c Ivan Little: Jackie Flavelle, Northern Ireland jazzman who played with the greats, dies aged 78.Belfast Telegraph, November 19, 2018, accessed October 28, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Jackie Flavelle. ChrisBerner.net, October 1, 2018, accessed on October 28, 2018 .
  4. ↑ With Pat Halcox (tp), Chris Barber (trb), John Crocker (as), Mick Weaver (p), John Slaughter (el-g), Steve Hammond, Henry McCullough (git), Jackie Flavelle (el-b, vcl), Barry De Souza (dr).
  5. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed November 1, 2018)
personal data
SURNAME Flavelle, Jackie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British jazz and blues musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Belfast
DATE OF DEATH 25th September 2017
Place of death Donaghadee , County Down