John Picard

John Francis Picard (born May 17, 1937 in London ) is a British jazz musician ( trombone , piano ).

Live and act

Picard played during his military service on the weekends with Cy Laurie , with whom he also worked afterwards. From 1954 he was a member of Humphrey Lyttelton's band , with whom he stayed until 1961 and was involved in numerous recordings. He also played in the Jump tape of Bruce Turner , as well as modern jazz quintet of Tony Coe . For much of the 1960s, he worked daytime part-time in a real estate company to keep playing with Coe; he also led a band with Kathy Stobart , but also recorded with Tubby Hayes ( Jazz Tete a Tete , 1966). In the early 1970s he belonged to Don Weller , Coe and trumpeter Colin Smith in a septet that played in the style of both Duke Ellington and Charles Mingus . He also served as first trombonist of the London Jazz Big Band of Stan Greig ; for this band he wrote avant-garde arrangements (such as "Meet Mr. Rabbit" or "Golden Apples of the Sun"). With Alexis Korner , Dick Morrissey , Weller and Bob Hall , he also belonged to Ian Stewart's Rockett 88 in 1981 , in which he was one of the main pillars. Since 1985 he played in the big band of Charlie Watts ; he also recorded with Brian Lemon .

His son Simon Picard is also a jazz musician.

Lexical entries

• Ian Carr , Digby Fairweather , Brian Priestley : Rough Guide Jazz. The ultimate guide to jazz music. 1700 artists and bands from the beginning until today. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 1999, ISBN 3-476-01584-X .
• John Chilton , Who's Who of British Jazz . Continuum International Publishing Group 2004; ISBN 0-8264-7234-6

Web links

• Literature by and about John Picard in the catalog of the German National Library
• John Picard at Allmusic (English)

Individual evidence