Ken Colyer
Ken Colyer (born April 18, 1928 in Great Yarmouth , Norfolk, † March 8, 1988 in Les Issambres in the south of France ) was a British jazz and skifflemusic .
Live and act
Colyer taught himself to play the guitar and trumpet . In 1949 he was one of the founding members of the Crane River Jazz Band with his brother Bill Colyer , which he left in 1951 on the basis of an order to join the merchant navy . So he came to New Orleans , where he performed with various well-known musicians from the area. In 1953 he returned to Britain and joined a band of Monty Sunshine , Chris Barber , Lonnie Donegan etc. called the Ken Colyer's Jazzmen & Skiffle Group . The next year he left the band (which then renamed itself Chris Barber's Jazz Band ). Ken Colyer had different musical ideas and continued his band with other musicians under the name Ken Colyer's Jazzmen .
In 1954 he was a member of various jazz and skiff bands and made brief recordings for Decca Records . In his most famous jazz band, which he led in the mid-1950s, played a. a. also includes Acker Bilk , Mac Duncan , Ian Wheeler , Ray Foxley , Sammy Rimington , Cyril Davis , Alexis Korner , Geoff Cole , Graham Stewart , John Bastable , Ron Ward and Colin Bowden . In the late 1950s he brought George Lewis to Europe as a guest soloist.
Also in the 1960s and 1970s Colyer was still active with his own bands and also founded his own record label KC Records . He then became the leader of the All-Star Jazzmen in the early 1980s .
Discographic notes
- In the Beginning (Lake, 1953/54)
- Club Session with Ken Colyer (Lake, 1956)
- Up Jumped the Devil (Upbeat, 1957/58)
- Studio 51 Revisited (Lake, 1958)
- Colyer's Pleasure (Lake, 1962/63)
- Ragtime Revisited (Joy, 1970)
literature
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 8th edition. Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-14-102327-9 .
- Mike Pointon & Ray Smith: Goin 'Home. The Uncompromising Life and Music of Ken Colyer . Ken Colyer Trust, London 2010, ISBN 978-0-9562940-1-2 .
Web links
- The Ken Colyer website
- Ken Colyer at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Place of death from www.rockabilly.nl , accessed on February 26, 2013.
- ↑ www.worlds-of-music.de .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Colyer, Ken |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British jazz cornetist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 18, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Great Yarmouth , Norfolk, UK |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 8, 1988 |
| Place of death | Les Issambres |