Kenneth Terroade
Kenneth Terroade (* 1944 in Galina , Saint Mary Parish ) is a Jamaican missionary who initially emerged as a free jazz musician ( tenor saxophone , flute , composition ).
Live and act
Terroade began playing the flute as a student in Jamaica ; from 1961 he also learned the tenor saxophone. In 1962 he moved to London to live with his mother. While still in school, he worked in rock bands there, then began playing jazz with John Surman , Mike Osborne , Dave Holland , Mike Westbrook , Ronnie Beer and Chris McGregor . In 1967 he traveled to Paris for the first time to meet his friend Noel McGhie . In 1968 he was a member of the Hot Shot Delivery Service under the direction of saxophonist Roy Voce. Then he traveled to Paris at the invitation of Sunny Murray , where he was part of his spiritual ensemble . In addition, the album Love Rejoice was recorded for the BYG Actuel label . In the same year he visited his homeland, where he performed with Count Ossies Rastafarian Nyabinghi . Back in Paris he was also involved in the recordings of other albums by Sunny Murray, Alan Silva and Claude Delcloo / Arthur Jones , the Art Ensemble of Chicago and Dave Burrell , which were made in Paris by the end of 1969.
In 1970 he returned to London, where drummer Selwyn Lissack brought him to record his album Friendship Next of Kin . In 1971 he was in London for the recordings of Dr. John's album The Sun, Moon & Herbs . Terroade moved back to Jamaica in the 1970s, where music only played a role as far as it was compatible with his work as a missionary ; currently (2019) he is working there in this profession.
Discographic notes
- Love Rejoice (BYG 1969, with Ronnie Beer, Evan Chandley , François Tusques , Beb Guerin , Earl Freeman , Claude Delcloo)
- Dave Burrell: La vie de bohême (BYG 1970, with Eleanor Burrell, Ric Colbeck , Grachan Moncur III , Beb Guerin, Claude Delcloo)
- Selwyn Lissack: Friendship Next of Kin (Goody, Goody 1970/2007, with Mongezi Feza , Mike Osborne, Harry Miller , Earl Freeman, Louis Moholo )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Interview with Noel McGhie
- ^ Pierre Crépon Playing the theory of relativity: Sunny Murray in Europe 1968-72 . The Wire December 2018
- ↑ Review ( All About Jazz )
- ^ Bill Shoemaker Jazz in the 1970s: Diverging Streams . Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2017, p. 39
- ↑ Leptondale Bible Church
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Terroade, Kenneth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jamaican jazz musician (tenor saxophone, flute, composition) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Galina , Saint Mary Parish |