Nevil Skrimshire

Nevil Skrimshire (* 11. April 1923 in Sydenham , England ; † 24. February 2010 ) was a British jazz guitarist , banjo player of the Traditional Jazz , a music producer and author .

Life

Skrimshire played with Lennie Hastings (1950), Dick Sudhalter , Diz Disley , Humphrey Lyttelton , Big Bill Broonzy , Mick Mulligan , John RT Davies , Alex Welsh , George Melly and Freddy Randall , although as "one of the leading British rhythm guitarists " he hardly played a solo role appeared, and was part of Bob Cort's skiffle band . He also recorded under the pseudonym Nigel Sinclair when he worked for EMI and compiled their programs for Radio Luxemburg . In the early 1960s, he turned down a record deal with the Rolling Stones because Mick Jagger did not sing on the test recording submitted. In the field of jazz, Nevil Skrimshire, who died in 2010 at the age of 86, took part in 28 recording sessions between 1979 and 2010. Between 1979 and 1982 he was editor of the Jazz Journal . As an author he wrote a. a. for the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz and liner notes for productions by Count Basie , Charlie Christian and the Spirits of Rhythm .

Brian Rust , Malcolm Shaw & Nevil Skrimshire: The Victor (Music Recordings) Master Book: Volume 2 - Indexes from 1925 - 1936 1969

personal data
SURNAME	Skrimshire, Nevil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British jazz guitarist, traditional jazz banjo player, record producer and author
DATE OF BIRTH	April 11, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sydenham , England
DATE OF DEATH	February 24, 2010