Rod Mason
Rod Mason (born September 28, 1940 in Plymouth ; † January 8, 2017 in Neuss ) was a British musician ( trumpet , cornet , vocals ) of oldtime jazz .
Live and act
Mason, whose father ran a jazz band, first learned the trombone before playing the trumpet and cornet in his father's band. From 1959 he was a member of the Cy Laurie band . With Monty Sunshine he founded the Monty Sunshine Band in 1962 . A facial paralysis forced him to use other mouthpieces, which allowed him to expand the range of his playing.
In 1965 he founded his first band. From 1970 he played in the Paramount jazz band of Acker Bilk , before he founded a band with Ian Wheeler in 1973 ; with musicians such as Brian Lemon , Dick Wellstood and Bob Wilber , he made numerous recordings for the Riff label. From 1980 Mason played in the Dutch Swing College Band . In 1985 he founded his own band with his Hot Five , with whom he recorded a number of albums for Timeless Records and toured Europe regularly.
Mason was , according to Digby Fairweather , "a world-class trumpeter [...] with phenomenal versatility, unlimited endurance, and the terrifying ability to sound like Louis Armstrong ." He lived in Kaarst with his wife Ingrid .
Discographic notes
- By the Beautiful Sea (1970)
- Golden Hour of Mr. Acker Bilk
- Rod Mason - Ian Wheeler (1974)
- Rod Mason featuring Bad Joke (1975)
- Giants of Jazz (1976)
- Salute to Satchmo (1976)
- Dogging 'Around in Dixie (1976)
- Dr. Jazz (1976)
- Good Companions (1977)
- Meet Me Where They Play the Blues (1977)
- Jazz at the Strathallan (1977)
- Carry me Back (1978)
- Great Having You Around (1978)
- Stars Fell on Alabama (1979)
- After Hours at the North Sea Jazz Festival (1979)
- Six for Two (1979)
- The Last Concert (1979)
- Digital Dixie (1981)
- Digital Dutch (1982)
- Come Back, Sweet Papa (1984)
- Jazz Holiday (1985)
- The Pearls (1986)
- Rod Mason Hot Five (1986)
- Rod Mason's Hot Music (1988)
- Rod Mason and his Hot Five featuring Angela Brown 1990
- Top 8 - Jazz Gala (1990)
- I love Jazz (1992)
- Ian Wheeler at Farnham Meltings (1993)
- 10 Years Rod Mason's Hot Five - Things We Have Done for Jazz (1994)
- Merry Christmas (1994)
- Live at the BP Study House (1989)
- 4. Dixieland Jubilee Stuttgart (2000)
- Red Sails in the Sunset (1999)
- 100 Years Louis Armstrong 2000
- 7. Dixieland Jubilee (2003)
- That lucky old sun (2004)
- 10. Dixieland Jubilee (2006)
- Take me to that Land of Jazz
Lexigraphic 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 .
Web links
- Rod Mason at Discogs (English)
- Web presence
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mason, Rod |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 28, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Plymouth |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 8, 2017 |
| Place of death | Neuss |