Bobby Lamb (trombonist)

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Bobby Lamb
Birth nameRobert Valentine Lamb
Born (1931-02-11) 11 February 1931 (age 93)
Cork, Ireland
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Trombone
Years active1951–2007

Robert Valentine Lamb

Ray Premru and accompanying recording artists such as Frank Sinatra
.

Beginning in the 1980s, Lamb taught music at the

National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
.

Early life

Born in 1931 in Cork, then in the Irish Free State, Lamb started on euphonium as a teenager before settling on trombone.[2] In 1951, Lamb moved to Dublin to perform with Neil Kearn's band for six months and later Johnny Devlin's Downbeaters group.[2]

Career

In 1952, Lamb moved to London, England, where he played with Teddy Foster.[2] From late-1953 to August 1955, Lamb was a member of Jack Parnell's band.[2] After working with Parnell, Lamb relocated to the U.S., working with Charlie Barnet, Stan Kenton, and Woody Herman.[2][3] During his three-year stint with Herman, Lamb played in a tour where Herman shared billing with Louis Armstrong's All Stars.[2]

In 1958, Lamb returned to London to join the BBC Show Band with Cyril Stapleton.[2] From 1958 to 1959, Lamb was part of Geraldo's orchestra that regularly performed at the Hippodrome before freelancing with various other theatre orchestras.[2] From 1960 to 1968, Lamb played for the BBC Radio Orchestra.[2]

He and

Ivor Novello Award.[3] During the 1970s, Lamb also played in the Top of the Pops orchestra conducted by Johnny Pearson.[4]

He toured with Frank Sinatra on his European tours from the 1970s into the 1980s and the Middle East concerts (Iran and Israel) in 1975.[5] Lamb also toured Europe with Ella Fitzgerald and Peggy Lee. He toured Scandinavia with Buddy Rich late in the 1970s.

Outside of jazz, Lamb wrote several works for orchestra, including an arrangement of

NDR Symphony Orchestra of Germany.[2][6] During his career, Lamb performed in over 6,000 live broadcasts, 200 film soundtracks, and numerous television programmes.[3]

In 1982, Lamb was appointed as director of jazz studies at the

Trinity College of Music in London.[3] Lamb became professor of contemporary music studies at Hochschule für Musik Detmold in Germany in 1994.[2][3] Lamb retired from his position at Trinity in 2007.[7]

Discography

As sideman

References

  1. ^ BMI repertoire search
  2. ^
    ISBN 9780826423894
    – via ProQuest.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Bobby Lamb". allmusic. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  4. ^ Barfe, Louis (10 November 2007). "One of the great delights of watching old light entertainment programmes..." Cheeseford: Barfe's blogdom. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  5. ^ Lamb, Bobby (15 April 2001). "On tour with Frank Sinatra". Jazz Professional. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Bimhuis|Amsterdam|Noord-Holland|jazz|orkesten|Eurojazz | Nationaal Archief".
  7. ^ Fanning, Aengus (21 October 2007). "Winds of change are blowing". Irish Independent. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Bobby Lamb | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
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