Jimmy Deuchar
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James Deuchar (26 June 1930First World War, and who later was Director of Brass Music for Dundee.
Career
After
Johnny Dankworth Seven.[1] In the 1950s, he worked with a number of commercial bands, such as the Oscar Rabin Band, and also intermittently with Ronnie Scott.[1] In the late 1950s, he worked with Kurt Edelhagen's orchestra in Germany.[1]
He returned to the UK and worked again with Scott (1960–62) and with Tubby Hayes (1962–66).[1] As a highly gifted player and a leading exponent of the "modern" style, he was in some demand and achieved success as a touring player in Europe and the United States. He also "sat in" with leading American players at Ronnie Scott's club as musical exchanges were liberalised at the start of the 1960s.
He returned to work with Edelhagen in 1966. In the 1960s and early 1970s, he also worked with
The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band,[1] featuring leading European and expatriate American musicians. He returned to London around 1971, working freelance, and then to Dundee in the mid-1970s. He continued to arrange, play and guest in a number of settings,[1] including the BBC Big Band in London and the BBC Scottish Radio Orchestra
in Glasgow, until his health deteriorated.
He died in 1993, aged 63.[2]
Discography
As leader
- Jimmy Deuchar (Discovery, 1953)[1]
- Pal Jimmy! (Tempo 1957, re released on Jasmine, 2002)
- Pub Crawling with Jimmy Deuchar (Contemporary, 1957)[1]
- Music in the Making (Jasmine, 2001)
- Opus de Funk (Jasmine, 2001)
- The Anglo/American/Scottish Connection (Hep, 2004)[3]
As guest
With Victor Feldman
- Suite Sixteen (Contemporary, 1955 [1958])
With Tubby Hayes
- 1955 Swinging Giant, Vol. 1
- 1962 Late Spot at Scott's
- 1963 A Tribute: Tubbs
- 1966 Night and Day
- 2005 England's Late Jazz Great
- 2005 Live in London, Vol. 2
- 2007 The Little Giant
- 2011 Dancing in the Dark
With Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band
- Jazz Is Universal (Atlantic, 1962)
- Handle with Care (Atlantic, 1963)
- Now Hear Our Meanin' (Columbia, 1963 [1965])
- Swing, Waltz, Swing (Philips, 1966)
- Sax No End (SABA, 1967)
- Out of the Folk Bag (Columbia, 1967)
- 17 Men and Their Music (Campi, 1967)
- All Smiles (MPS, 1968)
- Faces (MPS, 1969)
- Latin Kaleidoscope (MPS, 1969)
- Fellini 712 (MPS, 1969)
- Let's Face the Music and Dance (1969)
- Big Band Sound of Kenny Clarke & Francy Boland (1973)
With others
- 1961 Live at Ronnie Scott's, Zoot Sims
- 1965 Now Hear Our Meanin' , Kenny Clarke
- 1966 Sound Venture, Georgie Fame/Harry South Big Band
- 1967 Fire, Heat, Soul and Guts, Kenny Clarke
- 1968 Trip to the Mars, Orchester Roland Kovac
- 1969 Ray Warleigh's First Album, Ray Warleigh
- 1970 Midnight Mood, Mark Murphy
- 1986 Live at Fulham Town Hall, Charlie Watts
- 1989 Roarin' , Jack Sharpe
- 2004 Swing Revisited, Johnny Keating
- 2007 An Ace Face, Allen Eager[4]
References
- ^ ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
- ^ Strachan, Graeme. "Moonlight on the Dighty: Jimmy Deuchar was Dundee's jazz trumpet hero". Thecourier.co.uk. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Jimmy Deuchar | Album Discography | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- ^ "Jimmy Deuchar | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
Sources
- John Chilton, Who's Who of British Jazz, Cassell, London, 1997, ISBN 9780304339099
- Carr, Fairweather & Priestley, Jazz - the Essential Companion, Grafton Books, London, 1987, ISBN 978-0135092743
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