Ken Rattenbury
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Ken Rattenbury | |
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| Birth name | Kenneth Miller Rattenbury |
| Born | 10 September 1920 |
| Origin | Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England |
| Died | 9 April 2001 (aged 80) |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Instrument(s) | trumpet piano |
Ken Rattenbury (10 September 1920 – 9 April 2001) was an
nee Miller), a homemaker. He would go on to serve in the British Army from 1940 to 1946 as a private first class. He received a World War II Victory Medal, Defence Medal
, and the British Expeditionary Forces medal.
Jazz career
He first joined a jazz band playing the piano in 1933. While in the Service, he took up the trumpet and toured the
The Brothers Grimm
. He then established the Jazz Four.
He got his M.A. from University of Keele in 1984. Rattenbury is most notable for his Duke Ellington biography, but also had been commissioned by the BBC in the 1960s to compose two half-hour jazz suites titled The Seven Ages of Man and The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner.
Personal life
He married Elsie May Cross on 8 May 1941. He appeared on
BBC Light Program
on Friday nights. With Ted Heath in the early 1960s he wrote and performed 30 minute jazz soliloquies.
Works
- Duke Ellington, Jazz Composer ISBN 0-300-04428-3
- Jazz Journey 1925-94, 1995; autobiography
Notes
- Bibliography
- Contemporary Authors Online, Detroit: Gale, 2002, ISBN 978-0-7876-3995-2
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