(1928-04-18)18 April 1928 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
Origin
London, England
Died
8 March 1988(1988-03-08) (aged 59) France
Genres
New Orleans jazz
Occupation(s)
Instrumentalist
Instrument(s)
Trumpet, cornet
Years active
1940s–1980s
Musical artist
Kenneth Colyer (18 April 1928 – 8 March 1988) was an English jazz trumpeter and cornetist, devoted to New Orleans jazz.[1] His band was also known for skiffle interludes.[2]
^Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. p. 292. ISBN 1-85227-745-9.
^Profile, Music.guardian.co.uk; accessed 1 June 2008.
serve in World War II he left his jazz records behind, which influenced KenColyer. He joined the Merchant Navy at 17, travelled around the world and heard...
was played by such artists as Lonnie Donegan, the Vipers Skiffle Group, KenColyer, and Chas McDevitt. Skiffle was a major part of the early careers of some...
"skiffle" break, a name suggested by KenColyer's brother, Bill, after the Dan Burley Skiffle Group of the 1930s. In 1954 Colyer left and the band became Chris...
musicians such as Chris Barber, Freddy Randall, Acker Bilk, Kenny Ball, KenColyer and Monty Sunshine performed a populist repertoire which also included...
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travel but that KenColyer, who had been visiting New Orleans, was available. Colyer joined the band, which then took the name KenColyer's Jazzmen. The...
Panic The Joker & The Thief Jungle Kano Kate Nash Katie Melua Katy B KenColyer Killing Joke The King Blues King Charles King Crimson King Krule The Kinks...
England, on December 17, 2016. John Brunious Raymond Burke Chuck Carbo KenColyer Lionel Ferbos Pete Fountain George Lewis Freddie Lonzo Teddy Riley Kid...
the reissue of albums by Humphrey Lyttelton, Acker Bilk, Alex Welsh, KenColyer, Chris Barber, Terry Lightfoot, Sandy Brown, and Archie Semple. Singsong...
Delbert McClinton "Goin' Down To New Orleans" by Bluebird "Goin' Home" by KenColyer "Goin' to Louisiana" by John Lee Hooker "Goin' To Nawlins" by Zydeco Party...
George "Kid Sheik" Cola Gracie Cole Bill Coleman Johnny Coles Lee Collins KenColyer Corky Cornelius Mike Cotton Raymond Court Theo Croker Wendell Culley Ted...
John Baldry's Hoochie Coochie Men (including Rod Stewart) Acker Bilk KenColyer Cyril Davies Rhythm & Blues All Stars The Downliners Sect John Mayall's...
musicians on Archer Street operating during the 1940s and 1950s. The KenColyer Band's 51 Club, a venue for traditional jazz, opened on Great Newport...
figures such as Sir John Dankworth, Tony Crombie and Ronnie Scott, while KenColyer, George Webb and Humphrey Lyttelton played Dixieland-style Trad jazz....
Chris Barber Band. KenColyer was the first trumpet player, with Sunshine on clarinet, and the original 1953 band took the Colyer name until there was...
research chemist. KenColyer was invited to fill the vacancy in 1953, and the band became known as the KenColyer Jazz Band, as Colyer had recently returned...
Battle of Angamos John Young, naval officer in American Revolutionary War KenColyer, British jazz trumpeter Suezenne Fordham, American jazz pianist Eric Griffiths...
Desdunes) by Louis Armstrong, Jeff Barnhart, Acker Bilk, Canadian Brass, KenColyer, Karen Dalton, Art Hodes, Papa Bue Jensen, Bunk Johnson, Jo Ann Kelly...
including those of KenColyer, Lonnie Donegan, Bob Cort and Nancy Whiskey, and performed on numerous recordings. With Ike Isaacs he appeared on Ken Sykora's Guitar...
included George Melly, Diz Disley, Acker Bilk, Chris Barber, Alex Welsh, KenColyer, Monty Sunshine, Bob Wallis, Bruce Turner, Mick Mulligan and Ball. The...
included Alex Welsh, Diz Disley, Acker Bilk, Chris Barber, Kenny Ball, KenColyer, Monty Sunshine, Bob Wallis, Bruce Turner, Mick Mulligan and Melly. In...
played in Europe with Rod Mason. Foxley returned to Colyer in 1986, and stayed with the KenColyer Trust Band until 1994, following the leader's death...
coach. Amar Singh Chamkila, 27, Indian singer and musician, gunned down. KenColyer, 59, English jazz trumpeter and cornetist. Werner Hartmann, 76, German...
machine, Albertson recorded visiting British New Orleans revivalists KenColyer, Chris Barber and Lonnie Donegan in 1953. These recordings were subsequently...
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