Annie Whitehead
Annie Whitehead ( * July 16, 1955 in Oldham, England) is a British Jazzposaunistin.
Life and work
Whitehead played in brass bands while at school and from 1969 in local dance bands. In 1971 she joined the All Girls Band of Ivy Benson, where she remained for two years. Then she moved for a while to Jersey. In 1979 she formed her own band to play ska. In 1981 she went to London, where he was active in various genres. She has worked with include Joan Armatrading, Chris Rea, Bill Wyman, Elvis Costello, Carlene Carter, Paul Weller, Jerry Dammers, Amazulu, The Communards, Jah Wobble and Bananarama. In 1983 she went with the Brotherhood of Breath Chris McGregor Africa tour and toured with Fun Boy Three by the United States. At the same time, she worked with Larry Stabbins at Working Week 1984 and founded her own band, with which she toured internationally in the coming years. But Whitehead also played with District Six and John Stevens. In addition, she worked with the guest stars, the Orchestra of Charlie Watts, with Maggie Nicols and with Louis Moholos Dedication Orchestra. In 1991, she joined the Penguin Cafe Orchestra on, was involved in three of his productions and international tours. In 1993 she worked with the Big Band by Carla Bley, from 1999 on with the Jazz Jamaica Allstars. She also appeared with Michał Urbaniak, Jasper van't Hof, Urszula Dudziak, Sibylle Pomorin, Christoph Spendel and Ray Anderson.
1999 produced ( and arranged ) they for Robert Wyatt whose Soupsongs Live, and went on tour with it (eg on the Moers Festival with Julie Tippett ). With Harry Beckett, Jennifer Maidman and Liam Genockey it forms the group Rude, with Alistair Anderson Northern Lights.
She founded the only consisting of 12 female musicians Vortex Foundation band (named after the defunct Vortex Jazz Club in North London ), which first appeared on the 2002 London Jazz Festival and since then has sometimes occurred and also recorded. In the big band played, among others, Deirdre Cartwright, Andrea Vicari, Diane McLoughlin, Alison Rayner, Barbara Snow.