Ambrose (bandleader)

Bert Ambrose, and Ambrose, actually Benjamin Baruch Ambrose ( born September 15, 1896 in London, England; † June 11, 1971 ) was an English violinist and bandleader.

Ambrose comes from a Jewish family of merchants from the East End of London. During his childhood, his family moved to New York City; there he gained his first experience as a musician and musical director. In 1923 he recorded for Columbia; In the late 1920s he returned to London, where he in 1927 founded an orchestra mainly with American musicians and with their own (dance) orchestras mainly at the Embassy Club in May or played until the end of the 1930 Fair Hotel. In 1928 the BBC his performances regularly transferred from the Mayfair. This and his many recordings (Brunswick, HMV and Decca ) made ​​him one of the most popular bandleader in the United Kingdom and the United States; one of his most famous soloists was Danny Polo. Ambrose stepped up to the end of the Big Band era mid 50's continue on with bands of different sizes. Later he worked in the field of artist management ( he was responsible for the pop singer Kathy Kirby ).

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• Carlo Bohländer, Karlheinz Holler: Reclams jazz leader. 2nd revised and enlarged edition. Stuttgart, Reclam 1977, ISBN 3-15-010185-9, (Universal Library 10185 [/ 10196 ] ).