Brian Lemon

Brian Lemon ( born February 11, 1937 in Nottingham ) is a British jazz pianist and arranger.

Life and work

Brian Lemon pulled mid-1950s to London and became a member of Freddy Randall's band. He then worked for various bands in the range from traditional jazz to post-bop, like the bands of Betty Smith, Sandy Brown / Al Fairweather, Danny Moss, Dave Shepherd, George Chisholm and Terri Quaye. He also led a private octet that played songs of Billy Strayhorn. He also accompanied gas animal border in England musicians like Charlie Shavers, Ben Webster, Buddy Tate, Milt Jackson and played with George Chisholm and Kenny Baker. In the 1970s and 1980s, he worked with Benny Goodman and appeared in TV programs with Ray Brown. He also participated in numerous panel sessions, as with Tony Coe ( Some Other Autumn, 1971), Barney Kessel 1973, Bud Freeman, 1980 ( The Dolphin Has a Message).

From the 1990s he regularly albums under his own name for the record label Zephyr on the label and served as house pianist at numerous sessions, as for Warren Vache and Tony Coe ( Days of Wine and Roses, 1997). 1995 was a duo album with Warren Vache ( An Affair to Remember). During this time he also worked with Kenny Baker, Allan Barnes, Digby Fairweather, Scott Hamilton, George Masso, Danny Moss, Spike Robinson, Joe Temperley, made ​​appearances as a soloist and played in the big band of Charlie Watts.

Disco Graphical Notes

• Our Kind Of Music (Hep, 1970)
• Charly Antolini / Dick Morrissey Cookin ' (1989 )
• The Great British Jazz Band ( Candid, 1993)
• But Beautiful ( Zephyr, 1995)
• How Long Has This Been Going On? ( Zephyr, 1996) with Scott Hamilton
• Old Hands - Young Minds ( Zephyr, 1996) with Alec Dankworth
• Lemon Looks Back - Just for Fun ( Zephyr, 1997)
• Brian Lemon and David Newton ( Zephyr, 1998)
• My Shing Hour ( Zephyr, 2001)