Derek Wadsworth

Derek Wadsworth ( born February 5, 1939 in Cleckheaton, Yorkshire; † 3 December 2008, Oxfordshire ) was a British jazz trombonist, arranger and composer of film music.

Life and work

Wadsworth played trombone as a teenager in brass bands; In 1960 he moved to London and played in the jazz band by Teddy Foster, then at Ronnie Aldrich and the Squadronaires. In 1963 he worked for Dusty Springfield as musical director; he was responsible for their shots as I Only Want to Be With You, which were heavily influenced by the Tamla - Motown sound. He also worked at this time with Georgie Fame, on whose album Two Faces of Fame (1967 ) he played, and with the Rolling Stones ( Their Satanic Majesties Request, 1967). He had also been playing sessions of the Apple label by Billy Preston and Doris Troy and contributed arrangements for George Harrison's album All Things Must Pass ( 1970) at.

Wadsworth also served as musical director of the musical Hair (1968). In addition, working with jazz musicians such as Neil Ardley (Le Dejeuner sur L' Herbe, 1969), with the jazz - rock band Colloseum (Daughter of Time, 1970) and the blues band Savoy Brown ( Blue Matter, 1968). As a session musician he has also participated in numerous pop and rock productions, including Cat Stevens ( Back to Earth, 1978), Manfred Mann, Nina Simone, Tony Bennett and Simply Red He arranged for Alan Price in the movies Alfie Darling (1975) and Britannia Hospital ( 1982), and orchestrated the album Between Today and Yesterday ( 1974), which contained the hit song Jarrow. Other films for which Wadsworth wrote music were The Man Who Fell to Earth (director Nicholas Roeg, 1976) and the science fiction series Moonbase Alpha 1 and Gerry Anderson's The Day After Tomorrow - Beyond Infinity, also for numerous jingles, u a. Cadbury plc. Under the pseudonym Daniel Caine, he presented several albums with theme songs from TV shows. In 1997, he led the Czech Symphony Orchestra in recordings for the documentary Wild Man Blues on Woody Allen. Besides being a musician is engaged in Wadsworth copyright issues in the PPL ( Phonographic Performance Ltd ).