Don Rendell

Donald Percy 'Don' Rendell ( born March 4, 1926 in Plymouth, United Kingdom ) is a British soprano and tenor saxophonist, clarinetist, flutist and arranger of modern jazz.

Life and work

Don Rendell began his professional career with fifteen years on the alto saxophone, but soon he moved to tenor. In the bases of the U.S. Army, he played in 1944 for the troops, in the big bands of the United Service Organizations, then worked in various bands, such as the Oscar Rabin band. In 1950 he was a member of the Johnny Dankworth Seven, which he served until 1953. From 1953 to 1955 he headed his own formations ( inter alia with Dickie Hawdon ) and played in various jazz clubs in London, including in 1954 with Ronnie Ross. He then worked in the bands of Tony Crombie (1955) and Ted Heath (1955 /56), went in 1956 with Stan Kenton's band on tour and on his album Live at Royal Albert Hall to listen to solos. In 1957, he took with Humphrey Lyttelton and the Melody Maker All Stars (which include Jimmy Skidmore counted as second tenor ) on. In 1959 he played with Woody Herman's Anglo - American Herd, he was also in the support group of Billie Holiday when she was in the UK on tour. Since 1960, he led his own bands again, where a and Graham Bond (1961 /62), Michael Garrick (1965 and 1969 ), Barbara Thompson (1973 /76) and Ian Carr belonged. This formed the saxophonist the Rendell -Carr Quintet, which existed until 1969. In the late 1960s he was also a member of Neil Ardley's New Jazz Orchestra. He played on Stan Tracey Ellington Tribute We Love You Madly, Mick Pyne and Acker Bilk. During the last two decades, he led his own combos, in which among other Mario Castronari, nature themes and Christine Tobin worked.

Rendell's style was initially strongly influenced by Lester Young, but he processed the influences of other saxophonists like John Coltrane, to finally auszuformen his own style. Rendell worked for a long time as a music teacher; 1974 to 1977 he worked at the Royal Academy of Music, since 1984 at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.

Throughout the sixties Rendell was represented in different polls of Melody Maker in leading positions; especially his game on the soprano saxophone and the quintet formed with Ian Carr then stood in the center of attention.

Disco Graphical Notes

  • Meet Don Rendell ( 1954-55: Tempo / Jasmine )
  • Rendell -Carr Quintet Live from Antibes and the Don Rendell Quartet and Quintet ( 1964-68: Spotlite )
  • Rendell -Carr QuintetLive in London ( 1965, re-released in Harkit 2003)
  • Rendell -Carr Quintet Live (1969: Columbia)
  • Rendell -Carr Quintet Change Is (1969: Columbia)
  • Spacewalk (1970: Columbia / Redial )
  • Just Music ( 1974: Spotlite )
  • What Am I Here For? ( 1993-96: Spotlite )
  • Reunion: Don Rendell Ian Carr & Michael with Garrick (2002: Spotlite )
John Dankworth Ted Heath (bandleader) Barbara Thompson (musician) Art Themen Tempo Records (UK) Digby Fairweather Brian Priestley Richard Cook (journalist) Brian Morton (Scottish writer)
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