Freddy Randall
Freddy Randall ( born May 26, 1921 in London, † 18 May 1999 Teignmouth ) was a British jazz trumpeter and bandleader.
Life and work
Freddy Randall began his career in the comedy group Four St. Louis, which he left in 1939 to work as a freelance musician in the early 1940s. After military service in World War II, he played in the bands of Johnny Dankworth and Freddy Mirfield, then from the second half of the 1940s with its own Dixieland Jazz band that was one of the great British Traditional Jazz groups this time and also in the United States has appeared; in his band also played Brian Lemon and saxophonist Betty Smith. In the early 1950s made recordings for Parlophone, including Stan Butcher and Bruce Turner in his band. Between 1958 and 1963 he had to temporarily give up his job for health reasons; Mid- 1960, he again took on some albums, played with Dave Shepherd; 1972/73 he recorded for Black Lion Records. He also played with Sidney Bechet, Bud Freeman, Wild Bill Davison, Pee Wee Russell, Bill Coleman and Teddy Wilson. In the early 1980s he had a band with saxophonist Benny Waters, who also played in the drummer Stan Greig.
Disco Graphical Notes
- Vintage Freddy Randall 1949-1951 ( Lake )
- Freddy Randall and his Band ( Parlophone / Lake, 1953-55 )
- Benny Waters / Freddy Randall Jazz Band ( Jazzology, 1982)
Links / sources
- Freddy Randall in All music guide
Swell
- Bielefeld catalog 1988 & 2002
- Richard Cook & Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings, 8th Edition, London, Penguin, 2006 ISBN 0-14-017949-6.