Kathy Stobart

Florence Kathleen " Kathy " Stobart ( born April 1, 1925 in South Shields, England) is a British Jazzsaxophonistin (soprano, tenor and baritone saxophone).

Life and work

Kathy Stobart began twelve years playing the saxophone and was a four -year-olds with Don Rico's Ladies' Swing Band on the road and later found in Newcastle a firm commitment in a dance hall. In 1942 she went to London, where she played in night clubs with British musicians such as Denis Rose, Ted Heath and Jimmy Skidmore, but also members of the U.S. Army as Peanuts Hucko and Art Pepper. She then played in the big band of Vic Lewis, which also her first husband, Art Thompson, worked. In 1949 she founded her own combo, which, inter alia Derek Humble, Pete King, Dennis Armitage, Dill Jones and the late trumpeter Bert Courtley 1969, with whom she had been married since 1951, belonged. In 1952 she appeared only rarely, because they primarily devoted to her family and her three sons raised them. Occasionally, they played at Humphrey Lyttelton, where she played at the site of Jimmy Skidmore and later held Tony Coe in 1957. In the 1960s she also appeared with John Picard. She also worked as a teacher at the City Literary Institute in London's Drury Lane.

After the death of her husband she ended the forced break as a housewife and returned to the stage, first in the band of Humphrey Lyttelton, where she remained until 1978. In 1974 they had initially a separate group together with Harry Beckett ( Arbeia, 1978 Spotlite Jazz ). In 1979, she led a band with vibraphonist Lenny Order Stobart played in the early 1980s in New York City; there she performed both with Marian McPartland and Zoot Sims. In 1982, she was the attraction of the first British Women's Jazz Festival. In 1983 she took with Humphrey Lyttelton whose plate Movin 'and Grovin ' on. In 1986 she was a member of Gail Thompson Gail Force, only to lead a quintet with Joan Cunningham.

Stobart is characterized by a full, powerful sound and no-frills style. It has evolved from the early modern jazz mainstream. As a saxophone teacher, she taught classes in Exeter and London. Your recognition as a jazz pioneer can be seen from the fact that they are put together in the United States Compilation Jazz Women: A Feminist Retrospective was taken into account.

Disco Graphical Notes

• Saxploitation with Joe Temperley, Mick Pyne et al (1976)
• Arbeia with Harry Beckett, Martin Blackwell, Harvey Weston, Tony Mann, Marion Williams ( 1978)

Lexigraphic entries

• Ian Carr et al Jazz Rough Guide Metzler, Stuttgart 1999; ISBN 3-476-01584- X