Paul Rutherford (trombone player)

Paul William Rutherford ( * February 29, 1940 in Greenwich, London; † 5 August 2007) was a British trombonist who has worked in the field of jazz and free improvisation.

Rutherford originally played saxophone and switched to trombone. During the 1960s he was teaching acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He first played with Trevor Watts and John Stevens in the Spontaneous Music Ensemble. In 1970, Rutherford with guitarist Derek Bailey and bassist Barry Guy, the trio Iskra 1903, which was active in this occupation until 1973 ( then with Phil Wachsmann ). , And moved from free jazz in the direction of free improvisation He also played in the Mike Westbrook Orchestra, the London Jazz Composers Orchestra, in a trio with Evan Parker and Anthony Braxton as well as in a duo with Paul Lovens or Paul Rogers. He was next to Albert Mangelsdorff the first trombonist who played solo improvisations and fell back in the field of jazz on multiphonics. His first solo album The Gentle Harm of the Bourgeoisie (1974 ) is particularly worthy of mention here. Since 1970, he played in the Globe Unity Orchestra; also he was in the Quintet Modern, active in London Improvisers Orchestra and with its own trio. In the early 1990s he was a member of the Dedication Orchestra.