John Chilton
John Chilton | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | John James Chilton |
| Born | 16 July 1932 London,England |
| Died | 25 February 2016(aged 83) |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, writer |
| Instrument | Trumpet |
| Years active | 1944–2016 |
John James Chilton(16 July 1932 – 25 February 2016) was a British jazz trumpeter and writer. During the 1960s, he also worked with pop bands, includingThe Swinging Blue JeansandThe Escorts.He won aGrammy Award for Best Album Notesin 1983.
Biography
[edit]Chilton was born in London on 16 July 1932,[1]to working-class parents (his father was a musical hall comedian) and was evacuated toNorthamptonshire,where he began playing thecornetat the age of 12. He switched totrumpetat 17 and after doingnational servicein the RAF (1950–1952) he formed his own jazz band, playing atButlins.[2]
He worked inBruce Turner's Jump Band[2]from 1958 to 1963. A film of their exploits calledLiving Jazz(1961) was made by directorJack Gold.Chilton later appeared inAlex Welsh's Big Band.[1]
He later worked withWally Fawkes,[1]also known as the cartoonist "Trog",[3]and in January 1974 formed John Chilton's Feetwarmers, who began accompanying British jazz singer and writerGeorge Melly.[1][4]Together they made records and toured the world for nearly 30 years.[1]
Chilton won aGrammy Award for Best Album NotesonBunny Berigan(1983) and was nominated in the same category in 2000 forThe Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions on Verve.[5]In the same year he won the British Jazz Award for Writer of the Year. He wroteWho's Who of Jazz.[1]
Bibliography
[edit]- Louis: The Louis Armstrong Story(withMax Jones) (1971),ISBN0-289-70215-1;(1988),ISBN0-306-80324-0
- Ride Red Ride – the Life of Henry 'Red' Allen(2000),ISBN0-8264-4744-9
- Roy Eldridge, Little Jazz Giant[6](2002),ISBN0-8264-5692-8
- McKinney's Music – A bio-discography of McKinney's Cotton Pickers(1978),ISBN0-9501290-1-1
- A Jazz Nursery – The Story of Jenkins Orphanage Band(1980),ISBN0-9501290-2-X
- Teach Yourself Jazz(1979),ISBN0-340-23847-X
- Stomp Off, Let's Go: The Story of Bob Crosby's Bob Cats(1983),ISBN0-9501290-3-8
- Who's Who of Jazz(1970, 1972, 1978, 1985, 1989)ISBNsee:[7]
- Let the Good Times Roll: The Story of Louis Jordan(1997),ISBN0-472-08478-X
- Billie's Blues – A survey of Billie Holiday's Career(1975),ISBN0-8128-1821-0
- The Song of the Hawk – The Life and Recordings of Coleman Hawkins(1990),ISBN0-7043-2737-6
- Sidney Bechet – the Wizard of Jazz(1988),ISBN0-19-520623-1
- Who's Who of British Jazz(1997),ISBN0-304-33909-1;(2004),ISBN0-8264-7234-6
Autobiography
[edit]- Hot Jazz, Warm Feet.London:Northway Books,2007. 2007.ISBN978-0-9550908-3-7.
Discography
[edit]- Nuts(1972)
- Son of Nuts(1973)
- It's George(1974)
- Making Whoopee(1982)
- Best of Live(1995)
- Anything Goes(1996)
- Goodtime George
- The Ultimate Melly,including guestVan Morrison(2006)
References
[edit]- ^abcdefColin Larkin,ed. (1997).The Virgin Encyclopedia of Sixties Music(First ed.).Virgin Books.p. 111.ISBN0-7535-0149-X.
- ^abParker, Chris (5 July 2007)."Review: Hot Jazz, Warm Feet".Vortex. Archived fromthe originalon 28 July 2011.Retrieved4 July2010.
- ^"Obituary: George Melly".BBC. 5 July 2007.Retrieved4 July2010.
- ^Garner, Fradley."October 2007".All About Jazz.Retrieved4 July2010.
- ^"John Chilton".grammy.com.Retrieved29 August2022.
- ^"John Chilton, author of Roy Eldridge: Little Jazz Giant".Jerry Jazz Musician.Retrieved4 July2010.
- ^"Jazz and Big Band Bibliography".FolkLib Index.Retrieved18 May2017.
