- Harry Beckett
Harry Beckett (born
May 30 ,1935 as Harold Winston Beckett inSt Michael Parrish ,Barbados ) is a British trumpeter and flugelhorn player.Resident in the UK since 1954, Harry Beckett's reputation extends throughout Europe and the USA. In 1961, he played with
Charles Mingus in the film "All Night Long". In the late 1960s he has worked and recorded within the band of bass player and composerGraham Collier . Since 1970 he has been leading groups of his own, recording forPhilips ,RCA andOgun Records amongst other labels.He has been a key figure of important groups in the British free jazz/improvised music scene, including
Ian Carr 's Nucleus, theBrotherhood of Breath andThe Dedication Orchestra ,London Jazz Composers Orchestra ,John Surman , OctetDjango Bates Ronnie Scott 's Quintet,Kathy Stobart ,Charlie Watts ,Stan Tracey 's Big Band and Octet;Elton Dean 's "Ninesense". He has also recorded withKeef Hartley ,Jah Wobble and worked with David Murray. He toured abroad withJohnny Dyani ,Chris McGregor ,Keith Tippett ,John Tchicai ,Joachim Kühn ,Dudu Pukwana 's "Zila",George Gruntz 's Bands, Belgian quintetThe Wrong Object ,Pierre Dørge 's "New Jungle Band" andAnnie Whitehead 'sRobert Wyatt project.In 1972 Beckett won the "
Melody Maker " jazz Poll as 'Top Trumpeter in Britain'.ee also
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Jazz Warriors
*List of jazz trumpeters External links
* [http://www.hwbeckett.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/main.htm Homepage]
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