Ken Rattenbury

Ken Rattenbury

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Name = Ken Rattenbury


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Born = 10 September, 1920
Died = April 9 2001
Origin = Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England
Instrument = trumpet
piano
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Genre = Jazz
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Ken Rattenbury (10 September, 1920–April 9 2001) was an English jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer and author born in Spilsby, Lincolnshire. Rattenbury is most notable for his Duke Ellington biography, but also had been commissioned by the BBC in the 1960s to compose two half-hour jazz suites titled "The Seven Ages of Man" and "The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner".

Bibliography

* "Duke Ellington, Jazz Composer" Yale University Press, 1990; ISBN 0300044283

External links

* [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ken-rattenbury-729064.html Obituary in "The Independent"]
* [http://www.jazzhouse.org/gone/lastpost.php3 Obituary in "The Last Post"]


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