Sammy Rimington

Sammy Rimington (b. April 29, 1942) is an English jazz reed player born in London. He has been an active Dixieland jazz revivalist since the late 1950s.

Rimington played with Barry Martyn in 1959. He started to become a professional musician in 1960 when he joined the band of Ken Colyer. He stayed with Ken Colyer until 1965. That year he moved to the United States, and worked with Big Bill Bissonnette's Easy Rider Jazz Band. He made some jazz fusion recordings early in the 1970s, but most of his work has been in the New Orleans jazz vein, playing with Chris Barber, Kid Thomas Valentine, Captain John Handy, and others. He has recorded extensively as a bandleader since the early 1960s.

Discography

*"Armanda" (1971)
*"New Orleans Music" (1973)
*"New Orleans Christmas"
*"Exciting Sax"
*"Watering the Roots"
*"Everybody's Talkin"'
*"On Tour with T. Jefferson"
*"More Exciting Sax"
*"Reed My Lips"
*"Live In-Store at the Louisiana Music Factory"
*"Sammy Rimington Quartet and Doc Houlind"
*"Visits New Orleans"
*"At Moose Lodge Hall"
*"Rarities from the KliKo Collection Vol 1 and Vol 2"

References

*Scott Yanow, [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:g9fixqugldde~T1 Sammy Rimington] at Allmusic