Alan Skidmore

Alan Skidmore

Infobox musical artist


Name = Alan Skidmore
Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth_name = Alan Richard James Skidmore
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Born = birth date and age|1942|4|21
London, England
Died =
Instrument = Tenor saxophone,
Genre = Jazz
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Alan Skidmore (born Alan Richard James Skidmore, 21 April 1942, London) is a tenor saxophonist of jazz and blues music, son of the saxophonist Jimmy Skidmore.

Life and career

As a sideman

Skidmore began his professional career at 16 and early in his career toured with comedian Tony Hancock. In the mid to late 1960s he worked with John Mayall's "Bluesbreakers" and Ronnie Scott's group. In the 1970s, he was part of Keith Tippett's jazz fusion bigband project Centipede and worked - among others - with Soft Machine, The Nice, Graham Collier, Brotherhood of Breath, Mike Gibbs, Elton Dean, Kate Bush and Curved Air. [http://www.alanskidmore.info/discog.asp Discography on Skidmore's website] ] He has since played with many other musicians in blues and jazz, including Chick Corea, Alexis Korner, Georgie Fame, and the Van Morrison band.

As an artist in his own right

His first album under his own name was 1969's "Once Upon A Time" and on this and his other albums a strong John Coltrane influence can be heard, especially on his 1988 album "Tribute to 'trane", and 1998's "After the Rain", orchestral settings of tunes that had been recorded (and some of them written) by Coltrane. In 1973 he co-founded the all-saxophone ensemble S.O.S. with John Surman and Mike Osborne. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-perl/music/muze/index.pl?site=radio2&action=biography&artist_id=27830&rand= BBC Radio 2] ] At the end of the Apartheid regime he went to South Africa to record with musicians from the percussion group Amampondo, including pianist Simpiwe Matole, playing modern jazz over a texture of African percussion and chants.

Discography

*"Once Upon A Time" (1969) Deram Records
*"TCB" (1970)
*"SOS" (1975)
*"Tribute To Trane" (1988)
*"From East To West" (1992)
*"After the Rain" (1998) - playing ballads with Colin Towns' Mask Orchestra.
*"The Call" (2001) - with Amampondo
*"Ubizo" (2003) - with Amampondo

References

External links

* [http://www.alanskidmore.info/ Skidmore's website]


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