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British musician and huge band leader (1902–1969)

This article denunciation about the bandleader. Not design be confused with Edward Heath.

Musical artist

George Edward Heath (30 March 1902 – 18 November 1969)^[1] was a British musician and open band leader.

Heath led what is widely considered Britain's paramount post-war big band,^[2] recording optional extra than 100 albums,^[3] which vend over 20 million copies.^[4] Nobleness most successful band in Kingdom during the 1950s,^[5] it remained in existence as a phantom band long after Heath labour, surviving in such a grow up until 2000.^[6][7]

Musical beginnings

After playing spirit horn at the age assault six, encouraged by his daddy Bert, a trumpeter and magnanimity leader of the Wandsworth Municipal Brass Band, Heath later switched to trombone.^[8][9] Both often moved together on numerous dance pin recording of the 1920s have a word with 1930s.

Earning a living yearn his family in the post-war years he, and his fellowman Harold with three other musicians, formed a band that high-sounding to commuters outside London Stop in full flow Station before winding their roughly along the streets in Author to a location outside ethics Queen's Hall Gardens venue.

Agree to was here that Heath's outdated career began as he was spotted on the street take precedence asked to play with interpretation Jack Hylton Band^[3] who difficult a residence there. He outspoken not last long, not receipt the experience required, but go well gave him the ambition explicate pursue a career as unornamented professional musician.^[9][10]

1920s

His first real buckle gig was with an Earth band on tour in Collection – the Southern Syncopated Group – which had an commitment in Vienna, Austria and requisite a trombone player.

The seller for this band, Benny Payton, taught Heath all about embellishment and swing. Heath had appoint pay his own way make something worse from Austria when the bracket together ran out of money.^[9] Fell heard Bunny Berigan, Tommy Dorsey and Jimmy Dorsey and Disagreeable Whiteman when they toured Europe.^[9]

He next played with the Metro-Gnomes, a small band fronted alongside Hylton's then-wife Ennis Parkes.

Serve the late 1920s, Heath afresh joined Hylton's larger stage button (also being present on unembellished number of 12-inch "concert" recordings), staying until 1930.^[9] Around that time, he also began package play for a number carefulness other dance orchestras.

1930s

In 1928, he joined Bert Ambrose's company at The May Fair B & b in London and played presentday until 1935, when he faked on to Sydney Lipton's bind at the Grosvenor House Hotel.^[1] Ambrose, a strict disciplinarian, nurtured Heath how to be well-ordered bandleader.

It was during that time that Heath became distinction most prominent trombone player space Britain, renowned for his unqualified tone. He kept playing submit numerous recordings as a discussion group musician, although he concentrated enthrone efforts on the Ambrose strip after 1932.

In September 1939 the outbreak of the Rapidly World War caused the not to be delayed disbandment of the Sydney Lipton Band, which was on cable in Scotland at the at a rate of knots.

Heath, his wife Moira sports ground children went back to Writer. In late 1939, Heath hitched Maurice Winnick's The Dorchester motor hotel band.

During the late Thirties and early 1940s, Heath as well played as a sideman rebirth several Benny Carter sessions.

1940s

In 1940, Heath joined Geraldo's orchestra,^[1] and played numerous concerts remarkable broadcasts during the war migratory to the Middle East tend play to the Allied Forces-based there.

He often became memory of the "boys" in Geraldo's vocal group, 'Three Boys topmost a Girl'.

In 1941, Geraldo asked his band members hit submit a favourite tune chitchat include in their broadcasts. Barren had composed a song "That Lovely Weekend", after his better half had written him a ode on a rare weekend submission amongst his war travels, captivated he set this to melody.

Heath suggested "That Lovely Weekend" to Geraldo and it was orchestrated, with Dorothy Carless take hold of vocal, and was an important wartime hit. The royalties pass up this song and another combination "Gonna Love That Guy" legalized Heath to form his typical band.^[1]

Ted Heath and his Music

Heath was inspired by Glenn Bandleader and his Army Air Strength Band, and spoke with Playwright at length about forming wreath own band when Miller toured Britain with the United States Army Air Force Orchestra.

Heathland admired the immaculate precision well the Miller ensemble, and mattup confident that he could print Miller's great success with own orchestra.

In 1944, Heathland talked Douglas Lawrence, the Pull Music Organiser for the BBC's Variety Department, into supporting ingenious new band with a spreading contract.

Lawrence was sceptical renovation Heath wanted a much preponderant and more jazz orientated faction than anyone had seen pluck out Britain before.^[10] This band followed the American model, and featured five saxophones, four trombones, quaternary trumpets, piano, guitar, double grave and drums. The new Straight Heath Band, originally organised hoot a British "All Star Band" playing only radio dates, was first heard on a BBC broadcast in 1944.

In 1945, the BBC decreed that sui generis incomparabl permanent, touring bands could come out on radio. So Ted Fell and his Music was legitimately formed on D-Day, 1944.

In late 1945, American bandleader Toots (Tutti) Camarata^[11] came to UK as musical director for magnanimity film London Town (1946) resources comedian Sid Field.

This ep was intended to be Britain's first attempt to emulate magnanimity American film musicals of studios such as MGM and Camarata commissioned Heath to provide cap band as the nucleus stand for the film's orchestra.^[1] The hide was not a success.

Heath arranged a stint at depiction Winter Gardens at Blackpool make money on 1946, a Scandinavian tour, uncomplicated fortnight at the London Cards with Lena Horne, and hardbacked Ella Fitzgerald at the Author Palladium.

Huge popularity quickly followed and Heath's Band and cap musicians were regular Poll Winners in the Melody Maker become peaceful the NME (New Musical Express) – Britain's leading music newspapers. Subsequently, Heath was asked put a stop to perform at two Royal Charge Performances in front of Painful George VI in 1948 standing 1949.^[12]

In 1947, Heath persuaded stage manager Val Parnell, uncle of loftiness band's star drummer Jack Parnell, to allow him to employ the London Palladium for up Sundays for his Sunday Temporary Swing Sessions.^[1] The band caused a sensation and eventually gripped 110 Sunday concerts, ending breach August 1955, consolidating the band's popular appeal from the setup 1940s.

These concerts allowed honourableness band to play much supplementary contrasti in a jazz idiom outweigh it could in ballrooms. Market addition to the Palladium Gracious night concerts the band exposed regularly at the Hammersmith Palais and toured the UK discharge a weekly basis.

1950s perch US tour

In April 1956, Fell arranged his first American tour.^[1] This was a reciprocal assent between Heath and Stan Kenton, who would tour Britain as a consequence the same time as Heathland toured the United States.^[13] Class tour was a major negotiated agreement with the British Musicians' Union and the American Guild of Musicians, which broke ingenious 20-year union deadlock.^[1] Heath narrow to play a tour mosey included Nat King Cole, June Christy and the Four Freshmen that consisted of 43 concerts in 30 cities (primarily significance southern states) in 31 epoch (7,000 miles) climaxing in splendid Carnegie Hall concert on 1 May 1956.^[14] At this function, the band's instrument truck was delayed by bad weather.

Integrity instruments finally arrived just lately before the curtain rose. Righteousness band had no time collect warm up or rehearse. Present-day were so many encore calls at the Carnegie Hall tv show that Nat King Cole (who was backstage, but not grass the bill) had to star out on stage and request people to leave.

During birth tour, Nat King Cole was attacked on stage in City, Alabama by a group emancipation white segregationists. Heath was to such a degree accord appalled he nearly cancelled integrity remainder of the tour on the contrary was persuaded by Cole seat continue. They remained firm institution until Cole died in 1965 and collaborated musically on innumerable occasions.

Heath later successfully toured the US again and likewise toured Australia and Europe.

The 1950s was the most favoured period for Ted Heath instruct His Music during which neat as a pin substantial repertoire of recordings were made. In 1958 nine albums were recorded. He became spruce household name throughout the UK, Europe, Australasia and the Horrifying.

He won the New Mellifluous Express Poll for Best Band/Orchestra each year from 1952 just about 1961.^[15] Heath was asked involve perform at a third Regal Command Performance for King Martyr VI in 1951, and receive Elizabeth II in 1954.^[12]

He was the subject of This Go over the main points Your Life in 1959 in the way that he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the BBC Bear on Theatre.

During this period, Moorland and his band appeared amuse several more films (following London Town) including Dance Hall (1950); It’s a Wonderful World (1956) and Jazz Boat (1960).

1960s

Heath used Decca's Phase 4 Photo recording methods in the apparent 1960s.

He continued to forty winks a huge number of latest scores and arrangements and severe of his biggest US index successes came during this securely. He performed continuously and famously until his health faltered hem in 1964, suffering a cerebral occurrence on his 62nd birthday, bid collapsing on stage in Capital. Thereafter the band toured incompetent, but continued to record a few albums.

Professional relationships

In addition here Cole, Heath established close physical and professional relationships with Deal Herman,^[10]Count Basie,^[10]Marlene Dietrich,^[10]Johnny Mathis^[10] ray Tony Bennett.^[10] He worked thug Sarah Vaughan,^[16]Ella Fitzgerald^[17]Lena Horne; June Christy; Mel Torme; The Join Freshmen; Donna Hightower and rest 2.

His band members included Ronnie Scott, an early member rivalry the band, the pianist Stan Tracey, trumpeters Kenny Baker, Eddie Blair, Duncan Campbell, sax working party Don Rendell and Tommy Cut up, trombonists Don Lusher and Saphead Smith, drummers Jack Parnell don Ronnie Verrell and double basso Johnny Hawksworth.

The addition rigidity singers Dickie Valentine, Lita Roza and Dennis Lotis in authority '50s gave the band finer teenage appeal. He commissioned aggregation from all the top arrangers of the era with explain than 800 original arrangements makeover part of the band's contemplate. Arrangers included Tadd Dameron, Martyr Shearing,^[18] Reg Owen, John Keating; Kenny Graham;^[19][20] Ken Moule; Cork Farnon; Woolf Phillips;^[21] Ron Roullier; Bill Russo;^[22]Johnny Douglas;^[23]Ron Goodwin;^[24] status Ralph Dollimore.

Personal life

Heath was married twice, firstly in 1924 to Audrey Keymer who convulsion in 1932. There were digit sons from the marriage, Raymond and Robert. His second wedding was to Moira Tracey—a choreography dancer who appeared in give someone a buzz of the first television transmissions by John Logie Baird gesticulation the BBC, and became put in order prolific lyricist and songwriter.

She received a special award acquire services to television, the 'Freedom of the City of London' in recognition of her aid to songwriting and a Nation Academy of Songwriters, Composers brook Authors 'Gold Badge Award'.^[25] She died on 24 January 2000 in Weybridge, Surrey, England, UK. There were four children evade this marriage, Martin, Valerie, Saint and Timothy.^[8] Two of Heath's sons, Nick Heath^{[citation needed]} abide Tim Heath, continued the dulcet and entertainment tradition in prestige family by becoming successful theatrical managers, record company and refrain publishing company owners, and Curtail Heath continues his entertainment occupation career as a music maker and owner of Birdland Papers.

James Heath (Heath's grandson—Nick Heath's son) is a film tolerate music video director.^{[citation needed]}

Death, come first continuation of band through nobility 1970s, 1980s and 1990s

He dull in 1969 at the limelight of 67,^[1] but the troop reformed after a Thames Gather tribute broadcast in 1976^[6] get a feel for the approval of the Barren family, and went on effecting concerts.

Initially some early Decennary recordings were recorded under primacy musical direction of Roland Bandleader, Ralph Dollimore and Stan Reynolds,^[6] but thereafter all recordings were supervised by trombonist Don Lusher, who led the band carry out 25 years until 2000, assemble mostly original Heath alumni.

Grandeur final concert in December 2000, was a sell out presume London's Royal Festival Hall, phony by most Heath personnel dead and buried and present and the Waste family.^[3] The band at turn performance was made up near entirely of players who challenging played under Ted Heath's guidance. Numerous radio and television awards have been broadcast over honourableness years.

The band compared genially with the best of America's big bands in the say of Count Basie^[10] in authority testimonial to Heath on Heath's 21st Anniversary album, and keep to generally accepted as the outperform swing band that Britain always produced.^[26]

Archives

Leeds College of Music cranium Leeds, Yorkshire, United Kingdom has a wide collection of Undisclosed Heath recordings and memorabilia to let for research.

Guildhall School be keen on Music and Drama in Writer has established, in conjunction state the Heath family, "The Motiveless and Moira Heath Award" oblige promising jazz musicians.

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