Tommy Whittle RIP

[sidewinder]

Sorry to hear of the recent passing of the fine Scottish tenor player Tommy Whittle. A real stalwart of the scene over here for many decades.

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/23/tommy-whittle

Heard to great advantage on the Tubby Hayes 'Live at the Hopbine' CD (Whittle organised the jazz performances at this Wembley venue).

Edited October 24, 2013 by sidewinder

[Big Beat Steve]

Sorry to hear that.

RIP

I always enjoyed his "Waxing with Whittle" LPs on Esquire that gathered a lot of his early 50s recordings - fine, concise, intense examples of how modern jazz was received and molded here in Europe.

[sidewinder]

Sorry to hear that.

RIP

I always enjoyed his "Waxing with Whittle" LPs on Esquire that gathered a lot of his early 50s recordings - fine, concise, intense examples of how modern jazz was received and molded here in Europe.

Yes, he was strongly featured on Esquire. Captured on this reissue - must get hold of a copy. Strange that they didn't include any of the tracks on the 'Bebop In Britain' 4CD set.

Edited October 24, 2013 by sidewinder

[JohnS]

Sorry to hear this. Sadly I have no recollection of hearing him live.

[Head Man]

Very sad news.

This is a nice set from Acrobat if you want to hear how good he was:

Plus a self-produced album from 1959, also available from Acrobat.

Edited October 25, 2013 by Head Man

[Peter Friedman]

Sad news. Tommy Whittle was a nice tenor player in the style of Lester Young and the Brothers.

R.I.P.

[Larry Kart]

I first encountered Whittle on this Johnny Keating album, way back when:

http://www.discogs.com/Johnny-Keating-And-His-All-Stars-Swinging-Scots/release/3352141

Just listened to samples from his Warm Glow and Blues in the Dark on Amazon. Very nice; he had his own thing.

Also, now that I think of it, I have a very good Whittle quartet album from 2003, "Grace Notes" (Spotlite). Mostly standards, plus two tasty originals from the '50s, Lucky Thompson's "Tom-Kattin'" and Hank Mobley's "Funk in the Deep Freeze."