Artist: Ted Heath
Genre(s):
Easy Listening
Discography:
Big Band Percussion: Beatles, Bach and Bacharach
Year: 2007
Tracks: 12
Ted Heath was nonpareil and only of the most renowned big banding leaders in Great Britain of the 1950's. His bands played modernized get around out euphony that was constantly danceable simply at times had worthwhile solos played in the custom. Heath started kO'd performing tenor cornet ahead he switched to trombone when he was 14. He fatigued a period of time playing as a street musician and and then was observed by Jack Hylton wHO leased him for his dancing orchestra. Heath had long stints as a sideman with a kind of crest dance bands including Bert Firman (1924-25), Hylton once more (1925-27), Ambrose (1928-36), Sydney Lipton (1936-39) and Geraldo (1939-44). Heath began leading his possess swelled band in 1944 and, through regular appearances on the receiving set, tours and concerts, he shortly became a family list in England. The innovations of bop were largely neglected in favour of playing swing-oriented charts although some of Heath's soloists (peculiarly Ronnie Scott, Danny Moss, Don Rendell and Kenny Baker) became noteworthy as jazz players. Ted Heath, whose band was always of high musicianship and exploited "Mind To The Music" as its theme song, as well became well-known in the United States, visiting the U.S. several times starting in 1956. His orchestra recorded quite ofttimes starting in 1944 (by and large for Decca and London) including 10 albums in 1959 alone. Even subsequently Ted Heath's death in 1969, the big isthmus continued performing and recording with a live concert cut as late as 1977.
