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Richard Malden "Dick" Heckstall-Smith (26 September 1934 – 17 December 2004) was an English jazz and blues saxophonist. He played with some of the most influential English blues rock and jazz fusion bands of the 1960s and 1970s.
Richard Malden Heckstall-Smith. Profile: Born: September 26, 1934, in Ludlow, Shropshire, England. Died: December 17, 2004 in Hampstead, London, England. English saxophonist and composer who played a major role in bringing British Blues and Jazz to the forefront of the world music scene.
Dick Heckstall-Smith was born in Ludlow( September 26 1934), raised in Knighton, Radnorshire, and played piano, clarinet and alto saxophone in childhood. Aged 15, he had taken up the soprano sax at Foxhole, captivated by the sound of Sidney Bechet.
17 de dic. de 2004 · Dick Heckstall-Smith. A brilliantly versatile saxophonist, whose styles ranged from post-bop jazz to robust, contemporary blues. Read Full Biography.
After COLOSSEUM disbanded Dick created this his first solo album with the help of many of his old band-mates. Included in this was Graham Bond who Dick played with before COLOSSEUM in a band called the GRAHAM BOND ORGANIZATION.
Dick Heckstall-Smith is probably still most frequently celebrated as a pioneering commuter between jazz and blues, cutting his teeth as he did in such bands as the Graham Bond Organisation and Colosseum, but this album triumphantly reveals his other side: the skilful, eclectic composer.
21 de dic. de 2004 · Heckstall-Smith joined the organist Graham Bond, drummer Ginger Baker and bassist Jack Bruce in a quartet billed as the Graham Bond Organisation.
