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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. He is known for primarily playing tenor, soprano, and baritone saxophones, as well as piano, clarinet ...
Dick Heckstall-Smith. 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.
22 de dic. de 2004 · Obituary. Dick Heckstall-Smith. Consummate jazz-blues saxophonist player whose solos had the sound of rightness. John Fordham. Wed 22 Dec 2004 12.54 EST. The British music scene of the early...
This page includes DICK HECKSTALL-SMITH's : biography, official website, pictures, videos from YouTube, MP3 (free download, stream), related forum topics, news, tour dates and events, live eBay auctions, online shopping sites, detailled reviews and ratings (top albums) and the full discography of albums: studios, live, boxset/compilations ...
17 de dic. de 2004 · Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 1950s - 2000s. Born. September 26, 1934 in Ludlow, England. Died. December 17, 2004 in London, England. Genre. Jazz, Pop/Rock, Blues. Styles. Blues-Rock, Crossover Jazz, Neo-Bop, Post-Bop, Fusion, British Blues, Jazz Instrument, Jazz-Rock, Regional Blues, Saxophone Jazz. Also Known As.
Dick Heckstall-Smith was a staple of the British blues scene, that same staple which holds it all together. Having graduated from bebop – and carrying the love to the cutting kind of jazz through all his life – Dick was one of the first traditional jazzers who broke with tradition and opened his ears, and his heart, to the new sounds.
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.
