Dennis George Rollins was born in Birmingham, England, of Jamaican parents, and raised in Bentley, Doncaster, where he attended Don Valley High School. When he was 14 years old, he joined The Doncaster Youth Jazz Association, with which he studied and performed for some years[1] before moving to London in 1987.
Rollins has recorded, performed, and toured with a host of musicians and bands in jazz and pop, including Courtney Pine,[2] and Maceo Parker,.[3]
In 2000 he again formed a band, the quintet Dennis Rollins' BadBone and Co., launched at the Barbican Centre in March of that year, again specialising in funk-inflected jazz.
Rollins with trombone, 2008
In 2005 he formed Boneyard, an ensemble featuring 10 trombones, sousaphone (or "sousabone"), and drums; this band performed a series of live gigs throughout the U.K. that summer as well as a performance on BBC Radio 3. Boneyard featured the British jazz trombonists Barnaby Dickinson, Matt Colman, Julian Hepple, Andy Derrick, Kevin Holborough, Harry Brown, and Lee Hallam, with Andy Grappy on sousaphone.[4]
Current band members of Badbone&co are: Jay Phelps on trumpet, Johnny Heyes on guitars, Courtney Thomas on bass, Ross Stanley on keys and Jack Pollit on drums.
Rollins is an artist/clinician for Michael Rath Trombones.[5] His personal instrument is a yellow brass/nickel silver .
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April 28, 2023
dennis, rollins, born, 1964, english, jazz, trombonist, founder, bandleader, badbone, mberollins, concert, april, 2008background, informationbirth, namedennis, george, rollinsborn1964, origindoncaster, englandgenresjazz, jazz, funkoccupation, musician, bandlea. Dennis Rollins MBE born 1964 is an English jazz trombonist the founder and bandleader of BadBone and Co Dennis RollinsMBERollins in concert 17 April 2008Background informationBirth nameDennis George RollinsBorn1964 age 58 59 OriginDoncaster EnglandGenresJazz pop jazz funkOccupation s Musician bandleader record producerInstrument s TromboneYears activec 1984 presentLabelsMotema MusicWebsitehttp www dennisrollins com Dennis Rollins com Contents 1 Early life and career 2 Recordings as leader 3 References 4 Literature 5 External linksEarly life and career EditDennis George Rollins was born in Birmingham England of Jamaican parents and raised in Bentley Doncaster where he attended Don Valley High School When he was 14 years old he joined The Doncaster Youth Jazz Association with which he studied and performed for some years 1 before moving to London in 1987 Rollins has recorded performed and toured with a host of musicians and bands in jazz and pop including Courtney Pine 2 and Maceo Parker 3 In 1995 he formed his own jazz funk band Dee Roe with which he performed at such venues as the Jazz Cafe Ronnie Scott s Jazz Club the London Forum and Brixton Academy In 2000 he again formed a band the quintet Dennis Rollins BadBone and Co launched at the Barbican Centre in March of that year again specialising in funk inflected jazz Rollins with trombone 2008 In 2005 he formed Boneyard an ensemble featuring 10 trombones sousaphone or sousabone and drums this band performed a series of live gigs throughout the U K that summer as well as a performance on BBC Radio 3 Boneyard featured the British jazz trombonists Barnaby Dickinson Matt Colman Julian Hepple Andy Derrick Kevin Holborough Harry Brown and Lee Hallam with Andy Grappy on sousaphone 4 Current band members of Badbone amp co are Jay Phelps on trumpet Johnny Heyes on guitars Courtney Thomas on bass Ross Stanley on keys and Jack Pollit on drums Rollins is an artist clinician for Michael Rath Trombones 5 His personal instrument is a yellow brass nickel silver Rath R3 In the 2018 Queen s Birthday Honours list Rollins was awarded an MBE for services to music 6 Recordings as leader Edit2000 Wild amp Free E P 2001 BadBone 2003 Make Your Move 2006 Big Night OutReferences Edit Bowers Jack 1 December 1999 Have You Heard The Doncaster Jazz Orchestra and Friends DYJA All About Jazz Retrieved 22 April 2010 Astarita Glenn BadBone Review Allmusic Retrieved 22 April 2010 Maceo Parker with his band featuring Ben Rollins Cheltenham Jazz Festival Jazzwise Archived from the original on 13 July 2011 Retrieved 22 April 2010 Derrick Andy Boneyard Retrieved 6 June 2013 Dennis Rollins rathtrombones com Michael Rath Trombones Archived from the original on 27 June 2013 Retrieved 30 January 2015 Jazz musicians recognised in Queen s Birthday Honours Jazz FM 10 June 2018 Literature EditJohn Chilton Who s Who of British Jazz Continuum International Publishing Group 2004 ISBN 0 8264 7234 6External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dennis Rollins Dennis Rollins Official website Myspace page Kevin LeGendre Funk Is the Preacher Jazz Is the Teacher Jazzwise 97 May 2006 pp 24 28 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dennis Rollins amp oldid 1116197744, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
