Chilton was born in London on 16 July 1932,[1] to working-class parents (his father was a musical hall comedian) and was evacuated to Northamptonshire, where he began playing the cornet at the age of 12. He switched to trumpet at 17 and after doing national service in the RAF (1950–1952) he formed his own jazz band, playing at Butlins.[2]
He worked in Bruce Turner's Jump Band[2] from 1958 to 1963. A film of their exploits called Living Jazz (1961) was made by director Jack Gold. Chilton later appeared in Alex Welsh's Big Band.[1]
He later worked with Wally Fawkes,[1] also known as the cartoonist "Trog",[3] and in January 1974 formed John Chilton's Feetwarmers, who began accompanying British jazz singer and writer George Melly.[1][4] Together they made records and toured the world for nearly 30 years.[1]
Chilton won a Grammy Award for Best Album Notes on Bunny Berigan (1983) and was nominated in the same category in 2000 for The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions on Verve.[5] In the same year he won the British Jazz Award for Writer of the Year. He wrote Who's Who of Jazz.[1]
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john, chilton, john, james, chilton, july, 1932, february, 2016, british, jazz, trumpeter, writer, during, 1960s, also, worked, with, bands, including, swinging, blue, jeans, escorts, grammy, award, best, album, notes, 1983, birth, namejohn, james, chiltonborn. John James Chilton 16 July 1932 25 February 2016 was a British jazz trumpeter and writer During the 1960s he also worked with pop bands including The Swinging Blue Jeans and The Escorts He won a Grammy Award for Best Album Notes in 1983 John ChiltonBirth nameJohn James ChiltonBorn 1932 07 16 16 July 1932London EnglandDied25 February 2016 2016 02 25 aged 83 GenresJazzOccupation s Musician writerInstrument s TrumpetYears active1944 2016 Contents 1 Biography 2 Bibliography 3 Autobiography 4 Discography 5 ReferencesBiography EditChilton was born in London on 16 July 1932 1 to working class parents his father was a musical hall comedian and was evacuated to Northamptonshire where he began playing the cornet at the age of 12 He switched to trumpet at 17 and after doing national service in the RAF 1950 1952 he formed his own jazz band playing at Butlins 2 He worked in Bruce Turner s Jump Band 2 from 1958 to 1963 A film of their exploits called Living Jazz 1961 was made by director Jack Gold Chilton later appeared in Alex Welsh s Big Band 1 He later worked with Wally Fawkes 1 also known as the cartoonist Trog 3 and in January 1974 formed John Chilton s Feetwarmers who began accompanying British jazz singer and writer George Melly 1 4 Together they made records and toured the world for nearly 30 years 1 Chilton won a Grammy Award for Best Album Notes on Bunny Berigan 1983 and was nominated in the same category in 2000 for The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions on Verve 5 In the same year he won the British Jazz Award for Writer of the Year He wrote Who s Who of Jazz 1 Bibliography EditLouis The Louis Armstrong Story with Max Jones 1971 ISBN 0 289 70215 1 1988 ISBN 0 306 80324 0 Ride Red Ride the Life of Henry Red Allen 2000 ISBN 0 8264 4744 9 Roy Eldridge Little Jazz Giant 6 2002 ISBN 0 8264 5692 8 McKinney s Music A bio discography of McKinney s Cotton Pickers 1978 ISBN 0 9501290 1 1 A Jazz Nursery The Story of Jenkins Orphanage Band 1980 ISBN 0 9501290 2 X Teach Yourself Jazz 1979 ISBN 0 340 23847 X Stomp Off Let s Go The Story of Bob Crosby s Bob Cats 1983 ISBN 0 9501290 3 8 Who s Who of Jazz 1970 1972 1978 1985 1989 ISBN see 7 Let the Good Times Roll The Story of Louis Jordan 1997 ISBN 0 472 08478 X Billie s Blues A survey of Billie Holiday s Career 1975 ISBN 0 8128 1821 0 The Song of the Hawk The Life and Recordings of Coleman Hawkins 1990 ISBN 0 7043 2737 6 Sidney Bechet the Wizard of Jazz 1988 ISBN 0 19 520623 1 Who s Who of British Jazz 1997 ISBN 0 304 33909 1 2004 ISBN 0 8264 7234 6Autobiography EditHot Jazz Warm Feet London Northway Books 2007 2007 ISBN 978 0 9550908 3 7 Discography EditNuts 1972 Son of Nuts 1973 It s George 1974 Making Whoopee 1982 Best of Live 1995 Anything Goes 1996 Goodtime George The Ultimate Melly including guest Van Morrison 2006 References Edit a b c d e f Colin Larkin ed 1997 The Virgin Encyclopedia of Sixties Music First ed Virgin Books p 111 ISBN 0 7535 0149 X a b Parker Chris 5 July 2007 Review Hot Jazz Warm Feet Vortex Archived from the original on 28 July 2011 Retrieved 4 July 2010 Obituary George Melly BBC 5 July 2007 Retrieved 4 July 2010 Garner Fradley October 2007 All About Jazz Retrieved 4 July 2010 John Chilton grammy com Retrieved 29 August 2022 John Chilton author of Roy Eldridge Little Jazz Giant Jerry Jazz Musician Retrieved 4 July 2010 Jazz and Big Band Bibliography FolkLib Index Retrieved 18 May 2017 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Chilton amp oldid 1134299584, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
