Henry Lowther (musician) explained

Henry Lowther
Birth Name:Thomas Henry Lowther
Birth Date:1941 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Genre:Jazz
Occupation:Musician
Years Active:1950s–present

Thomas Henry Lowther (born 11 July 1941)[1] is an English jazz trumpeter who also plays violin.

Biography

Lowther was born in Leicester, England,[1] and his first musical experience was on cornet in a Salvation Army band. He studied violin briefly at the Royal Academy of Music[2] but returned to trumpet by 1960, though he sometimes played violin professionally. In the 1960s, he worked with Mike Westbrook (beginning in 1963 and continuing into the 1980s), Manfred Mann, John Dankworth (1967–77), Graham Collier (1967), John Mayall (1968), John Warren (1968 and subsequently), Neil Ardley (1968), and Bob Downes (1969). Many of these associations continued into the 1970s.

Lowther appeared for some time with the Keef Hartley Band,[1] playing with him at Woodstock, the music festival held in New York in August 1969. In the 1970s he worked with Mike Gibbs (1970–76), Kenny Wheeler (from 1972), Alan Cohen (1972), Michael Garrick (1972–73), Kurt Edelhagen (1974), John Taylor (1974), Stan Tracey (1976 onwards), Tony Coe (1976), Graham Collier (1976–78), Jubiaba with Barbara Thompson (1978) and Gordon Beck (1978), in addition to his own ensemble, Quaternity.[1] Lowther played the trumpet solo for Elton John on "Return to Paradise" for John's 1978 album, A Single Man.[3]

He worked with Buzzcocks in 1980, Talk Talk from 1983 to 1991, with Peter King from 1983, and with Gil Evans in 1984. He was featured in a profile on composer Graham Collier in the 1985 Channel 4 documentary Hoarded Dreams.[4] In 1986 he worked with Humphrey Lyttelton in his reconstruction of the John Robichaux Orchestra for a documentary film on Buddy Bolden. He played with Charlie Watts's band in 1986–87, then led his own band, Still Waters, in 1987. From the late 1980s he did much work in big bands, such as the Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra (1989–93), the London Jazz Composers Orchestra (1989–96), Kenny Wheeler's group (1990), The Dedication Orchestra (1994), the London Jazz Orchestra (1994), George Russell's Living Time Orchestra, the Creative Jazz Orchestra (1996) and Jazzmoss.[5]

Discography

As leader

With Neil Ardley

With Jack Bruce

With Graham Collier

With John Dankworth

With David Essex

With Michael Gibbs

With Barry Guy and the London Jazz Composers Orchestra

With Keef Hartley

With John Mayall

With Talk Talk

With Colin Towns

With Stan Tracey

With Mike Westbrook

With Kenny Wheeler

With others

References

Footnotes
General references

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz. Colin Larkin. Guinness Publishing. 1992. First. 0-85112-580-8. 262.
  2. Web site: Henry Lowther . . 4 April 2020.
  3. Web site: A Single Man - Elton John | Credits . AllMusic. 29 July 2021.
  4. https://www.bright-thoughts.co.uk/hoarded-dreams.html Hoarded Dreams
  5. News: What's On: Music, Film, & Things to Do in Birmingham . . 2014-06-28 . 13 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120313143000/http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/jazz/2008/09/22/get-ready-for-ms-colman-s-stunning-new-album-65233-21872902/ . dead .

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