Stanley Brian Reynolds (16 January 1926 – 14 April 2018) was an English jazz trumpeter.
Reynolds began his musical career when he toured with the Tommy Sampson Orchestra at age 14.
In 1948, he played with Ted Heath and His Music, and from the 1950s, he also worked with Vic Lewis, Dave Shepherd, Kenny Baker, Johnny Keating, Louie Bellson and Buddy Rich.
As a session musician, he was involved as a soloist on the Beatles’ White Album with a trumpet solo in “Martha My Dear”.
In 1975, under his own name the, he created his own big band album, The Greatest Swing Band in the World…is British (PYE). In the 1980s, he worked with Barbara Thompson and Chris Smith. In the field of jazz he was involved in 84 recording sessions between 1948 and 1989. He died on 14 April 2018 at age 92.(wikipedia)
And here´s his tribute album to James Last … the German master Of Easy Listening.
I’m always amazed that James Last was so popular in the UK that this album, for example, was dedicated to him.
However, if you like easy listening music from time to time … you should listen to this album … it is a very interesting album.
Personnel:
Stan Reynolds And His Orchestra
Tracklist:
01. American Patrol (Traditional) 2.56
02. Johnny Comes Marching Home (Traditional) 2.44
03. April In Portugal (Ferrac) 3.14
04. Aquarius (Rado/Ragni/MacDermot) 3.24
05. Downtown (Hatch) 2.55
06. Sugar Bush (Marais) 3.07
07. La Paloma (Traditional) 3.06
08. The Look Of Love (Bacharach/David) 3.26
09. Telstar (Meek) 2.43
10. Spinning Wheel (Clayton-Thomas) 2.53
11. La Bamba (Traditional) 2.49
12. Something (Harrison) 3.01
13. Cherry Pink (Louiguy/Larue) 2.36
14. Windy (Friedman) 3.28
15. I Talk To The Trees (Loewe/Lerner) 3.50
16. Nature Boy (Ahbez) 3.07
17. Mexican Hat Dance (Traditional) 2.41
18. That’s Life (Kay/Gordon) 3.39
19. Marie (Berlin) 2.55
20. Begin The Beguine (Porter) 2.46
taken from London Jazz News, 2018:
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