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Ken Colyer

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Aliases
Ken Colyer's Jazz Band
Ken Colyer's Jazzmen
Ken Colyer's Omega Brass Band
Ken Colyer's Skiffle Group
Real name
Kenneth Edward Colyer
Born
April 18, 1928
Died
March 8, 1988
Country
United Kingdom
IPI
00006578187 1 work
00086993902 1 work
Affiliation
PRS
Comments
Jazz trumpeter, cornetist, and vocalist, known as "the Guv'nor. He usually played New Orleans jazz.
Member of
Crane River Jazz Band (1949-1951)
The Christie Brothers Stompers
Related
Geoff Cole Cole played trombone in Colyer's band for ten years.
Johnny Bastable
Malc Murphy Drummer of Ken Colyer's Bands
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Covers by Ken Colyer

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i 1963 Campbell and Burr
1967 Prince's Orchestra
1959 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Mildred Bailey
i   1964 Lena Horne and Avon Long PRF, Harold Arlen - Piano Accompaniment by Arthur Schutt REC
i 1960 (unknown)
i 1984 Erika Brüning u.d. Schöneberger Sängerknaben
1975 Eva Taylor - Piano Accomp. by Clarence Williams
i 1961 Prince's Band
1963 Noeline Batley
i 1975 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
1958 Arthur Collins
i 1984 Irving Abrams & His Orchestra
i June 1957 Prince's Band
i   1970 Belle Baker PRF, Imperial Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Arthur Fields REC
i 1969 Sam Morgan's Jazz Band
i 1958 George Lewis and His New Orleans All Stars featuring Paul Barbarin
i 1958 (unknown)
1958 Frank and James McCravy, (unknown)
i 1985 Joe Rines and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Joe Rines
December 1954 Billy Murray
i September 2, 1953 (unknown)
i   1960 Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC, Fred Astaire BRD
i 1984 Grace Kerns and J. B. Wells
i June 1957 Scott Joplin
i 1955 (unknown)
i 1956 Charlie McCoy and Bo Chatman
1978 Charlie McCoy and Bo Chatman
1985 Charlie McCoy and Bo Chatman
i June 1957 Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band
1975 Will Oakland
April 19, 1955 (unknown), (unknown)
i 1963 Selvin's Novelty Orchestra
i   1979 Chick Bullock and His Levee Loungers REL, Ted Fio Rito and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Muzzy Marcellino REC, Mildred Bailey PRF
i 1965 Six Brown Brothers
  1959 The Revelers [US1] REC,REL, Eddie Cantor PRF
i 1984 Lyric Quartet
i 1985 Lyric Quartet
June 1956 Chuck Berry and His Combo
1955 Fisk University Jubilee Singers
i 1964 Six Brown Brothers
i 1969 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1960 (unknown)
i 1965 Friar's Society Orchestra
December 1957 (unknown)
i 1984 Mark Fisher [US]
i December 1954 Bessie Smith and Clara Smith - Fletcher Henderson at the Piano
i 1958 Scott Joplin
i   1955 The Leighton Brothers REC, Paul Biese Trio REL
i 1958 New Orleans Wanderers
i 1995 Lill's Hot Shots
i 1961 Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band
i 1958 (unknown)
i 1964 J. C. Higginbotham & His Six Hicks
i 1970 Willie Bryant and His Orchestra
Go Down Old Hannah Ken Colyer's Skiffle Group 1955 Unverified
i 1961 Roy Hogsed, Teresa Brewer with Orchestra directed by Ray Bloch
i 1955 Clarence Williams [US1]
i September 2, 1953 (unknown)
i 1960 Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
i 1958 Scott Joplin
i April 19, 1955 (unknown)
i 1969 "Standard Band"
i 1960 James Scott
i 1967 Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra
i June 1957 John Yorke Atlee, Erika Brüning u.d. Schöneberger Sängerknaben
i 1963 Bert Stock and His Orchestra
i 1975 (unknown)
i 1955 Ida Cox, Leroy Carr
i 1975 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra featuring Jerry Cooper
i November 1955 (unknown)
i 1985 (unknown)
i 1968 Emile Berliner
i 1965 George J. Gaskin, Knickerbocker Male Quartette
i September 2, 1953 Lew Stone and His Band - Vocal Chorus by Nat Gonella
i 1956 Billy Murray
i 1985 Billy Murray
i 1975 Claire Carleton
i   1975 Phyllis Cleveland and Skeets Gallagher PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
1978 Arthur Fields
i 1958 (unknown), Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
1974 (unknown)
i 1958 (unknown)
1978 (unknown)
December 1954 Memphis Jug Band
i 1964 Ferd (Jelly Roll) Morton
i 1958 (unknown)
i   1967 Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC, Walter Catlett PRF
1974 (unknown)
i 1965 Paul Barbarin and His New Orleans Jazz Band
i 1985 Paul Barbarin and His New Orleans Jazz Band
i   1985 Sammy Fain REC, Nick Lucas and Ruby Keeler BRD
i December 1954 (unknown)
i 1961 King Oliver's Jazz Band
i 1985 King Oliver's Jazz Band
i 1995 Scott Joplin
i 1963 Louis Armstrong & His Savoy Ballroom Five
1956 (unknown), Metropolitan Band
i 1965 Johnny Dodds' Black Bottom Stompers
1964 (unknown)
December 1954 Rev. C.D. Montgomery, Dave Cutrell with McGinty's Oklahoma Cow Boy Band
i 1970 New Orleans Rhythm Kings
i December 1954 (unknown)
June 1956 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
i 1956 Tom Gates & His Orchestra
i 1968 (unknown)
i 1955 Sara Martin – Piano Accomp. by Clarence Williams
1958 Tuskegee Institute Singers
i 1959 Billy Murray and American Quartet with Orchestra
1975 Billy Murray and American Quartet with Orchestra
i 1965 Scott Joplin
  1969 Lena Horne with Orchestra conducted by Horace Henderson REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD
i 1975 Annette Hanshaw
i 1995 Ory's Sunshine Orchestra
i 1965 Smith Ballew & His Orchestra
i 1958 (unknown)
i 1959 Judy Garland
i 1958 Friar's Society Orchestra
i 1960 New Orleans Wanderers
1974 (unknown), Wiseman Sextet, Heavenly Gospel Singers
i 1959 Emerson Military Band
i 1956 (unknown), (unknown)
i 1960 King Oliver's Jazz Band
i 1969 Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds
i 1978 Joe Samuels' Jazz Band
i December 1954 Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
i 1961 Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
1961 Ma Rainey - Acc. by Her Georgia Jazz Band
1975 Ma Rainey - Acc. by Her Georgia Jazz Band
i 1958 (unknown)
1961 Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Doris Day
i December 1954 Emerson Dance Orchestra
i   November 1955 California Ramblers REC, Aida Overton Walker PRF
i 1984 Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
i 1970 Sam Morgan's Jazz Band
i 1975 Ladd's Black Aces (Original Memphis Five)
i June 1957 King Oliver and His Dixie Syncopators
i 1960 Ted Weems and His Orchestra
1964 Alberta Hunter and Ray's Dreamland Orchestra
i 1961 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
August 1956 Waring's Pennsylvanians
i 1969 Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals
i 1961 Prince's Band
i November 1955 George Lewis Quartet
Streamline Train Ken Colyer's Skiffle Group 1955 Unverified
i 1967 Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
i 1959 Len Spencer
i 1961 The Radiolites [Ben Selvin]
i 1985 Jelly Roll Morton Seven
i 1961 Charley Straight and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Sylvano
i 1964 Scott Joplin
1955 Lead Belly
i 1955 Prince's Band
1959 Will Oakland
i 1964 Scott Joplin
i   1965 Teddy Lynch with Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REC, Mitzi Green PRF
i June 1957 Mrs. William Asher - Homer Rodeheaver
i 1984 Rita Montaner
i 1965 Oriole Orchestra
April 19, 1955 Joseph Knecht's Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra
1956 Edward Allen
i June 1957 (unknown)
i 1958 Original Dixieland Jass Band
i 1984 (unknown)
i 1961 Eddie Nelson
i June 1954 Charley Straight's Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Frank Sylvano
1975 Charley Straight's Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Frank Sylvano
i 1955 Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra
i 1959 Arthur Collins
i 1956 Isham Jones Orchestra
June 1957 (unknown)
i   1961 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The King's Men REC, Ramon Novarro & Evelyn Laye BRD
i 1961 Sam Ash
1961 Leroy Carr
i 1956 Clarence Williams' Blue Five
i 1995 Jelly-Roll Morton's New Orleans Jazzmen
i 1955 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash
i 1964 New Orleans Rhythm Kings
i 1960 King Oliver and His Creole Jazz Band
1978 Mills Brothers
i 1963 Mills Brothers

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
Back to the Delta Ken Colyer's Jazzmen - Ken Colyer's Skiffle Group December 1954 Decca
Club Session with Colyer Ken Colyer's Jazzmen June 1957 Decca
Colyer Plays Standards Ken Colyer's Jazzmen 1959 Decca
Colyer's Pleasure Ken Colyer's Jazz Band 1963 Society
Darkness on the Delta Ken Colyer 1979 Black Lion
Festival Golden River City Jazz Band & Ken Colyer 1978 (self-released)
I Can't Escape from You The Climax Jazz Band featuring Ken Colyer 1975 Tormax
It Looks Like a Big Time Tonight Acker Bilk with Ken Colyer's Jazzmen 1985 Stomp Off Records
I Want to Be Happy Ken Colyer's All Star Jazzmen 1975 Happy Bird
Ken Colyer at the Thames Hotel Ken Colyer's Jazzmen 1970 Joy Records [GB]
Ken Colyer in Hamburg 1966 Ken Colyer 1967 International Polydor Production
Ken Colyer in New Orleans Ken Colyer 1955 Vogue
Ken in Hamburg Ken Colyer's Jazzmen - Ken Colyer's Skiffle Group 1958 Decca
Live at the 100 Club Ken Colyer's Jazzmen 1984 GHB
Live at The Dancing Slipper, 1969 Ken Colyer's Jazzmen 1984 VJM
Marching to New Orleans Ken Colyer's Omega Brass Band 1958 Decca
New Orleans to London Ken Colyer's Jazzmen September 2, 1953 Decca
One for My Baby Ken Colyer Jazzmen 1969 Joy Records [GB]
Ory's Creole Trombone Ken Colyer Jazzmen 1995 Pastels
Out of Nowhere Ken Colyer's Jazzmen 1965 (self-released)
Spirituals Vol. 2 Ken Colyer's Jazzmen 1974 Joy Records [GB]
The Real Ken Colyer Ken Colyer's Jazzmen featuring Pat Hawes 1964 77 Records
This Is Jazz Ken Colyer's Jazzmen 1960 Columbia [EMI]
This Is Jazz—Vol. II Ken Colyer's Jazzmen 1961 Columbia [EMI]
This is the Blues - Volume 1 Ken Colyer's Jazzmen 1961 Columbia [EMI]

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