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| Roy Sidwell and Keith Barr discographies... |
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| Roy Sidwell and Keith Barr both played, mainly tenor sax, on the British jazz scene in the mid 1950s. They both worked, albeit at different times, with the Kirchin Band and together they featured in Ken Moule's popular small group in 1954/5... | |
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Roy Sidwell played tenor and baritone saxes and clarinet. He was born in Nelson, Lancashire in 1927. After dance band work in the north of England he came to London and between 1952 and 1954 worked with Basil Kirchin and Vic Lewis and played gigs in France, Belgium and Germany. In the mid 1950s he worked with Ken Moule, Carl Barriteau and Buddy Featherstonhaugh before returning to dance band work with Oscar Rabin. Then played mainly in West End shows until the early 1990s. Continued to play freelance dates as well as teaching. |
Sax player Keith Barr was born in London in 1927 and specialized on tenor from the age of fourteen. He served in the Army from 1945 to 1947 and worked with Cab Kaye in 1948, Ralph Sharon in 1951 then Ambrose in 1953 before joining Ken Moule and the Ivor and Basil Kirchin Band in 1955 and '56. After working with John Dankworth and Jack Parnell he moved to Australia in 1960 eventually settling in Sydney. He died in Australia in 1971 when he went into a diabetic coma and fell from an apartment window. |
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Ken Moule Seven - September 20th, 1954 (Esquire) Dave Usden (tp), Keith Barr, Roy Sidwell (ts), Don Cooper (bs), Ken Moule (p), Arthur Watts (b), Lennie Breslaw (d), Cab Kaye (voc)*. Jelly Jelly Blues*/When I Hear That Conga Drum*/Bensonality/Hallelujah. Ken Moule Six - October 30th, 1954 (Decca LK4087) Dave Usden (tp), Keith Barr, Roy Sidwell (ts), Ken Moule (p), Arthur Watts (b), Lennie Breslaw (d). Waterloo Bridge/Hallelujah/I'm Beginning To See The Light. (*Jasmine CD - Modern Jazz At The Royal Festival Hall - 1954) Ken Moule Seven - February 22nd, 1955 (Decca EP6261* others Decca 78) Dave Usden (tp), Keith Barr, Roy Sidwell (ts), Don Cooper (bs), Ken Moule (p), Arthur Watts (b), Lennie Breslaw (d). Times A-wastin*/Get Happy*/Main Stem/High Lift/Get Happy (unissued). Ken Moule Seven - February 28th, 1955 (Decca EP6261) Dave Usden (tp), Keith Barr, Roy Sidwell (ts), Don Cooper (bs), Ken Moule (p), Arthur Watts (b), Lennie Breslaw (d). Sauce Accra (unissued)/Mood Indigo/Chelsea Bridge. The Ivor and Basil Kirchin Band - December 22nd, 1955 (Parlophone R4140 (Rock A Beatin' Boogie) GEP8569 (both titles)) Trevor Lanigan, Frank Donlan, Norman Baron, George Bradley (tp), Brian Hayden (as), Keith Barr, Harry Perry (ts), George Robinson (bs), Johnny Patrick (p), Ashley Kozak (b), Basil Kirchin (d), Johnny Grant, Clyde Ray (vcl), Ivor Kirchin (dir). Rock A Beatin' Boogie*/Down Under*. (*Vocalion CD - The Kirchin Band - Gotta Be This Or That) Buddy Featherstonhaugh New Quintet - January 5th, 1956 (Nixa NJE1016) Leon Calvert (tp), Buddy Featherstonhaugh (cl,bs), Roy Sidwell (ts), Bill Stark (b), Paul Brodie (d). Buddy's Bounce*/Yesterdays*/Constellation*/Have You Met Miss Jones*. (*Vocalion CD - Jazz Today - Buddy Featherstonhaugh, Harry Klein and others) One of the titles on the recording below - "Lover man" is a feature for Keith Barr on tenor sax. It was not released until the Vocalion CD in 2004, about thirty years after Barr's death... The Ivor and Basil Kirchin Band - May 3rd, 1956 (Parlophone R4192) Personnel as December 22nd, 1955 except add Tony Crombie (d). Sing, Sing, Sing* (2 takes)/Big City Blues* (3 takes)/Lover Man*/Big Deal* (2 takes)/Pour Quoi*/Taboo* (2 takes). (*Vocalion CD - The Kirchin Band - Gotta Be This Or That) Roy Sidwell Quartet - May 23rd, 1956 (Tenorama - NJL4) Roy Sidwell (ts), Derek Smith (p), Sammy Stokes (b), Phil Seamen (d). What A Difference A Day Made*/Roy Leaps Out*. (*Vocalion CD - Don Rendell presents the Jazz Six / Tenorama Highlights) |
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