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Brian Arthur Lovell Rust (19 March 1922 – 5 January 2011) was an English jazz discographer.
Career
Rust was born in 1922 in
Golders Green
Golders Green is an area in the London Borough of Barnet in England. A smaller suburban linear settlement, near a farm and public grazing area green of medieval origins, dates to the early 19th century. Its bulk forms a late 19th century and ea ...
, then part of the
Municipal Borough of Hendon
Hendon was an ancient civil parish of around which included Mill Hill on the border of Hertfordshire, as well as Golders Green and Childs Hill on the border of what became the County of London. In 1894 it was created an urban district of Middl ...
in
Middlesex
Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a historic county in southeast England. Its area is almost entirely within the wider urbanised area of London and mostly within the ceremonial county of Greater London, with small sections in neighbour ...
. He collected records from the age of five, but his most significant purchase was aged 14, when he acquired a copy of "Ostrich Walk" by the
Original Dixieland Jass Band
The Original Dixieland Jass Band (ODJB) was a Dixieland jazz band that made the first jazz recordings in early 1917. Their " Livery Stable Blues" became the first jazz record ever issued. The group composed and recorded many jazz standards, the ...
. After leaving school, Rust became a bank clerk. During the
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...
, he was a
conscientious objector, and worked as an auxiliary fire officer. After the war, he returned to being a bank clerk.
He worked in the
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's record library from 1945 to 1960, and supervised broadcasting selections. He contributed to ''
The Gramophone
''Gramophone'' is a magazine published monthly in London, devoted to classical music, particularly to reviews of recordings. It was founded in 1923 by the Scottish author Compton Mackenzie who continued to edit the magazine until 1961. It was ...
'' magazine from 1948 to 1970, and wrote freelance from 1960, including liner notes for record releases. During the early 1960s, he was living in
Hatch End
Hatch End is an area of North West London, situated within the London Borough of Harrow. It is located north west of Charing Cross.
Attractions
Hatch End is home to Harrow Arts Centre, a complex which centres on the 404-seat Elliott Hall and a ...
, Middlesex.
Rust hosted the ''Mardi Gras'' radio programme on
Capital Radio
Capital London is a radio station owned and operated by the Global media company as part of its national Capital FM Network. As Capital Radio it was launched in the London area in 1973 as one of Britain's first two commercial radio stations. ...
from 1973 to 1984, in which he played only 78s; his friend Chris Ellis recalled that he sounded like "a cross between an
Oxford don and an overgrown schoolboy, always bubbling with enthusiasm".
Rust's ''Jazz Records 1897–1942'', revised several times since its publication in 1961, is a standard jazz discography. He moved from London to
Swanage,
Dorset
Dorset ( ; archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset. Covering an area of , ...
, in 1970.
Rust died on 5 January 2011 in Swanage, England, aged 88.
He was survived by his wife, Mary, and their daughters, Angela and Pamela, and a son, Victor.
Discographies
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Other work
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References
Citations
Further reading
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Scott Yanow,
Brian Rust
Brian Arthur Lovell Rust (19 March 1922 – 5 January 2011) was an English jazz discographer.
Career
Rust was born in 1922 in Golders Green, then part of the Municipal Borough of Hendon in Middlesex. He collected records from the age of fiv ...
at
Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databa ...
* Robert Gannon, "Brian Rust". ''
The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition, ed.
Barry Kernfeld.
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External links
FolkLib Index - Brian Rust Bibliography
1922 births
2011 deaths
English music critics
English musicologists
English radio presenters
Writers from London
Discographers
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