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Sammy Rimington
Samuel Rimington (born 29 April 1942, in Paddock Wood, Kent, England), is an English jazz reed player. He has been an active Dixieland, New Orleans jazz revivalist since the late 1950s. Rimington played with Barry Martyn in 1959. He became a professional musician in 1960 when he joined the band of Ken Colyer. He stayed with Colyer until 1965 and then moved to the U.S. and worked with Big Bill Bissonnette's Easy Rider Jazz Band and the December Band. He made some jazz fusion recordings early in the 1970s, but most of his work has been in the Dixieland, New Orleans jazz vein, playing with Louis Nelson (trombonist), Louis Nelson, Big Jim Robinson, Chris Barber, Kid Thomas Valentine, and Captain John Handy. He has recorded extensively as a bandleader since the early 1960s. Rimington's main influences were George Lewis on clarinet and Captain John Handy on alto sax. Since 1982, Rimington gave for many years a concert annually at Floda Church near the town Katrineholm, Sweden. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paddock Wood
Paddock Wood is a town and civil parish in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England, about southwest of Maidstone. At the 2001 Census it had a population of 8,263, falling marginally to 8,253 at the 2011 Census. Paddock Wood is a centre for Hops, hop growing. History Paddock Wood developed as a settlement during the second half of the 19th century as a result of the local hops industry. By 1900 it was a local transport hub with three railway lines at the railway station. Government Paddock Wood has three tiers of local government: town (parish), borough and county. Borough council Since 1974 Paddock Wood has formed part of the Tunbridge Wells (borough), Borough of Tunbridge Wells. The borough is governed by a 48-member council. The town elects 4 borough councillors, with 2 each for the Paddock Wood East and Paddock Wood West wards. As of July 2022, one is a member of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party, one is a member of the Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrats on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
