Ken Colyer

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Born
18 April 1928
Born In
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Died
8 March 1988 (aged 59)
Ken was the pioneer of British exploration of the New Orleans jazz idiom and has a great following even though he has gone to the gloryland. Ken Colyer ( 1928 - 1988) was a British traditional jazz revivalist and skiffle scenester who specialized in the New Orleans jazz and ragtime stylings. He first interfaced with New Orleans players when a young man in the UK's Merchant Navy and fater long jaunts at sea, began looking up familiar names in a New Orleans telephone directory found in the Westminster Public Library. When Ken got to the US, he thought nothing of breaking the str… read more
Ken was the pioneer of British exploration of the New Orleans jazz idiom and has a great following even though he has gone to the gloryland. Ken Colyer ( 1928 - 1988) was a British traditional jazz revivalist and skiffle scenester who specialized in the New Orleans jazz and ragtime stylings. … read more
Ken was the pioneer of British exploration of the New Orleans jazz idiom and has a great following even though he has gone to the gloryland. Ken Colyer ( 1928 - 1988) was a British traditional jazz revivalist and skiffle scenester who specialized in the New Orleans jazz and ragtime stylings. He first interfaced with New Orleans players when a young man in the UK&… read more

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1 South! Ballin' the Jack
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2 Ken Colyer's Jazzmen and Skiffle Group The Old Rugged Cross
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3 Painting The Clouds With Sunshine Jungle Town
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4 Painting The Clouds With Sunshine Should I Reveal
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5 50 Years On - A Celebration Of The Music Of Ken Colyer Uptown Bumps
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6 Painting The Clouds With Sunshine When I Grow Too Old To Dream
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7 Up a Lazy River Up a Lazy River
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8 Song of the Islands Song of the Islands
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9 Painting The Clouds With Sunsshine Painting The Clouds With Sunsshine
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10 "When I Leave the World Behind" (feat. Sammy Rimington) Dr. Jazz (feat. Sammy Rimmington)
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Albums

  1. 2,920 listeners

    1 Jan 2005 · 22 tracks

    New Orleans To London And Back To The Delta - Classic Recordings from 1953/54
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  2. 779 listeners

    19 Jan 2004 · 22 tracks

    Vintage Ken Colyer
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  3. 232 listeners

    30 Sep 2009 · 40 tracks

    The Very Best Of
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  4. 226 listeners

    28 Dec 2016 · 22 tracks

    New Orleans to London and Back to the Delta - Classic Recordings from 1953 / 54
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