Derek Humble (March 1930 – 22 February 1971) was an English jazz alto saxophonist.[1]
Humble was born in Livingston, County Durham, England, and played professionally from his teenage years.[1] He was working with Kathy Stobart by 1950 and played with Vic Lewis in 1951 and Jack Parnell in 1952.[1] He worked with Ronnie Scott from 1953 until 1956, and recorded with Tony Crombie, Victor Feldman, Arnold Ross, Kenny Graham, and Jimmy Deuchar in the 1950s.[1] He played with Oscar Rabin in 1956, then returned to duty under Scott for a tour of the United States.
Humble played with Kurt Edelhagen in Cologne from 1957 to 1967,[1] in addition to recording with Heinz Kretschmar and Dusko Goykovich. He played with Kenny Clarke and Francy Boland in 1961, and soon after became the lead altoist with the Clarke-Boland Big Band.[1] He toured with the group until 1968, when he was seriously injured in a mugging in Cologne; Phil Woods temporarily took over lead alto in Clarke-Boland while he recovered. He played with Gordon Beck in 1969, then returned to Clarke-Boland in 1970, though he was unable to make a full recovery. He played briefly with Phil Seamen in London, shortly before his death in early 1971.[1]
Discography
As sideman
With Kurt Edelhagen
- Kurt Edelhagen Presents (Polydor, 1957)
- A Toast to the Bands (Polydor, 1959)
- Kurt Edelhagen & Wolfgang Sauer (Amiga, 1965)
- Kurt Edelhagen (Amiga, 1965)
With the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band
- The Golden 8 (Blue Note, 1961)
- Jazz Is Universal (Atlantic, 1962)
- Handle with Care (Atlantic, 1963)
- Now Hear Our Meanin' (Columbia, 1966)
- Swing, Waltz, Swing (Philips, 1966)
- Sax No End (SABA, 1967)
- Out of the Folk Bag (Columbia, 1967)
- 17 Men and Their Music (Campi, 1967)
- All Smiles (MPS, 1968)
- Latin Kaleidoscope (MPS, 1968)
- Fellini 712 (MPS, 1969)
- All Blues (MPS, 1969)
- More Smiles (MPS, 1969)
- Faces (MPS, 1971)
- Off Limits (Polydor, 1971)
- The Second Greatest Jazz Big Band in the World (Black Lion, 1972)
- Open Door (Muse, 1975)
- November Girl with Carmen McRae (Black Lion, 1976)
- Clarke Boland Big Band en Concert avec Europe 1 (Tréma, 1992)
With others
- Jimmy Deuchar, Pub Crawling (Contemporary, 1957)
- Jimmy Deuchar, Pal Jimmy (Tempo, 1958)
- Victor Feldman, In London Vol. 2 Big Band (Tempo, 1957)
- Victor Feldman, Suite Sixteen (Contemporary, 1958)
- Mark Murphy, Midnight Mood (SABA, 1968)
- Bill Ramsey, Paul Kuhn, Ballads & Blues (Columbia, 1965)
- Ronnie Scott, Presenting the Ronnie Scott Sextet (Philips, 1957)
References
- Footnotes
- ^ a b c d e f g Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 217/8. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
- General references
- Barry Kernfeld, "Derek Humble". Grove Jazz online.
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