Ian Hamer, born Liverpool 11 September 1932 - died Brighton, 3 September 2006, was a leading British jazz trumpeter. The son of a successful Merseyside dance band leader, together with his two brothers, also professional musicians, he played in the band run by his mother until moving to London in 1953 to work for clarinettist Carl Barriteau and a brief period with the Oscar Rabin Band.

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  • Ian Hamer, born Liverpool 11 September 1932 - died Brighton, 3 September 2006, was a leading British jazz trumpeter. The son of a successful Merseyside dance band leader, together with his two brothers, also professional musicians, he played in the band run by his mother until moving to London in 1953 to work for clarinettist Carl Barriteau and a brief period with the Oscar Rabin Band. In 1955 he joined the octet put together briefly by Tubby Hayes, a band which recorded at the Festival Hall in 1956. In 1958 he played in the Vic Ash Quintet. In 1963, together with Harry South, he led a band called The Six Sounds, featuring Ken Wray and Dick Morrissey, and which by 1966 had developed into his own band, the Ian Hamer Sextet. The Sextet featured variously South, Dick Morrissey, Keith Christie, Kenny Napper, Bill Eyden, Tubby Hayes, Alan Skidmore, Spike Wells, Daryl Runswick, Alan Branscombe and Ron Mathewson. Hamer also played in big bands led by Tubby Hayes, Ted Heath, Mike Gibbs, Jack Parnell and Harry South. He also played with Kenny Wheeler, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, as well as smaller bands with Stan Tracey, Benny Golson, Lalo Schifrin, Gary McFarland, Woody Herman's Anglo-American Herd, Barbara Thompson, the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis band, Eric Delaney, John Dankworth and Joe Harriott. As a session musician, he played on recordings by The Beatles and Bing Crosby, Tom Jones, Dusty Springfield, Shirley Bassey, Barbra Streisand, James Last and Matt Munro. He was a member of the Top of the Pops studio band for nearly 20 years, and played regularly in German trombonist Peter Herbolzheimer's radio bands.
  • Ian Hamer war ein britischer Jazz-Trompeter. Ian Hamer war Sohn eines Tanzband-Leiters; zusammen mit seinen Brüdern Stuart und George hatte er seine erste Auftritte in der Band seiner Mutter und kam mit ihr 1953 nach London, wo er dann bei dem Klarinettisten Carl Barriteau arbeitete, dann in der Oscar Rabin Band und der Bigband von Vic Lewis. 1955 und 1956 gehörte er dem Oktett von Tubby Hayes an; mit dieser Formation entstanden erste Aufnahmen 1956 in der Festival Hall. 1958 spielte er im Vic Ash Quintett. 1963 leitete er zusammen mit Harry South eine Formation namens The Six Sounds, in der außerdem Ken Wray und Dick Morrissey spielten; 1966 wurde daraus sein eigenes Ian Hamer Sextet. In dem Sextett spielten u. a. South, Dick Morrissey, Keith Christie, Kenny Napper, Bill Eyden, Tubby Hayes, Alan Skidmore, Spike Wells, Daryl Runswick, Alan Branscombe und Ron Mathewson. Ende der 1980er Jahre gründete er das Sussex Youth Jazz Orchestra. Hamer spielte außerdem in den Bands von Tubby Hayes, Ted Heath, Michael Gibbs, Jack Parnell und Harry South sowie mit Kenny Wheeler, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Tracey, Benny Golson, Lalo Schifrin, Gary McFarland, Woody Herman's Anglo-American Herd, Barbara Thompson, der Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Big Band, John Dankworth und Joe Harriott. 1990 wirkte er an Kenny Wheelers ECM-Produktion Music For Large & Small Ensembles mit; 1994 spielte er im Dedication Orchestra. Als Sessionmusiker ist er auf Plattenaufnahmen der Beatles und Bing Crosby, Tom Jones, Dusty Springfield, Shirley Bassey, Barbra Streisand und James Last zu hören. Er war fast 20 Jahre Mitglied der Top of the Pops Studioband und spielte regelmäßig in Peter Herbolzheimers Bigband.
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  • Ian Hamer, born Liverpool 11 September 1932 - died Brighton, 3 September 2006, was a leading British jazz trumpeter. The son of a successful Merseyside dance band leader, together with his two brothers, also professional musicians, he played in the band run by his mother until moving to London in 1953 to work for clarinettist Carl Barriteau and a brief period with the Oscar Rabin Band.
  • Ian Hamer war ein britischer Jazz-Trompeter. Ian Hamer war Sohn eines Tanzband-Leiters; zusammen mit seinen Brüdern Stuart und George hatte er seine erste Auftritte in der Band seiner Mutter und kam mit ihr 1953 nach London, wo er dann bei dem Klarinettisten Carl Barriteau arbeitete, dann in der Oscar Rabin Band und der Bigband von Vic Lewis. 1955 und 1956 gehörte er dem Oktett von Tubby Hayes an; mit dieser Formation entstanden erste Aufnahmen 1956 in der Festival Hall.
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