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Lennie Herd
For more than 40 years Lennie
Herd has been the first choice for anyone who wanted the hottest dixieland
trumpeter in the country. He was in at the start of the trad boom in
Scotland in 1959 when he was one of the founders, along with Alastair
McDonald, of the still-going and much admired band of George Penman.
He has
since featured with countless bands across the UK including the Scottish
Jazz All Stars, the New Orleans Joymakers and Alastair’s Clan MacJazz. He
chose to combine a career in financial management with his playing and this
gave rise to years of working abroad and consequent opportunities to play in
bands in France and the USA.
Lennie has played with a number of Britain’s best musicians including George
Chisholm, Alan Barnes, Terry Lightfoot, and Humphrey Lyttleton.
He was a founder board member of the Glasgow International Jazz Festival and
currently serves in a similar capacity on the board of the Scottish
National Jazz Orchestra. |
