John Chilton

Although John Chilton worked like a trumpeter with Dixieland, swing, and mainstream groups, it had been as an author that he was most crucial. Chilton’s Who’s Who of Jazz consists of many previously unfamiliar information regarding jazz musicians created before 1920. His a great many other functions include among the great jazz biographies (Sidney Bechet: The Wizard of Jazz) and books on Louis Armstrong (Salute to Satchmo), Billie Vacation (Billie’s Blues), Bob Crosby’s Bob Pet cats (Stomp Off, Let’s Proceed) and Coleman Hawkins. Chilton passed away in London on Feb 25, 2016 at age 83.