Rod Mason

A fantastic trad jazz trumpeter influenced by Louis Armstrong but developing a audio of his very own, Rod Mason has recorded a number of worth it albums although small of his function is easily available in america. Mason, that has performed dixieland-oriented music throughout his profession, is the kid of Frank “Pop” Mason who performed drums using the Savannah Orchestra in Britain during 1928-31. Mason provides performed using the who’s who of United kingdom trad including Cy Laurie (1959), Monty Sunlight (1962-66), Acker Bilk (1970-71), the Dutch Golf swing College Music group (middle-1980’s) and Chris Barber (who made an appearance being a guest using one of Mason’s information) but he’s most notable being a bandleader. Phil Mason, that has going a sextet known as his Scorching Five plus a brand-new Savannah Orchestra, spent some time working extensively in Holland and Germany furthermore to Britain and recorded being a leader (beginning in 1974) for WAM, Dark Lion, Jeton and Timeless.