Derek Wadsworth was an English jazz musician, composer, and arranger.
13 Facts About Derek Wadsworth
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Derek Wadsworth began playing the cornet as his first instrument and started playing the trombone at the age of eleven.
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Derek Wadsworth played in bands in Huddersfield in the late 1950s.
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Derek Wadsworth was based in London from the early 1960s and played in several bands.
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Derek Wadsworth was musical director for singer Dusty Springfield in the mid-1960s, and for a Diana Ross world tour, and held the same position in the musical Hair for five years from 1968.
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Derek Wadsworth first arranged music in 1970, for Spring and Port Wine.
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Derek Wadsworth toured the United States with Maynard Ferguson in 1972, as well as recording with the bandleader.
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Derek Wadsworth had lengthy periods in the 1970s with Graham Collier and John Dankworth.
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Derek Wadsworth founded the Musicians Union's Rock Workshop and lectured there in the latter part of the decade.
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Derek Wadsworth was busy as a session musician, including for recordings by Tony Bennett, George Harrison, Tom Jones and Dionne Warwick.
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Derek Wadsworth was involved in the 1983 film Britannia Hospital.
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Derek Wadsworth was able to continue playing jazz into the 1990s, in bands led by Harry Gold, Brian Priestley and Bob Wilber.
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Derek Wadsworth wrote around two hundred pieces of music for television advertisements.