12 Facts About Ronnie Scott

Ronnie Scott co-founded Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London's Soho district, in 1959.

Ronnie Scott was born in Aldgate, East London, into a Jewish family.

Ronnie Scott toured with trumpeter Johnny Claes from 1944 to 1945 and with Ted Heath in 1946.

Ronnie Scott worked with Ambrose, Cab Kaye, and Tito Burns.

Ronnie Scott was involved in the short-lived musicians' co-operative Club Eleven band and club with Johnny Dankworth.

Ronnie Scott was a member of the generation of British musicians who worked on the Cunard liner Queen Mary intermittently from 1946 to around 1950.

Ronnie Scott was among the earliest British musicians to have been influenced by Charlie Parker and other players of modern jazz.

In 1952, Ronnie Scott joined Jack Parnell's orchestra and from 1953 to 1956 led a nine-piece band and quintet which included Pete King, with whom he later opened his jazz club, Victor Feldman, Hank Shaw, and Phil Seamen.

Ronnie Scott co-led The Jazz Couriers with Tubby Hayes from 1957 to 1959 and was leader of a quartet that included Stan Tracey.

Ronnie Scott did occasional session work, which included performing the solo on "Lady Madonna", the 1968 single by the Beatles, playing on Roy Budd's score for the film Fear Is the Key, and performing the tenor sax solo on "I Missed Again", the 1981 single by Phil Collins.

Ronnie Scott regularly acted as the club's genial master of ceremonies, and was noted for his repertoire of jokes, asides and one-liners.

On 7 April 1957, The Jazz Couriers, co-led by Tubby Hayes and Ronnie Scott, debuted at the new Flamingo Club in Wardour Street, Soho.