Alan Elsdon
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Alan Elsdon
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| birth_name = Alan Elsdon
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1934|10|15}}
| birth_place = London, UK
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2016|5|2|1934|10|15}}
| genre = Jazz
Dixieland Jazz
| occupation = Musician
Bandleader
| instruments = Trumpet
Flugelhorn
}}
Alan Elsdon (15 October 1934 – 2 May 2016) was an English jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist.
Biography
Elsdon was born in London on 15 October 1934. He studied trumpet under Tommy McQuater.{{Citation |last1=Fairweather |first1=Digby |last2=Adams |first2=Simon |last3=Kernfeld |first3=Barry |date=2003 |title=Elsdon, Alan (R.) |chapter=Elsdon, Alan |publisher=Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J138300 |isbn=978-1-56159-263-0 }} His early professional work included time with Cy Laurie (1954–56), Graham Stewart and his 'Graham Stewart Seven' (1957–58), a Royal Air Force band, and Terry Lightfoot (1959–61); with Lightfoot he played alongside Kid Ory and Red Allen. Elsdon led his own band from 1961 (he made an appearance on 1 June 1962 in a TV series called All That Jazz) into the 1990s, and during the 1960s also played with Edmond Hall, Albert Nicholas, Wingy Manone, and Howlin' Wolf.
Elsdon played in Keith Nicholls' Midnite Follies Orchestra{{cite web|title=Alan Elsdon Band|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/alan-elsdon-band-mn0000441565|website=AllMusic|accessdate=23 October 2016}} from 1978 to 1985, as well as in small groups with Nichols around the same time. The Alan Elsdon Band made an appearance at a 'jazz weekend' in November, 1991 at Badger's Mount Jazz Club in Halstead, Kent.
He was also active as a writer and educator.
He died on 2 May 2016.{{cite web |last=Farnborough Jazz Club |date= |title=Alan Elsdon |publisher= |url=http://farnboroughjazz.co.uk/?page_id=3795 |website=farnboroughjazz.co.uk |accessdate=11 June 2019}}
Discography
- Jazz Journeymen (Black Lion, 1977)
- Dixieland Favourites (EMI & Hamlyn, 1970)
- Alan Elsdon Presents... (Columbia UK, 1964)
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Category:British jazz trumpeters
Category:British male trumpeters
Category:21st-century British trumpeters
Category:21st-century British male musicians
Category:British male jazz musicians