Trevor Tomkins
{{Short description|English jazz drummer (1941–2022)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Trevor Tomkins
| image =
| caption =
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| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name = Trevor Ramsey Tomkins
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1941|5|12}}
| birth_place = London, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|9|9|1941|5|12|df=y}}
| death_place =
| genre = Jazz
| occupation = Musician
| instrument = Drums
| years_active = 1962–2022
| associated_acts = Don Rendell
Ian Carr
Michael Garrick
}}
Trevor Ramsey Tomkins (12 May 1941 – 9 September 2022) was a British jazz drummer best known for his work in a number of British bands in the 1970s, including Gilgamesh.
Biography
Tomkins was born in London and studied music at the Guildhall School of Music. He initially learned to play trombone as a teenager before choosing drums on which he made his first professional appearance.[https://www.allmusic.com/artist/trevor-tomkins-mn0000283554 Trevor Tomkins Biography] Allmusic.com
In 1962, he joined Don Rendell working with the Rendell and Ian Carr's quintet for seven years until 1969. He recorded several albums with pianist Michael Garrick and Don Rendell in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In the 1970s, he worked with Ian Carr's Nucleus, Giles Farnaby's Dream Band, David Becker and Henry Lowther's Quaternity. He was a popular choice for visiting musicians including Sonny Stitt, Phil Woods and Lee Konitz. He appears on the 1971 album First Wind by Frank Ricotti and Mike de Albuquerque and on Tony Coe's 1978 album, Coe-Existence.{{cite web |url=https://www.jazzmessengers.com/en/84096/ricotti-albuquerque/first-wind |title=Ricotti & Albuquerque: First Wind (FOX033) |publisher=jazzmessengers.com |access-date=10 September 2022}}[http://henrybebop.co.uk/music2.htm#tomkins Trevor Tomkins Biography] Henrybebop.com
Tomkins was the first cousin of Roy Budd{{cite book |title=Who's Who of British Jazz |last=Chilton |first=John |author-link=John Chilton |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P1fUAwAAQBAJ&dq=%22roy+budd%22+%22trevor+tomkins%22&pg=PA338 |year=2004 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=9780826472342 |page=50}} (jazz pianist and film composer of Get Carter fame), and Peter C. Budd (jazz guitarist living in Chicago), and was a member of various trios and other line-ups with his cousin Roy.{{cn|date=September 2022}}
In 1982 he played on the album Before a Word Is Said with Alan Gowen, Phil Miller and Richard Sinclair. The album was released on CD in 1995.{{cite web |url=http://www.expose.org/index.php/articles/display/alan-gowen-phil-miller-richard-sinclair-trevor-tomkins-before-a-word-is-said-4.html |last=Melton |first=Jeff |title=Reviews: Alan Gowen / Phil Miller / Richard Sinclair / Trevor Tomkins — Before a Word Is Said |date=1 March 1996 |publisher=expose.org |access-date=12 September 2022}}
Tomkins died on 9 September 2022, at the age of 81.{{cite news |title=RIP Trevor Tomkins (1941–2022) |url=https://londonjazznews.com/2022/09/09/rip-trevor-tomkins-1941-2022/ |access-date=10 September 2022 |publisher=London Jazz News |date=9 September 2022}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.calyx-canterbury.fr/mus/tomkins_trevor.html Calyx biography]
- {{discogs artist|Trevor Tomkins}}
- {{imdb name|13255563}}
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Category:English jazz drummers
Category:English male drummers
Category:Nucleus (band) members
Category:Gilgamesh (band) members
Category:English male jazz musicians