Derek Humble


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English jazz alto saxophonist and clarinetist, born March 1930 in Livingston, Durham County, England, died February 22, 1971 in Easington, Durham County, England.
Humble worked with Benny Nelson's Band, Teddy Foster (late 1948 - spring 1950), Kathy Stobart's Band, Vic Lewis (March 1951), Raymonde's Orchestra, Jack Parnell (April 1952), Ronnie Scott Band (January 1953 and January 1956), Tony Crombie, Kurt Edelhagen (April 1957), with the Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band, Gordon Beck's Trio (August 1969) and a quartet co-led with Phil Seamen (1970).

ALBUMS


Jimmy Deuchar With Tubby Hayes, Derek Humble
Opus De Funk
2001, CD, Comp, Mono, RE, RM, Jasmine Records, ,
Bop/Swing/Cool Jazz
Jimmy Deuchar Sextet And Quintet* Featuring Tubby Hayes, Derek Humble And Ken Wray
Pal Jimmy
2001
Jimmy Deuchar, Tubby Hayes, Derek Humble
Swingin' In Studio Two
1958, 7", Tri, Tempo Records (5), Tempo Records (5)
Orchester Roland Kovac
Blue Dance / Milky Way
2021, 7", Single, Ltd, RM, SABA, WallenBink, ,
Modal/Soul-Jazz
Clarke Boland Big Band*
TNP - Oct. 29th, 1969
2002, 2xCD, Album, RE, LaserLight Digital, ,
Big Band
Orchester Roland Kovac
Trip To The Mars
2001, ,
Soul-Jazz/Space-Age/Jazz-Funk
Clarke-Boland Big Band
Blowing The Cobwebs Out
1994, 2xCD, Comp, Ltd, Emanon, ,
Big Band
Clarke-Boland Big Band
Historically Speaking
1993, 2xCD, Comp + Box, Dlx, Ltd, Num, Met, Emanon, ,
Big Band/Contemporary Jazz
Clarke Boland Big Band*
En Concert Avec Europe 1 - TNP 29 Octobre • 1969
1992, ,
Big Band
Clarke Boland Big Band*
Out Of The Folk Bag
1967, ,
Big Band
Clarke-Boland Big Band
Handle With Care
1963, ,
Big Band
Orchester Kurt Edelhagen
Orchester Kurt Edelhagen
1958, 7", EP, Brunswick, Brunswick, ,
Big Band
Jimmy Deuchar Ensemble
Jimmy Deuchar Ensemble
1955, 10", Album, Mono, Tempo Records (5), ,
Bop
Jimmy Deuchar Ensemble
I.P.A. Special / Bass House
1955, 7", Mono, Tempo (14), Tempo (14)
The Ronnie Scott Orchestra
Perdido / Cherokee
1954, Shellac, 10", Esquire
Arnold Ross Sextet
Arnold Ross Sextet
1952, 7", EP, Esquire
Arnold Ross Sextet
The Champ / These Foolish Things
1952, Shellac, 10", Modern Music (9)
The Ronnie Scott Orchestra
Double Or Nothing / Hard Feelings
Shellac, 10", Esquire
The Ronnie Scott Orchestra
Cymbalism / Dear Old Southland
Shellac, 10", Esquire, ,
Bop
The Ronnie Scott Orchestra
In The Land Of Nimbupani / Fast And Loose
Shellac, 10", Esquire, ,
Bop
The Ronnie Scott Orchestra
I Get A Kick Out Of You / Humble Pie
Shellac, 10", Esquire

APPEARANCES +


Various
Spiritual Jazz 17 Saba / MPS
2025, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Modal/Spiritual Jazz/Soul-Jazz
Kurt Edelhagen & His Orchestra*
The Unreleased WDR Jazz Recordings 1957 - 1974
2021, 3x CD, ,
Big Band
Mark Murphy
Sconsolato / Just Give Me Time
2021
Various
Utopic Cities : Progressive Jazz In Belgium 1968-1979
2021, 2x Vinyl Marbled Grey,
Carl Drewo Quartet*, Quintet*, Septet*
European Jazz Sounds
2017, CD, Album, BE! Jazz
Joe Harriott & Co Feat. John Dankworth & Tubby Hayes
Helter Skelter
2017, CD, Comp, Acrobat Music,
Various
Jazz Am Rhein
2017, 6xCD, Album, RM + Box, BE! Jazz, ,
Free Jazz/Modal/Post Bop/Contemporary Jazz/Big Band
Dusko Goykovich Quartet + Quintet*
European Jazz Sounds
2016, CD, Album, BE! Jazz
Ronnie Scott And His Orchestra*
Volume 1, Live At The Jazz Club
2016, CD, Comp, Ltd, RE, RM, Solid Records (6)
Jimmy Deuchar
The Complete Tempo Recordings 1955 - 1958
2014, 2xCD, Comp, Acrobat Music
Various
European Cool Jazz 1951-1959
2014, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés, ,
Cool Jazz
Various
Best Of Electro Swing
2013, CD, Comp, Universal Music Group, ,
Swing
Tubby Hayes Featuring Ronnie Scott
Three Classic Albums Plus
2010, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Avid Entertainment, Avid Jazz
Various
Jazz Aux Champs-Élysées
2010, CD, Album, Ina Editions, INA, Mémoire Vive,
Kenny Clarke, Francy Boland And Company*
The Golden Eight - Encore!
2010,
Various
Appointment At Denmark St.
2009, CD, Comp, RM, Recur Records, ,
Easy Listening
Various
Talkin' Jazz
2007, CD, ,
Swing/Big Band/Jazz-Funk/Latin Jazz
Various
Soul Jazz
2006, CD, Comp, RM, Verve Records, ,
Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk/Soul/Funk/Bossa Nova/Latin Jazz/Hard Bop/Fusion
Clarke-Boland Big Band
Live In Prague 1967
2006, DVD, Mono, Impro-Jazz, ,
Big Band
Dizzy Gillespie, Clarke-Boland Big Band
Live In '58 & '70
2006, DVD-V, Mono, NTSC, TDK (3), ,
Big Band/Bop
Various
Bop-In' Britain Volume 2 - Gettin' The Message
2003, CD, Comp, Mono, Jasmine Records, ,
Bop
Victor Feldman
In London Vol. 1 The Quartet
2001
Victor Feldman
Departure Dates
2000, CD, Comp, Mono, RE, RM, Jasmine Records, ,
Bop/Cool Jazz
Various
Between Or Beyond The Black Forest 2
2000, 2x Vinyl, ,
Soul-Jazz/Fusion/Jazz-Funk
The Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Big Band*
Our Kinda Strauss
1999, CD Digipak, Slipcase, ,
Modal
Various
* Uno : Dos : Tres +++ Latin-Jazz Grooves From Talkin' Verve *
1998, 3xCD, Comp + Box, Verve Records, Verve Records, Verve Records, Verve Records, Verve Records
Various
Bebop
1996
Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Big Band*
Three Latin Adventures
1995, ,
Big Band/Latin Jazz
The Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Big Band*
Two Originals: All Blues/Sax No End
1994, ,
Big Band/Hard Bop
Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Big Band*
More Jazz
1993, CD, Album, Seven Seas, ,
Big Band
Various
Blue Eyes (Sinatra Songs The Blue Note Way)
1993, ,
Jazz-Funk/Soul
Various
Bebop In Britain
1991, Box, Comp + 4xCD, Esquire, ,
Bop
Gitte* & The Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Big Band*
Out Of This World
1988
Ronnie Scott
Ronnie Scott and his Orchestra, Volume 1 Live at the Jazz Club
1987, LP, Esquire
Kenny Graham's Afro-Cubists
Volume 2 Afro Kadabra Caribbean Suite
1987, ,
Afro-Cuban Jazz
Various
Mainstream
1986
Various
Big Band Jazz
1986, ,
Big Band
Various
Atlantic Jazz
1986, 15x Vinyl, Box Set, ,
Bop/Post Bop/Fusion/Dixieland/Avant-garde Jazz/Modal
Various
All-Time Jazz Stars
1983, 2xLP, Comp, Club, Gat, SR International, MPS Records,
Kenny Graham's Afro-Cubists
Mango Walk (Kenny Graham's Afro-Cubists Volume One)
1976
The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band*
Smiles
1976, ,
Big Band
The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band*
Live At Ronnie Scott's
1976, ,
Bop/Post Bop/Big Band/Swing
Various
Les Rois De La Batterie - Kings Of Drums
1975, 2xLP, Comp, CBS, ,
Bop/Ragtime/Big Band/Swing/Hard Bop/Space-Age/Latin Jazz
Francy Boland-Kenny Clarke Big Band*
Open Door
1975
Carmen McRae And The Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Big Band*
November Girl
1975, ,
Big Band/Vocal
Various
The Giants Of Jazz
1975, 2x Vinyl, ,
Bop/Swing
Duško Gojković*
Belgrade Blues
1973
Kenny Clarke, Francy Boland*, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Ebulient Roaring Screaming Big Band Sound
1972, 2xLP, Comp, Uni, BASF, MPS Records
The Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Big Band*
At Her Majesty's Pleasure....
1971
The Kenny Clarke - Francy Boland Big Band*
Off Limits
1971, ,
Big Band/Latin Jazz/Modal
The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band*
All Blues
1969, ,
Big Band
Kenny Clarke Francy Boland And The Band*
Live At Ronnie's ; Album 1 ; Volcano
1969, ,
Big Band
The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band*
Fellini 712
1969, ,
Big Band/Jazz-Funk
Kenny Clarke Francy Boland And The Band*
Live At Ronnie's ; Album 2 ; Rue Chaptal
1969, Vinyl Gatefold, ,
Big Band
The Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Big Band*
More Smiles
1969, ,
Big Band
Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band*
Francy Boland & Kenny Clarke Famous Orchestra
1968
The Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Big Band*
All Smiles
1968, ,
Big Band
The Kenny Clarke - Francy Boland Big Band*
Faces 17 Men & Their Music
1968, ,
Big Band/Contemporary Jazz/Cool Jazz
Mark Murphy
Midnight Mood
1968
The Kenny Clarke - Francy Boland Big Band*
Latin Kaleidoscope
1968, ,
Afro-Cuban Jazz/Big Band/Latin Jazz
Various
Jazz Am Rhein
1967, LP, Album, Columbia, Columbia, ,
Hard Bop/Bop/Swing
Kurt Edelhagen Und Seine All-Star-Band* • Leo Wright • Rolf Und Joachim Kühn Quartet*
Jazz Im WDR
1967, Acetate, LP, Neuphone Records
The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band*
Sax No End
1967, ,
Big Band
Carl Drevo* Und Die Clarke-Boland Big Band*
Swing, Waltz, Swing
1966, Vinyl,
Kurt Edelhagen
Kurt Edelhagen
1966,
Big Band/Schlager/Swing/Easy Listening
Bill Ramsey, Paul Kuhn
Ballads & Blues
1965, Vinyl, ,
Rhythm & Blues/Piano Blues
Kurt Edelhagen / Wolfgang Sauer
Kurt Edelhagen - Wolfgang Sauer
1965,
Big Band
Kurt Edelhagen
Kurt Edelhagen
1965,
Big Band/Swing
The Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Big Band*
Now Hear Our Meanin'
1965
Das Hans Koller-Oktett, Das Wolfgang Dauner-Trio*
Jazz-Studio H.G.B.S. Number One
1962
The Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Big Band*
Jazz Is Universal
1962, ,
Big Band
Francy Boland Ensemble
Francy Boland Ensemble
1961, Vinyl, ,
Post Bop
Duško Gojković*, Kenny Clarke
Internacionalni Jazz Oktet Duška Gojkovića Sa Keni Klarkom
1961
Kenny Clarke - Francy Boland And Company*
The Golden 8
1961
Kurt Edelhagen & His Orchestra*
A Toast To The Bands
1959, ,
Big Band/Swing
Jimmy Deuchar Quartet and Sextet
Pal Jimmy
1958, ,
Hard Bop
Victor Feldman
Suite Sixteen
1958
Jimmy Deuchar
Pub Crawling
1957, LP, Album, Comp, Contemporary Records
The Ronnie Scott Sextet
It Don't Mean A Thing
1957, 7", EP, Mono, Philips, Philips,
Various
Cool Music For A Hot Night
1957,
Victor Feldman
Victor Feldman In London Vol. 2 Big Band
1957
Kurt Edelhagen And His Band*
Kurt Edelhagen Presents
1957, ,
Big Band
The Ronnie Scott Sextet
Presenting The Ronnie Scott Sextet
1957,
The Ronnie Scott Orchestra And Tony Crombie
At The Royal Festival Hall
1956, 10", Album, Decca
Victor Feldman
Victor Feldman Nine-tet
1956, 7", EP, Mono, Tempo Records (5)
Victor Feldman Big Band
Elegy / Maenya
1956, Shellac, 10", Tempo Records (5)
Victor Feldman Big Band
Cabaletto / Big Top
1956, Shellac, 10", Tempo Records (5), ,
Bop/Big Band
Ronnie Scott Orchestra* Featuring The Drums Of Victor Feldman & Phil Seamen
Ronnie Scott Orchestra
1955, 7", EP, Esquire, Esquire
Tony Crombie And His Orchestra
Presenting Tony Crombie And His Orchestra No. 2
1955, 7", EP, Mono, Decca
Victor Feldman
Septet
1955, 10", Album, Mono, Tempo Records (5), ,
Bop
Victor Feldman Big Band
Departure Dates
1955, 7", EP, Tempo Records (5)
Ronnie Scott Orchestra*
But Not For Me / Serenity
1955, Shellac, 10", Esquire
Ronnie Scott Orchestra*
Ronnie Scott Orchestra
1955, 7", EP, Esquire, Esquire
Ronnie Scott Orchestra*
Parisian Thoroughfare
1955, ,
Bop
Tony Crombie And His Orchestra
Flying Home / Early One Morning
1955, Shellac, ,
Hard Bop
Ronnie Scott
The Ronnie Scott Jazz Club Vol. 1
1954, LP, Esquire, ,
Post Bop
The Ronnie Scott Jazz Group
The Ronnie Scott Jazz Club Vol. 4
1954, LP, Mono, Esquire,
Kenny Graham's Afro-Cubists
Volume 1
1953, 10", Album, Mono, Esquire, ,
Afro-Cuban Jazz/Bop
Jimmie Deuchar Sextet*
Magoo / Spain
1953, Shellac, 10", Mono, Vogue Records
Jimmie Deuchar*
Jimmie Deuchar Showcase
1953
The Kathleen Stobart Orchestra
Idaho / That Old Black Magic Called Love
1951, Shellac, 10", Decibel Records (11)
The Kathleen Stobart Orchestra
Lover Come Back To Me / He Was A Good Man As Good Men Go
1951, Shellac, 10", Decibel Records (11),
Kurt Edelhagen Und Sein Orchester*
Kurt Edelhagen Und Sein Orchester In Moskau
10", Promo, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, ,
Big Band
Vic Lewis And His Orchestra
Vic's Riff - Big Band Jazz From England
2xLP, Comp, Gat, Big Band International, Big Band International, ,
Big Band/Swing
Kurt Edelhagen
Portrait
2xLP, Comp, Polydor, Polydor, Polydor, ,
Swing/Big Band
Das Große Studioorchester*
Musik Für Alle Fälle (Folge II)
LP, Electrola, Electrola, ,
Easy Listening/Schlager
Ronnie Scott And His Orchestra*
Lover Come Back To Me / Compos Mentis
Shellac, 10", Esquire, ,
Bop
Ronnie Scott
Six Classics Album Plus Bonus Single
4xCD, Real Gone Jazz, ,
Bop/Cool Jazz
Vic Lewis And His Orchestra
The Moon Was Yellow / A Foggy Day
Shellac, 10", Esquire
Ronnie Scott Orchestra*
Taboo / Second Helping
Shellac, 10", Esquire
Ronnie Scott Orchestra*
Evening In Paris / After You've Gone
Shellac, 10", Esquire, ,
Bop
The Ronnie Scott Band*
Stompin' At The Savoy / Body Beautiful
,
Bop
Various
The Best Of British Jazz
2000, CD, Comp, Mono, Ember Records, TKO Magnum Music, ,
Swing/Big Band/Dixieland
Jean-Luc Ponty With Kurt Edelhagen And His Orchestra*
Jean-Luc Ponty With Kurt Edelhagen And His Orchestra
2001