Bill Le Sage
Sign in to saveBritish musician (1927–2001)
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1927-01-20
- Active to
- 2001-10-31
jazz
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Bill Le Sage was part of the first wave of British bebop musicians to emerge in the late 1940s, and remained a lifelong devotee and highly skilled exponent of the form throughout a long and distinguished career. He was a founder member of the most famous British bebop band of its day, the Johnny Dankworth Seven. The band was launched in 1950, by which time he was already fully conversant with the exciting new sounds which Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie had developed in the clubs of New Yor
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bill
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- film score composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- piano
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- date of birth
- 1927-01-20
- date of death
- 2001-10-31
- start of work period
- 1945-00-00
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