Harry Bicket · Spotify · Courtesy of Spotify
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1936
- Works
- 38
Top works
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- L'Alberta
- Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador
- Le Nunavut
- L'Ontario
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1935
- Active to
- 2010
jazzjazz fusionpost-bop
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4,311
- Total plays
- 24,836
Tags
jazztrumpetPost-BopPost Bopbarbados
A resident in the UK since 1954, Harry Beckett had an international reputation. In 1961, he played with Charles Mingus in the film All Night Long. In the late 1960s he worked and recorded within the band of bass player and composer Graham Collier. Since 1970, he has been leading groups of his own, recording for Philips, RCA and Ogun Records amongst other labels. He was a key figure of important groups in the British free jazz/improvised music scene <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Harry+Becke
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Harry
- Family name
- Beckett
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Bridgetown
- Place of death
- Greater London
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- flugelhorn
- Record label
- Philips Records
- Image
- Harry Beckett.jpg
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- Harry Beckett
- date of birth
- 1935-05-30
- date of death
- 2010-07-22
- cause of death
- stroke
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1961-00-00
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