Ken Rattenbury
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| Birth name | Ken Rattenbury |
| Born | 10 September 1920 |
| Origin | Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England |
| Died | April 9, 2001 |
| Genre(s) | Jazz |
| Instrument(s) | trumpet piano |
Ken Rattenbury (10 September 1920–April 9, 2001) was an English jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer and author born in Spilsby, Lincolnshire. Rattenbury is most notable for his Duke Ellington biography, but also had been commissioned by the BBC in the 1960s to compose two half-hour jazz suites titled The Seven Ages of Man and The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner.
[edit] Select Bibliography
- Duke Ellington, Jazz Composer Yale University Press, 1990; ISBN 0300044283
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