Eddie Thornton

Eddie Thornton
Birth name Edward Thornton
Also known as Tan Tan
Born 1932 (age 83–84)
Spanish Town, Jamaica
Genres Jazz, reggae
Instruments Trumpet
Years active 1950s–present
Associated acts The Roy Coulton Band
Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames
Aswad
Jazz Jamaica
Ska Cubano

Edward Thornton (born 1932), better known as "Tan Tan", is a Jamaican trumpeter, whose career began in the 1950s.

Biography

Thornton was born in 1932 and attended the Alpha Boys School.[1][2] In the 1950s, he played in the Roy Coulton band (the first band to play live on Jamaican radio) along with Don Drummond.[3] He toured worldwide with the group, backing a number of jazz stars, and settled in Europe, where he played with several bands including Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames in 1964, playing on several of their hits. He also performed with Georgie Fame and another friend of Rico Rodriguez in the BBC 4 Session: The Birth of Cool.[1][3] He went on to play on The Beatles' "Got to Get You into My Life", and performed with Boney M.[3] In the late 1970s and early 1980s he was part of the horn section for Aswad, as well as playing with King Sounds.[3] He released a self-produced solo album in 1981, on which he was backed by The Cimarons. More recently he has played with Jazz Jamaica,[1] and Ska Cubano.[4]

Since 2008 he has played with the band Kitty, Daisy & Lewis and has featured on some of their albums. In February 2015, Thornton joined Kitty, Daisy & Lewis on their European tour accompanying a number of songs as a guest artist.

Solo discography

References

  1. 1 2 3 Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter (2004) The Rough Guide to Reggae, 3rd edn., Rough Guides, ISBN 1-84353-329-4, p. 8, 50
  2. ↑ Archived 8 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  3. 1 2 3 4 Larkin, Colin (1998) The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae, Virgin Books, ISBN 0-7535-0242-9, p. 289-90
  4. ↑ Archived 22 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine

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