Colin T. Dawson
Trumpet.
Born in Jarrows, England, Colin began playing trumpet at age 10. He lived in New Orleans for 6 months at age 17 and received musical instruction from Jabbo Smith. Later he performed there with Kid Thomas and Preston Jackson. After graduating on trumpet from the „College of Arts“ in Newcastle he founded the „Onward Band“, with whom in 1979 he recorded the first of his 40 LPs and CDs. He has performed with many guest stars including Ray Brown, Benny Waters, Clark Terry and Buddy DeFranco, and has taken countless international tours as a soloist. He is a member of the „Echoes of Swing“. In Germany Colin became well known to a wide audience in part because of his membership as soloist and arranger in the Allotria Jazz Band which he joined in 1988. His brilliant and energetic playing evokes memories of the great Swing trumpeters Roy Eldridge und Charlie Shavers.