Digby Fairweather

Richard John Charles "Digby" Fairweather (born 25 April 1946) is a British jazz trumpeter, author, and broadcaster.

Biography Before becoming a professional musician, Fairweather was a librarian and has since retained an interest in jazz bibliography and archiving.

He led his first band, Dig's Half Dozen, in 1971 and recorded in 1973 with Alex Welsh. Fairweather's band toured with singer Paul Jones in their presentation "Rocking in Rhythm" in 2007.

Apart from his playing and group leading, Fairweather has long pursued a parallel career as a jazz broadcaster and writer.

In 2016, Fairweather founded The Jazz Centre UK, a registered charity ( 1167421) whose aim is to promote, preserve, and celebrate the culture of jazz in all its forms.

Awards and honors Musician of the Year, BBC Jazz Society, 1979 Freedom, City of London, 1992 British Jazz Award (trumpet), 1992 Benno Haussmann Award, Cork Jazz Festival, 1993 Freedom of Southend on Sea, Millennium Role of Honour, 2000 Top Small Group (Digby's Half Dozen), British Jazz Awards, 2005, 2006, 2008–2015 Lifetime Achievement Award for Services to Jazz, Worshipful Company of Musicians London, 2013 Services to British Jazz, British Jazz Awards, 2015

Discography Source:

As leader/co-leader Havin' Fun (Black Lion, 1979) Going Out Stepping (Black Lion, 1979) Songs for Sandy (Hep, 1981) Anytime, Any Place, Anywhere (Hep, 1982) A Portrait of Digby Fairweather (Black Lion, 1991) Mick Potts Tribute Concert (Flat Five, 1993) Squeezin' the Blues Away with Tony Compton (FMR, 1994) The Quality of Mercer with Susannah McCorkle and Keith Ingham (Jazz Alliance, 1996) Twelve Feet Off the Ground (Flat Five, 1998) Singing and Swinging the Blues with George Melly (Robinwood Productions, 2003) Things Ain't What They Used to Be (Robinwood, 2003) The Ultimate Melly (Candid, 2006) Two Part Conversations with Craig Milverton (Raymersound, 2006) Partners in Time with Pete Strange (Rose Cottage, 2006) Farewell Blues with George Melly (Lake, 2007) Jazz at the Stone Hall with Dave Claridge (Rose Cottage, 2009) Crackerbarrel Music (Hainault, 2011) To Frederick with Affection (Rose Cottage, 2012) Publications

Ace of Clubs: A Celebration of the 100 Club, foreword by Jools Holland, Edited by Digby Fairweather, 2021,