PETER APPLEYARD
Genres: Swing, Exotica, Vocal Jazz, Bop, Pop, Art Song, Folk, Jazz Related Soundtracks, Funk Jazz • United Kingdom

Canadian vibraphonist and drummer, born 26 August 1928 in Cleethorpes, England, and died 18 July 2013 on his farm in Eden Mills, Canada. from discogs Born in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, Peter Appleyard became apprenticed to a nautical instrument maker after being forced to leave school owing to economic reasons related to the Second World War. At that time the popularity of the American Big Bands was growing in England, particularly through a major influx in big band recordings from America by jazz musicians like Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, and Count Basie. These recordings had a strong influence on Appleyard and he decided to pursue a career as a jazz musician. He began his career in the early 1940s playing in the Boys Brigade, a youth organization. He performed as a drummer in several other British dance bands during the 1940s and, while a member of the Royal Air read more...