Name Brian Lemon | Role Jazz Pianist | |
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Died October 11, 2014, Bexhill-on-Sea, United Kingdom Albums David Newton Meets Brian Lemon to Play Hoagy Carmichael Similar People Warren Vache, Tony Coe, Gerard Presencer, Dave Cliff, Allan Ganley | ||
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Brian Lemon (11 February 1937 – 11 October 2014) was a British jazz pianist and arranger.
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Lemon was born in Nottingham, UK. He moved to London in the mid-1950s to join Freddy Randall's group. After that he worked with a variety of groups including those of George Chisholm and Kenny Baker. Over the years, he also worked with Benny Goodman, Charlie Watts, Scott Hamilton, Buddy Tate, Milt Jackson, Ben Webster and Digby Fairweather. He also had his own octet which played songs by Billy Strayhorn.
Lemon recorded a sequence of 27 CDs for the Zephyr label over 10 years from 1994, though not always as leader. Zephyr was set up by the retired businessman John Bune, and was initially established with the sole intention of documenting Lemon's work. Lemon retired from music around 2005 after the development of severe osteoarthritis in his hands.