Obituary: Tommy Whittle 1926-2013
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
One among many distinguished Scottish-born jazz musicians, tenor-saxophonist Tommy Whittle came south when only sixteen, first joining a palais band in Gillingham and then branching out via stints with Lew Stone, Carl Barriteau and Harry Hayes before joining the mighty Ted Heath orchestra at just 20 years of age.
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