Jack Hylton

piano, conductor · 1892–1965 · Great Lever (Bolton)

English pianist, composer and bandleader, nicknamed the British king of jazz for his large dance ensembles. He toured widely in Britain and Europe before becoming a show producer after 1940.

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Styles

• Symphonic jazz, dance orchestras

Landmark tracks

• Feelin' Kind O' Blue (1925)

Sources

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