Billy Jenkins (musician)
Billy Jenkins (born 5 July 1956)[1] is an English blues guitarist,[2] composer and bandleader. He was born in Bromley, Kent, England.[3]
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| Background information | |
| Born | 5 July 1956 Bromley, England |
| Genres | Jazz, blues |
| Occupation(s) | Guitarist, composer, bandleader |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar |
| Years active | 1970s–present |
| Labels | Babel, VOTP |
| Website | www |
Jenkins was a member of Burlesque, then Trimmer & Jenkins.[3] After a short period, he was a member of Ginger Baker's Nutters.[1] For several years, he ran Wood Wharf Studios.[1] He worked on his own VOTP Records label and led the Voice of God Collective,[1] a group which included Iain Ballamy, Django Bates, Steve Watts, Ashley Slater and other members of the group Loose Tubes.[3] The band released several albums, including Sounds Like Bromley and Uncommerciality.[3]
In the 1990s, Jenkins recorded several albums on Oliver Weindling's Babel Records, and led some seasons at the Vortex Jazz Club. He is now best known as a blues guitarist.[1] Until 2009, Jenkins was captain of Francis Drake bowls club on Hilly Fields, Lewisham. He masterminded a successful season of live music to accompany the 2006 FIFA World Cup at the Vortex Jazz Club.
In the mid-1990s, Jenkins and his band The Blues Collective,[1] took part in a parody documentary entitled Virus Called The Blues, produced and directed by Craig Duncan.
Discography
Studio albums
- Sounds Like Bromley (1982)
- Greenwich (1985)
- Uncommerciality Vol 1 (1986)
- Scratches of Spain (Babel, 1987)
- Wiesen (1987)
- Round Midnight Cowboy (1988)
- In the Nude: Standards, Vol. 1 (1988)
- In the Nude (1988)
- Motorway At Night (1988)
- Uncommerciality Vol 2 (1988)
- Blue Moon in a Function Room (1990)
- Entertainment USA (1994)
- East West (1996)
- S.A.D (1996)
- Still Sounds Like Bromley (1997)
- True Love Collection (1999)
- Suburbia (1999)
- Blues Zero 2 (2002)
- When the Crowds Have Gone (2004)
- Born Again (And the Religion is the Blues) (2010)
Live albums
- Jazz Cafe Concerts Vol 1 (1989)
- Jazz Cafe Concerts Vol 2 (1989)
- Billy Jenkins / Fun Horns: Mayfest ‘94 (1995)
- Billy Jenkins / Fun Horns: East / West (1996)
- Songs of Praise Live (2007)
Compilation albums
- First Aural Art Exhibition (2006)
See also
References
- "Billy Jenkins - Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- May, Chris. "Review: I Am A Man From Lewisham". All About Jazz. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
- Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 1277/8. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.