Alan Elsdon is an English jazz

Jazz

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 trumpeter and flugelhorn

Flugelhorn

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ist.

Elsdon studied trumpet under Tommy McQuater

Tommy McQuater

Thomas Mossie "Tommy" McQuater was a Scottish jazz trumpeter.-Biography:Born in Maybole, Ayrshire, McQuater was most notable for his work in the United Kingdom with Bert Ambrose in the 1930s, and also for some recordings done with George Chisholm and Benny Carter.McQuater showed musical talent...

 among others. His early professional work included time with Cy Laurie

Cy Laurie

Cyril "Cy" Laurie was an English jazz clarinetist and bandleader.Laure was an autodidact on clarinet. He put together his own band in 1947; George Melly debuted in this ensemble in 1948...

 (1955–57), Graham Stewart

Graham Stewart

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 (1957–59), a Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force

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 band, and Terry Lightfoot

Terry Lightfoot

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 (1959–61); with Lightfoot he played alongside Kid Ory

Kid Ory

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 and Red Allen

Red Allen

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. Elsdon led his own band from 1961 into the 1980s, and during the 1960s also played with Edmond Hall

Edmond Hall

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, Albert Nicholas

Albert Nicholas

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, Wingy Manone

Wingy Manone

Wingy Manone was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, singer, and bandleader. His major recordings included "Tar Paper Stomp", "Nickel in the Slot", "Downright Disgusted Blues", "There'll Come a Time ", and "Tailgate Ramble".- Biography :Manone was born Joseph Matthews Mannone in New Orleans,...

, and Howlin' Wolf

Howlin' Wolf

Chester Arthur Burnett , known as Howlin' Wolf, was an influential American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player....

. He played in Keith Nichols

Keith Nichols

Keith Nichols is a jazz multi-instrumentalist and arranger, a player of the piano, trombone, reeds, and accordion.Born in Ilford, Essex, UK, Nichols was a child actor and an award winning accordionist in his youth. Keith tends to play mostly ragtime tunes, gaining notoriety in the 1970s in London...

's Midnight Follies from 1978 to 1985, as well as in small groups with Nichols around the same time. From the 1980s he was also active as a writer on music and educator.

Discography

• Jazz Journeymen (Black Lion Records
  Black Lion Records
  Black Lion Records was a jazz record label based in London, England.Black Lion was founded by Alan Bates in 1968. The label had two series of releases, one for British jazz musicians and one for international musicians...
  
  , 1977)
• Dixieland Favourites (EMI & HAMLYN Records, 1970)
• Alan Elsdon Presents.. (Columbia Records UK))1964