Campbell Crichton Mackinnon Burnap (10 September 1939, Derby, England – 30 May 2008) was a British jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 trombonist, vocalist and broadcaster.

Burnap played washboard

Washboard

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 in a skiffle

Skiffle

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 band with classmates as a teenager in England. He moved to New Zealand

New Zealand

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 at age 19, where he began playing trombone and played in the Omega Jazz Band in 1960-62. From 1962 to 1965 he played in Australia

Australia

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 with the Hot Sands Jazz Band (1962-64) and Geoff Bull

Geoff Bull

Geoffrey Randolph Bull is an Australian jazz trumpeter and bandleader.Bull played with the Melbourne New Orleans Jazz Band in 1961, then formed his own group, the Olympia Jazz Band, in Sydney; his sidemen included guitar/banjoist Geoff Holden, clarinetist Peter Neubauer, and bassist Dick Edser....

's Olympia Jazz Band (1964-65). In 1965 he played for a time at Preservation Hall

Preservation Hall

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 in New Orleans, then returned briefly to the UK, playing with Terry Lightfoot

Terry Lightfoot

Terry Lightfoot is a British clarinettist and bandleader, and together with Chris Barber, Acker Bilk and Kenny Ball was one of the leading members of the trad jazz generation of British jazzmen.-Early life:Lightfoot started his musical career as a vocalist during school-life, singing popular songs...

 and Monty Sunshine

Monty Sunshine

Monty Sunshine was an English jazz clarinetist, whose main claim to fame was his clarinet solo on the track "Petite Fleur", a million seller for the Chris Barber Jazz Band in 1959...

. He spent three further years (1966-69) in Australia before moving permanently back to the UK, settling in London

London

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. He played with Ian Armit (1969-70), Alan Elsdon

Alan Elsdon

Alan Elsdon is an English jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist.Elsdon studied trumpet under Tommy McQuater among others. His early professional work included time with Cy Laurie , Graham Stewart , a Royal Air Force band, and Terry Lightfoot ; with Lightfoot he played alongside Kid Ory and Red Allen...

 (1970-75), Alex Welsh

Alex Welsh

Alex Welsh was a Scottish jazz musician, who played the cornet, trumpet and sang.-Biography:Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Welsh started playing in the teenage 'Leith Silver Band' and gigged with Archie Semple's 'Capital Jazz Band'. After moving to London in the early 1950s, Welsh formed his own band...

 (1978-79), and Acker Bilk (1980-87). After 1988 Burnap hosted jazz radio programs for the BBC

BBC

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 and Jazz FM

Jazz FM

Jazz FM may refer to:*Jazz FM , a digital jazz radio station in the United Kingdom.*102.2 Jazz FM, a defunct radio station based in London, England.*100.4 Jazz FM, a defunct radio station based in Manchester, England....

.

Burnap died of cancer

Cancer

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in May 2008.