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I became interested in photography while I was in the Royal Air Force from
1959 - 1962. I had bought a camera from my brother and started to take
photographs of a bunch of guys that played in the regional RAF band at
Henlow in Bedfordshire. They played jazz at a pub in the nearby town of
Hitchin. They were good enough to get an audition at Ronnie
Scotts and began playing there every Monday. On their first night, a
photographer from the "Melody Maker" was taking photographs and I got
to chatting
with him. Within two months of my demob from the RAF I began working for
Eric Jelly and Marc Sharratt as an assistant in their small Soho Studio.
Much
of their work was commissions from the Melody Maker. Eric and Mark were
great photographers and their work had a great influence on me and my future
in
photography. While with them I began to go to Ronnie Scotts on a regular
basis. In fact, I was at
Ronnie's almost every night for some years and also went to all the major
concerts of the great jazz musicians. So many of my pictures ended up
appearing in the
Melody Maker.
Photo above: "Freddy & Miles 1970"
Classic Jazz, Volume 1
Visit Freddy's website at www.freddywarren.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk.
All photos copyright © Freddy Warren.
All Rights Reserved.
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Joe Alexander
John Butts
Kenny Clark
Kenny Wheeler
Lionel Hampton
Max Roach
Miles Davis
Sonny Rollins
Stan Getz
Wes Montgomery
Zoot Sims
Paul Desmond
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