Pianist and trombonist. Born Edward Thomas Harvey in Blackpool. At the age of 16 he joined George Webb's Dixielanders jazz band. Following WW2 he performed with a number of bands, including John Dankworth's 'Dankworth Seven'. From 1963 to 1972, he was pianist with Humphrey Lyttleton's band. He later took up teaching, becoming Head of Jazz at the London College of Music.
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Eddie Harvey
Student of Trinity College of Music, killed in WW1.
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Record album. The fifth to be released by Bob Marley and the Wailers on Island Records.
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