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English jazz saxophonist (tenor & soprano), flutist, clarinetist, and composer, born 4 March 1926 in Plymouth, England, died 20 October 2015 in London, England (aged 89).
One of the most prolific English jazz musicians, he played with the likes of Ian Carr, John Dankworth, Michael Garrick, Woody Herman, Frank Horrox, Ronnie Ross, Ted Heath, Tony Crombie, Stan Kenton, and many others.

ALBUMS


Michael Garrick Sextet* Featuring Don Rendell And Norma Winstone
A New Serious Music
2021, ,
Post Bop
Don Rendell
Live At Klooks Kleek
2017, 2xLP, Ltd, Num, Record Collector Magazine
The Michael Garrick Sextet With Don Rendell And Ian Carr
Prelude To Heart Is A Lotus
2013
Don Rendell
Don Rendell Presents The Jazz Six & Tenorama Highlights
2008, CD, Comp, RM, Vocalion, ,
Post Bop/Cool Jazz
Don Rendell Featuring Ian Carr & Michael Garrick
Reunion
2002, CD, Spotlite Jazz, ,
Post Bop
Various, Jimmy Deuchar, Don Rendell
Music In The Making
2001, CD, Comp, Mono, RE, RM, Jasmine Records
Don Rendell
Meet Don Rendell
2001, CD, Comp, Mono, RE, Jasmine Records
Don Rendell
What Am I Here For?
1996, CD, Album, Spotlite Jazz
Don Rendell With The Joe Palin Trio Featuring Guest Pete Martin*
Live At The Avgarde Gallery Manchester
1975
Neil Ardley / Ian Carr / Don Rendell
Greek Variations & Other Aegean Exercises
1970
The Stan Tracey Big Brass – Mr Acker Bilk*, Ian Carr, Tony Coe, Joe Harriott, Don Rendell
We Love You Madly ...
1969,
The Jazz Committee (2) Featuring Bert Courtley & Don Rendell
The Jazz Committee
1959, 7", EP, Decca
Don Rendell
Don Rendell Presents The Jazz Six
1957, LP, Pye Nixa, ,
Post Bop/Cool Jazz
Don Rendell, Jimmy Deuchar
Music In The Making - Vol 2
1955, 7", EP, Mono, Vogue Productions, Vogue Records, ,
Hard Bop
Derek Smith Trio With Don Rendell And Ronnie Ross
National Jazz Federation Modern Jazz Concert Volume 1
1955, 7", EP, Esquire, Esquire
Derek Smith Trio With Don Rendell And Ronnie Ross
National Jazz Federation Modern Jazz Concert Volume 2
1955, 7", EP, Esquire, Esquire
Don Rendell Et Bobby Jaspar
Rencontre A Paris
1955, Vinyl Deepgroove, ,
Cool Jazz/Hard Bop
Don Rendell
Meet Don Rendell
1955, Vinyl,
Don Rendell, Jimmy Deuchar
Music In The Making
1954, 7", EP, Mono, Vogue Productions, Vogue Records
Derek Smith Trio With Don Rendell And Ronnie Ross, The Tony Kinsey Trio With Tommy Whittle
N.J.F. Modern Jazz Concert Volume 1
1954, LP, Album, Mono, Esquire, ,
Bop/Hard Bop
Don Rendell
Six Classic Albums Plus Bonus Tracks
4xCD, Comp, Dlx, Real Gone Music Company
Mainly Acoustic, Hot Club Quartet, Don Rendell
Nuages Remembering a Genius
Cass, Hot Club Jazz Renaissance
Brian Priestley Special Guest Don Rendell
You Taught My Heart To Sing
CD, Album, Spirit Of Jazz (2)
Don Rendell Quartet
Time Presence
1988, LP, DR Records
Don Rendell Sextet
The Odysseus Suite
2022, ,
Modal/Jazz-Rock
The Don Rendell / Ian Carr Quintet
Phase III / Live
2004
The Don Rendell / Ian Carr Quintet
Shades Of Blue / Dusk Fire
2004, CD, CD, All Media, ,
Post Bop
Don Rendell And His Big 8
If I Should Lose You
1992, CD, Spotlite Jazz
The Brian Priestley Special Septet
Bilberry Jam
1990, Cass, Album, Wire Cassettes, ,
Contemporary Jazz
No Way José*
Tequila
1985
Herman Wilson Chamber Group
At The Woodwinds' Ball
1979, LP, Album, Spotlite Records, Spotlite Records
Don Rendell Nine
Earth Music
1979, LP, Album, Gat, Spotlite Records
Barbara Thompson-Don Rendell Quintet
Roundabouts And Swings / Blues For Adolphe Sax
1978, 12", Maxi, Chiltern Sound Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Michael Garrick Band
Home Stretch Blues
1972, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Don Rendell Quintet
Space Walk
1972
The Don Rendell / Ian Carr Quintet
Live
1969
The Don Rendell / Ian Carr Quintet
Change Is
1969
The Don Rendell / Ian Carr Quintet
Phase III
1968, Vinyl, ,
Post Bop
Michael Garrick Septet
Black Marigolds
1966
The New Don Rendell Quintet
Roarin'
1961, ,
Post Bop
Don Rendell Jazz Six
Packet Of Blues
1959, 7", EP, Decca
Don Rendell Jazz Six
Doggin' Around
1958
Don Rendell Jazz Six
Playtime
1958
Johnny Keating And All Stars
Panorama Du Jazz Européen Vol. 4 - Angleterre
1958,
Johnny Keating And All Stars
British Jazz
1956, ,
Bop
Don Rendell Sextet
Don Rendell Sextet
1955, 7", EP, Tempo (14)
Don Rendell Quartet
The Great Don Rendell
1955, 7", EP, Tempo (14)
Don Rendell Sextet
Didn't We / Dance Of The Ooblies
1955, 10", Vin, Tempo (14),
Don Rendell Quartet
From This Moment On / Blow Mr. Dexter
1955, 10", Vin, Tempo (14)
The Johnny Dankworth Seven
I Hear Music / The Slider
1951, Shellac, 10", Esquire, ,
Bop
The Johnny Dankworth Seven
Marching Through Georgia / Stardust
1951, Shellac, 10", Esquire
The Johnny Dankworth Seven
Leon Bismarck / Webb City
1951, Shellac, 10", Esquire
The Johnny Dankworth Seven
Lightly Politely / Marmaduke
1951, Shellac, 10", RE, Vogue Records, ,
Bop
The Johnny Dankworth Seven
Perhaps / Get Happy
1950, Shellac, 10", Esquire
The Johnny Dankworth Seven
Lightly Politely / Marmaduke
1950, Shellac, 10", Jazz Parade
The Johnny Dankworth Seven
Lament And Wild Dance / Don't Blame Me
1950, Shellac, 10", Esquire
The Johnny Dankworth Seven
Strike Up The Band / Little Benny
1950
The Johnny Dankworth Seven
Seven Not Out / Cherokee
1950, ,
Bop
The Johnny Dankworth Seven
Bopscotch / Our Delight
Shellac, 10", Esquire
The Johnny Dankworth Seven
Strictly Confidential / Allen's Alley
Shellac, 10", Esquire
The Johnny Dankworth Seven
Stompin' At The Savoy / Myob
Shellac, 10", Esquire,
The Johnny Dankworth Seven
Mr. And Mississippi / Lush Life
Shellac, 10", Esquire
Don Rendell Quintet
Space Walk
2018
The Don Rendell / Ian Carr Quintet
Phase III
2017

APPEARANCES +


Don Rendell
Playtime
2010, 10xFile, MP3, RM, eMu, Harrison James Music
Various
You Can Walk Across It On The Grass (The Boutique Sounds Of Swinging London)
2024, 3xCD, Comp, Grapefruit Records,
Various
This Is British Progressive Jazz
2024, CD, RM, British Progressive Jazz, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Jazz-Rock/Modal
Ian Carr
Elastic Dream
2023, Box, Boo + CD, Comp, Jazz In Britain, Jazz In Britain, ,
Jazz-Rock/Avant-garde Jazz/Big Band
Various
And Did Those Feet... (Six British Jazz Composers)
2023, 2xCD, Jazz In Britain, ,
Post Bop/Free Jazz
Barbara Thompson
First Light
2023,
Bud Shank, Bob Cooper And June Christy, Stan Kenton And His Orchestra, Shelly Manne & His Men, The Jimmy Giuffre 3* With Jim Hall
West Coast In Amsterdam
2022, 3xCD, Album, Nederlands Jazz Archief,
Stan Tracey
From Stan, With Love
2021, CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + 2xCD, Comp, ReSteamed Records,
Don Rendell Ian Carr Quintet*
Blue Beginnings
2021
Rendell / Carr Quintet*
BBC Jazz Club II 1965-1966
2021, CD, ,
Bop/Post Bop
Various
Journeys In Modern Jazz: Britain
2021, 2x Vinyl, ,
Big Band/Jazz-Rock/Modal/Fusion
Rendell / Carr Quintet*
BBC Jazz Club 1965-1966
2020, CD, Album, Rhythm & Blues Records
Barbara Thompson
Live At The BBC
2020, 14xCD, RM + Box, Repertoire Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Jazz-Rock/Latin Jazz
Michael Garrick Septet Featuring Joe Harriott
...At Short Notice
2020
Runswick*, Hymas*
Big Bands 1974–1978
2019, CD, Album, ASC Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Joe Harriott & Co Feat. John Dankworth & Tubby Hayes
Helter Skelter
2017, CD, Comp, Acrobat Music,
Neil Ardley & The New Jazz Orchestra
On The Radio: BBC Sessions 1971
2017, CD, Album, RM, Dusk Fire Records, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Big Band
The Herdsmen* And The Kentonians
Paris Sessions 1954 - 1956
2017, 2xCD, Album, Comp, Fresh Sound Records, ,
Bop/Post Bop
Daryl Runswick
The Jazz Years
2017, 2xCD, Album, ASC Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Orchestra Eddie Sauter*
Eddie Sauter's Music Time
2016, CD, Comp, RE, RM, Jazzhaus, ,
Big Band/Cool Jazz
The John Dankworth Seven* With Cleo Laine
Get Happy
2016
Graham Bond
Live At The BBC And Other Stories
2015, 4x CD,
Various
European Cool Jazz 1951-1959
2014, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés, ,
Cool Jazz
Various
Trad Dads, Dirty Boppers And Free Fusioneers: British Jazz 1960 - 1975
2012, CD, Reel Recordings,
Tony Kinsey
The Tony Kinsey Collection 1953-61
2012, 6xCDr, Album, Comp, Acrobat Music,
The Dankworth Big Band*
Full Circle & Lifeline
2011, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Vocalion, ,
Big Band/Jazz-Rock/Theme
The Don Rendell Quintet*
Manumission - BBC Jazz For Moderns
2010, 10", EP, Ltd, Gearbox Records
Carl Fontana
The Fifties
2010, CD, Album, Comp, Uptown Records (2), ,
Bop
Don Rendell Ian Carr Quintet*
Live At The Union 1966
2010, ,
Post Bop
Jack Bruce
Can You Follow?
2008, 6xCD, Comp, Dlx, Esoteric Recordings, ,
Folk Rock/Hard Rock/Blues Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Electric Blues/Classic Rock/Garage Rock/Rock & Roll/Rhythm & Blues/Jazz-Rock
Johnny Keating And His All Stars*
British Jazz - Swinging Scots
2008, CD, Comp, RE, Vocalion, ,
Big Band/Swing
Ronnie Ross
Stompin' With The Ronnie Ross Quintet/The Swingin' Sounds Of The Jazz Makers
2008, CD, Album, Comp, RE, Acrobat
Johnny Dankworth*
The Best Of Johnny Dankworth
2008, 2xCD, Comp, EMI Gold
Kenny Graham
Presenting Kenny Graham
2008, CD, ,
Afro-Cuban Jazz
Don Rendell-Ian Carr Quintet* With Michael Garrick • Dave Green • Trevor Tomkins & The Don Rendell Four*, The Don Rendell Five* Featuring John Mealing
Original 1964-68 Recordings / Live From The Antibes Jazz Festival
2007, CD, Album, Spotlite Records
Various
Jazz For Meditation
2007, CD, ,
Soul-Jazz/Space-Age/Free Jazz/Modal/Hard Bop/Indian Classical/Contemporary Jazz
Amancio D'Silva
Konkan Dance
2006
Don Rendell Four / Five
Touch Links Of Gold & A Portuguese Portrait
2004, CD, Spotlite Jazz
Modern Jazz Extemporisms
Modern Jazz Extemporisms
2004, CD, Album, Mint Records (2),
Gilles Peterson
Impressed 2 With Gilles Peterson (Rare, Classic & Unique Modern Jazz From Britain 1963-74
2004, 2x Vinyl, ,
Jazzdance/Modal
Various
Bop-In' Britain Volume 1 - The Learning Curve
2003, CD, Comp, Mono, Jasmine Records, ,
Bop/Swing
Humphrey Lyttelton
I Play As I Please
2003, CD, Comp, Lake Records, ,
Dixieland
The Rendell / Carr Quintet*
Live In London
2003
Gilles Peterson
Impressed With Gilles Peterson
2002, ,
Big Band/Modal/Latin Jazz
Joe Harriott
Genius
2000, CD, Album, Jazz Academy Records, ,
Post Bop
Kenton*
Odyssey 1951-1968
2000, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Astral Jazz, ,
Big Band
Bobby Jaspar
Bobby Jaspar Featuring Dave Amram
1999, CD, Comp, BMG France,
The Pendlebury Dream Team
Fine And Mellow
1997, CD, Not On Label (The Pendlebury Dream Team Self-released)
Various
Bebop
1996
Michael Garrick Trio
Parting Is Such
1995, CD, Album, Jazz Academy Records
Modern Jazz Quartet*, Stan Kenton
In The Third Stream
1995, CD, Comp, Hobby & Work Italiana Editrice,
John O'Neill
The Jazz Method For Clarinet
1993, CD, Album, SCHOTT,
John O'Neill
The Jazz Method For Saxophone
1992, CD, SCHOTT
Various
Bebop In Britain
1991, Box, Comp + 4xCD, Esquire, ,
Bop
Stan Kenton
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra In Stockholm 1956
1990, CD, Album, Mono, RM, Swedish Radio Jazz Years
Brian Priestley's Special Septet
Love You Gladly - Dedicated To The Duke
1988, LP, Album, Cadillac Records
Various
5. International Jazz Fair - Zagreb '83
1984, 2xLP, Album, Jugoton
Johnny Dankworth* Featuring Cleo Laine With The John Dankworth Orchestra And The The Johnny Dankworth Seven
1953 - 1958
1984, Vinyl, ,
Big Band/Swing
Inner Ear
Inner Ear
1978, LP, Album, Rainbow (2)
Richard Hewson Orchestra*
Love Is...
1978
R & J Stone
We Do It
1976, ,
Vocal
Cleo Laine & The Johnny Dankworth Seven
A Lover And His Lass
1976, Vinyl,
The Don Rendell Five* Featuring Barbara Thompson
Just Music
1976
John Dankworth And His Orchestra*
Movies 'N' Me
1974, ,
Soundtrack/Jazz-Funk
Michael Garrick
Troppo
1974
The Dankworth Big Band*
Lifeline
1973, LP, Album, Philips
Newcastle Big Band
Newcastle Big Band
1972
Neil Ardley
A Symphony Of Amaranths
1972
Garrick's Fairground
Mr Smith's Apocalypse
1971
Gerry McClelland
Echoes Surround Me
1970, LP, Pilgrim Records (2),
The Michael Garrick Sextet With Norma Winstone
The Heart Is A Lotus
1970, ,
Modal
Peter Smith (11) And The Johnsons
Faith, Folk And Nativity
1970, ,
Religious/Folk
Various
Jazz Explosion (A Panorama Of Contemporary British Jazz)
1969, LP, Comp, Columbia, Columbia, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Modal
Stan Tracey
The Latin-American Caper
1969, LP, Album, Columbia, Columbia, ,
Bop/Latin Jazz
Various
Die Jazz-Werkstatt '69
1969, LP, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, ,
Cool Jazz/Post Bop/Fusion
Michael Garrick
A Jazz Cantata (For Martin Luther King)
1969, LP, Album, Erase (2)
Guy Warren Of Ghana*
Afro-Jazz
1969
Amancio D'Silva
Integration
1969
The Stan Tracey Big Brass
We Love You Madly
1969,
David And Marianne Dalmour
As They Are
1968
Don Rendell Ian Carr 5tet*
Dusk Fire
1966
Don Rendell Ian Carr Quintet*
Shades Of Blue
1965, Vinyl, ,
Post Bop/Modal
Various
Jazz For Moderns 7/8
1962, LP, Album, Mono, Transcription, BBC Transcription Service
The Jesters
Little Girl
1962
Various
Jazz At The Flamingo - 10th Anniversary Tribute
1961,
Frank Horrox & His Quintet*
Jazz Session
1960, 7", EP, Embassy
Kenny Baker And The Baker's Dozen*
Blowin' Up A Storm
1959, 10", Columbia
The Bert Courtley Jazz Quartet*
Bertrand's Bugle
1959, 7", EP, Mono, Decca
Ronnie Ross
Double Event
1959,
Cyril Stapleton And His Orchestra
All Time Big Band Hits
1959
Ted Heath And His Music
Our Kind Of Jazz
1959, ,
Big Band/Swing
Ken Moule's Music
Jazz At Toad Hall
1958, Vinyl,
Humphrey Lyttelton
I Play As I Please
1958, ,
Swing
Charlie Parker
The Immortal Charlie Parker - Vol. 3
1958
Lita Roza With Billy Munn's All-Stars
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea No. 1
1957, 7", EP, Decca, ,
Vocal
Ken Moule
Cool Moule Arranges For ...
1957, 7", EP, Decca
Lita Roza
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
1957
Various
Cool Music For A Hot Night
1957,
Ken Moule
Cool Moule
1957,
The Tony Kinsey Quintet
Introducing The Tony Kinsey Quintet
1957
A Unit From Stan Kenton Band Directed By Carl Fontana
A Unit From Stan Kenton Band Directed By Carl Fontana
1956, LP, Album, Mono, Fla, Club Des Amateurs Du Disque
Various
Tenorama
1956, LP, Comp, Mono, Pye Nixa,
The Hawksworth-Verrell Jazz Group
Ring Dem Bells / Always
1956
Les Kentonians* Et Martial Solal
Escale Á Paris
1956
Tony Crombie And His Orchestra
Presenting Tony Crombie And His Orchestra No. 2
1955, 7", EP, Mono, Decca
The Don Rendell Sextet*
Muskrat Ramble / Thames Walk
1955, 10", Vin, Tempo (14),
Tony Crombie And His Orchestra
Flying Home / Early One Morning
1955, Shellac, ,
Hard Bop
Ted Heath And His Music
Cloudburst / Malaguena
1955
Leonard Feather Presents Jutta Hipp And Her German Jazzmen, Mike Nevard's British Jazzmen
Leonard Feather Presents Cool Europe
1955
Ted Heath And His Orchestra
Ted Heath At The London Palladium Vol. 4
1955
Johnny's Jazz
Get Happy
1955
The Cool Britons
New Sounds From Olde England
1954, 10", Album, Mono, Blue Note, ,
Bop/Cool Jazz
Various
Music In The Making
1954, 10", Mono, Vogue Records, ,
Bop
Various
Isles Of Jazz - Britain's Best
1954, 10", Album, Comp, Mono, Discovery Records
Don Rendell Quintet / "Music In Making"
Best Keller / Presque Cubain
1954
Jimmie Deuchar Sextet*
Magoo / Spain
1953, Shellac, 10", Mono, Vogue Records
Various
A Modern Mixture Volume 1
1953, 10", Comp, Mono, Esquire
Jimmie Deuchar*
Jimmie Deuchar Showcase
1953
The Swinging Swedes* / The Cool Britons
New Sounds From The Old World
1951, 10", Mono, Blue Note, Blue Note
Johnny Keating With All Star Combinations*
Jazztime London
7", Bertelsmann Schallplattenring, ,
Swing/Big Band
Woody Herman's Anglo-American Herd
In England, April 1959
LP, Mono, Jazz Groove, Jazz Groove, ,
Big Band
Johnny Dankworth*
From Seven On...
LP, Mono, Encore!
Carl Fontana And The Kentonians
Blues Martial
7", Single, Jazz Selection, ,
Swing
Tony Kinsey Quintet*
Supper Party
7", S/Sided, Promo, Decca, ,
Contemporary Jazz
John O'Neill
The Jazz Method For Saxophone (Alto)
CD, SCHOTT
Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans, Wes Montgomery, Sam Jones, Herbie Mann, Mark Murphy, Red Garland
The Compositions Of Miles Davis
The Tony Kinsey Quintet
Mean To Me
Various
I Had The Craziest Dream: Modern Jazz And Hard​-​Bop In Post War London, Vol. 1
2022
Various
Journeys In Modern Jazz: Britain (1965-1972)
2021, ,
Big Band/Jazz-Rock/Modal/Fusion
Various
Soho Scene '64-'65 Jazz Goes Mod-Bonus Discs
2019, 2xCDr, Comp, Bon, Rhythm & Blues Records,
Bobby Jaspar
Paris - New York - Europe 1953-1962
2017, 3xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés, ,
Bop
Various
Soho Scene ’61 (Jazz Goes Mod)
2017
Various
Jazz Britannia '56! - Joe Harriott And The British Jazz All Stars
2013
Various
Jazz On CD No.04 - Home Cooking
1993, CD, Comp, Jazz On CD, Jazz On CD
Various
The Compositions Of Miles Davis
1962, LP, Comp, Mono, Riverside Records
Various
The Compositions Of Miles Davis
1962
Various
Swingin' The Blues
1958, LP, Comp, Tempo Records (5)
Various
"Speak Low" - More Mood Music In The Modern Manner
1958, LP, Comp, Tempo Records (5),
Various
National Jazz Federation Modern Jazz Concert Volume 1
1954, LP, Esquire
Neil Ardley
A Symphony Of Amaranths
2018, ,
Modal
Neil Ardley / Ian Carr / Don Rendell
Greek Variations & Other Aegean Exercises
2017
Don Rendell Ian Carr Quintet*
Shades Of Blue
2017, Vinyl, ,
Post Bop/Modal
Don Rendell Ian Carr 5tet*
Dusk Fire
2017, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Modal