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Bill Kemp Drummer 1941 - 2021
Born in Perth, Bill was a mainstay drummer in various Jazz Bands throughout the 60's, playing with Alan Gorrie, Jim Mullen, Laurie Hamilton, the East Coast Jazzmen and many others. He began drumming in a pipe band as a youngster, then was part of the Ronnie Spiers group, who were very popular in their time and, after he moved to Aberdeen in the 1960s, he joined the Alex Sutherland Band and started working with different musicians on their albums, whether it was folk, pop or jazz.He was also the1st call drummer for TV and Radio Session for Grampian TV, BBC, and STV and resident drummer with Alex Sutherland for many years.
Whether recording in the studio with the likes of Barbara Dickson, Rab Noakes, Cilla Fisher and countless other artists, or appearing on stage with international stars at the Aberdeen Jazz Festival, Bill Kemp was one of those irrepressible individuals who enhanced the lives of everybody he met. Bill taught drums in Aberdeen schools and played with many visiting Jazz greats like Pete King and was a regular drummer for the East Coast Jazzmen till Covid in 2020.
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Born in Perth, Bill was a mainstay drummer in various Jazz Bands throughout the 60's, playing with Alan Gorrie, Jim Mullen, Laurie Hamilton, the East Coast Jazzmen and many others. He began drumming in a pipe band as a youngster, then was part of the Ronnie Spiers group, who were very popular in their time and, after he moved to Aberdeen in the 1960s, he joined the Alex Sutherland Band and started working with different musicians on their albums, whether it was folk, pop or jazz.He was also the1st call drummer for TV and Radio Session for Grampian TV, BBC, and STV and resident drummer with Alex Sutherland for many years.
Whether recording in the studio with the likes of Barbara Dickson, Rab Noakes, Cilla Fisher and countless other artists, or appearing on stage with international stars at the Aberdeen Jazz Festival, Bill Kemp was one of those irrepressible individuals who enhanced the lives of everybody he met. Bill taught drums in Aberdeen schools and played with many visiting Jazz greats like Pete King and was a regular drummer for the East Coast Jazzmen till Covid in 2020.