1947 - 2017
Ian Cruickshank English Guitarist
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Details
| Alternative Name |
Spit James
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1946
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| Birthplace |
United Kingdom
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| Died |
29th April, 2017
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| Nationality |
English
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| Occupation Text |
Musician, author, educator, promoter, producer, record label owner
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| Occupation |
Guitarist
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| Music Genre (Text) |
blues-rock, gypsy jazz
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| Year(s) Active |
1965 – 2017
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| Instrument (text) |
Acoustic & electric guitar
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| Associated Acts |
Keef Hartley, Ian Cruickshank's Gypsy Jazz, Ian Cruickshank's Gypsy Jazz
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Ian Cruickshank (1947 – 29 April 2017) was an English electric and acoustic guitarist most associated with the blues-rock and gypsy jazz genres, also well known in the U.K. as an educator, author and columnist, record producer and record label owner, festival organiser and promoter of artists in the gypsy jazz world. He achieved some success in the 1960s in the Keef Hartley Band playing electric guitar under the pseudonym Spit James before becoming enamoured of the gypsy jazz style originated by Django Reinhardt in the 1930s and devoting almost all of his energies to educating, performing and promoting activities in this area up till his death in 2017. He published several influential books on gypsy jazz, was producer and music co-ordinator for the TV Documentary Django Legacy, was the owner of the Fret Records record label, and organised the UK Gypsy Jazz Guitar Festival annually from 1997 to 2000.
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