Big Chief (British band)

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Big Chief is a British jazz band that also incorporates blues influences. The band is described by The Observer as "an institution as much as a band, bundling jazz, blues and soul in one bag and shaking them vigorously". Its members included saxophonist Dick Heckstall-Smith, [1] and Tony Reeves. [2]

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Band members

Big Chief's current band members are as follows: [3]

Discography

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References

  1. The Independent
  2. "Tony Reeves Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic .
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)