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AIR. Columbia. Island. Trunk. Basil Kirchin (8 August 1927 – 18 June 2005) was an English drummer and composer. His career spanned from playing drums in his father's big band at the age of 13, through scoring films, to electronic music featuring tape manipulation of the sounds of birds, animals, insects and children.
Feb 15, 2017 · Basil Kirchin lived in a council house off Hessle Road in Hull, where he spent the latter years of his life By the end of the 1990s, Kirchin was living an impoverished lifestyle in a...
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Post Heath, and by the early 50s, the Kirchin Band had arrived - led and directed by Basil and his father Ivor. The countrywide work and broadcasts kept coming in, including a long series of live broadcast with the legendary vocalist Ruby Murray. In 1954 Ivor was involved in a serious car accident, and told Basil to take over the band.
The pioneering English composer Basil Kirchin’s music is entirely different and was the subject of a dedicated sold-out weekend in February last year, part of the Hull UK City of Culture events ...
Basil Kirchin (8 August 1927 – 18 June 2005) was an English drummer and composer. His career spanned from playing drums in his father's big band at the age of 13, through scoring films, to electronic music featuring tape manipulation of the sounds of birds, animals, insects and children. Kirchin started his drumming career at 13 years old in the 1940s. He’d play for eight hours a day and ...
One of our biggest projects for Hull City of Culture 2017 was to play a pivotal role in the rediscovery of the ‘lost’ composer Basil Kirchin who died penniless and largely forgotten in Hull in 2005. After pitching Basil’s story to the 2017 team in early 2014, we worked closely with promoters J-Night, Serious music […]
Born in London, [1] Ivor Kirchin was the leader, singer, drummer, conductor and business manager for The Kirchin Band, a popular big band formed in the 1930s. [2] The Kirchin Band performed on the Mecca ballroom circuit during the Second World War. [1] There was always plenty of work around the dance hall circuit for the band but there were few ...
