Lauderic Caton

Lauderic Caton
Birth nameLauderic Rex Caton
Born(1910-08-31)31 August 1910
Arima, Trinidad and Tobago
Died19 February 1999(1999-02-19) (aged 88)
London, England
GenresJazz
OccupationMusician
InstrumentGuitar

Lauderic Caton (31 August 1910 – 19 February 1999) was a Trinidadian guitarist who settled in Britain in 1940.[1] He was an early proponent of the use of electric guitar in Britain, particularly in jazz music.[2] According to Val Wilmer, "he exercised a significant influence on Pete Chilver[3] and Dave Goldberg, the two jazz guitarists more generally credited as British pioneers of the amplified instrument, while his students, official and unofficial, ranged from jazz exponents to the Nigerian highlife specialist Ambrose Campbell and Hank Marvin of the Shadows."[4]

  1. ^ Wilmer, Val (17 February 1999). "Lauderic Caton obituary: Harlem nights in deepest Mayfair". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  2. ^ Val Wilmer, "Lauderic Caton", The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz online.
  3. ^ Val Wilmer, "Obituary: Peter Chilver", The Guardian, 23 June 2008.
  4. ^ Val Wilmer (2004). "Caton, Lauderic Rex (1910–1999)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/74670.