Bill Ashton (jazz musician)

William Michael Allingham Ashton OBE (born 6 December 1936) is a British band leader, saxophonist and composer. He is best known for co-founding NYJO - the British National Youth Jazz Orchestra, of which he was Musical Director from 1965 until his retirement in 2009 when he became Life President.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "LondonJazz: National Treasures of Jazz, Bill Ashton of NYJO". Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
  2. ^ "NYJO". Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard (2005). Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia. London: Penguin Books. pp. 22–23. ISBN 0-141-00646-3.