Denis Preston | |
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 Preston at work in Lansdowne Studios | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Sidney Denis Prechner |
| Also known as | Sidney Denis Preston |
| Born | 16 November 1916 Stoke Newington, London, England |
| Died | 21 October 1979 (aged 62) Hove, Sussex, England |
| Genres | Jazz, skiffle, blues |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, critic |
| Years active | 1940-1970s |
| Labels | Lansdowne Records |
Sidney Denis Preston[1] (né Prechner, 16 November 1916 – 21 October 1979) was a British record producer, recording studio owner, radio presenter and music critic. He was particularly influential in the British jazz and associated skiffle scenes from the 1940s to the 1960s.[1]
Preston worked independently;[2] he was not contracted to a particular record label and would often risk cutting a record before pitching for a deal.[3] He has been described as "Europe's first independent record producer",[2] and as "probably the most important figure to emerge from the British jazz business".[4] Neil Ardley described him as "a rare Diaghilev like figure" who steered many of the key figures of the British jazz scene into the studio when nobody else would record them.[5]
- ^ a b Wilmer, Val. "Preston, (Sydney) Denis". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/75566. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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- ^ "BIOGRAPHY - Later recording". amanciodsilva.com. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
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