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He gradually drifted back into music and led his own band in Staines and Twickenham in 1951-52. He also played lead alto with Rae Allen in Birmingham and Manchester in late 1952. He continued to play with a variety of groups until in 1956 he returned to the jazz scene heading a bop quintet and recorded two albums playing baritone sax and clarinet. In 1957 he led a band on the liner Orsova and in 1956-58 toured the Middle East for the British War Office. He then retired from jazz. Buddy died on 12th July 1976 at Westminster, London, at the age of 67. As his Times obituary said: ‘He was one of the few modern stylists of real calibre among British jazzmen of his generation’.


Buddy was married five times – first to Marion Paddison in 1935. A son, Ian Grant, was born in 1937 and they must have divorced soon after- wards. Ian lives in Canada. He then married Joan Turner in 1941 and then in 1948 Gwen Young (née Whitmore) with whom he had two sons, Robin and Simon. Finally he married Vera Beatrice Henrietta in 1967 with whom he had three daughters: Linzie Lee (who died in a car accident aged 23), Michele and Sara. A final question: Why did so many musicians choose to double as racing drivers? We can find, among the better known, Billy Cotton, Ronnie Scott, Acker Bilk and Chris Barber. And even James Hunt played the trumpet. Sources


Sara Featherstonhaugh, Buddy’s daughter, for help and advice. Roger Bird, Brooklands Museum Library Volunteer, for information on Buddy’s racing


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Louis Armstrong signed and dedicated this photo to Mrs Featherstonhaugh (Eastbourne College).


Buddy second from left with one of the jazz bands he played in (Eastbourne College). career.


Carl Spencer for information of Buddy’s jazz career.


Jazz Records 1897-1942, compiled by Brian Rust, third impression 1975 (loaned by Carl Spencer). Robert Hall, Vice Chairman Brooklands Trust Members. Paul Jordan, Liz Maloney and Graham Jones (former Eastbourne College Director of Music).


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