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Teacher and jazz bassist, 1926-2020
==== Pete Blannin was born in east London (where exactly). (More detail, parents etc, schooling, qualifications, how became interested in music). He served (as what) in the Merchant Navy (when and where). He spent two years in New Zealand (why? doing what?details). He returned to London in 1948 and worked with, amongst others, the Jive Bombers. By late 1949 he was gigging with Victor Feldman and the Leon Roy Big Band. From 1951 to 1952 he was frequently with pianist Ronnie Ball and he is heard on the trio records Ball made for Esquire in this period, sometimes with Harry Klein. )Was all this in London, where was he based, did he tour a lot). When Ball went to the US Blannin worked in India for a time with Victor Feldman again (details - where and why). Through the 1950s he worked with jazzmen including Tony Kinsey, Tubby Hayes and Bert Courtley and Don Rendell in the Jazz Committee (where?). From 1960 to 1964 Blannin worked with Humphrey Lyttelton's mainstream band (where?). Blannin featured in (more than 40) recordings for (labels) during his professional career from (1948?) to (1964) and toured with bands in the UK and as far afield as (??). In 1964 he left full-time music (why? financial?) to train as a teacher (where) while also working as a freelance bassist (where based?). His teaching career, when he taught subjects other than music (which subjects? job title?), included a two-year spell in Sweden (why? doing what?). When he retired from teaching (when) he resumed his music career (details). He died (when)(where, of what). ====

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