Leslie Hutchinson

Jamaican jazz trumpeter and bandleader, nicknamed "Jiver" born March 6, 1906 in Crossroads, St. Andrews, Jamaica died November 22, 1959 in Weeting, England. Hutchinson played in the band of Bertie King in Jamaica in the 1930s, then moved to England, where he played with Happy Blake's Cuba Club Band. In 1936 he played in Leslie Thompson's Emperors of Jazz and in 1938 with Ken 'Snakehips' Johnson, then joined Geraldo's band in 1939. He led his own ensemble from 1944 to 1950, featuring many of the musicians from Thompson's band. Hutchinson was killed in a car crash in Weeting in 1959 while on tour with his band. His daughter is the singer Elaine Delmar.