| Biography | Keith Ronald Christie (6 January 1931, Blackpool, England 16 December 1980, London, England) was an English jazz trombonist. He was the brother of Ian Christie.
Christie was a core member of the famous trombone section of the Ted Heath Orchestra from 1957 till the late-1960s, playing alongside Don Lusher. He also played with drummer Allan Ganley, saxophonists Ronnie Ross and Art Ellefson from 1959-1962 in the Jazzmakers. He also toured the U.S. with Vic Lewis in 1960. After a brief reunion with Heath he played with Jimmy Deuchar (1964) and Harry South (196566). In 197071 he joined Benny Goodman on a tour of Europe. The 1960s and 1970s also saw him playing with Tubby Hayes, Paul Gonsalves, Ian Hamer, Stan Tracey, Kenny Wheeler, Bobby Lamb and Ray Premru, Phil Seamen, and Tony Kinsey. In the mid-1970s he suffered a fall and recovered, but continuing battles with alcoholism eventually resulted in his early death. |