Person Open DS/UK/10331 Stobart; Florence Kathleen (1925-); English jazz saxophonist Stobart Florence Kathleen 1925- English jazz saxophonist Female

Florence Kathleen Stobart (born 1 April 1925, South Shields, County Durham, England) is an English jazz saxophonist. Stobart in her long career as a leading jazz saxophonist has recorded and played with countless top musicians, yet her own recorded output is comparatively sparse. From her professional debut at the age of fourteen she eventually moved to London where work was more plentiful, playing with Art Pepper (then a serviceman) while posted in the UK during the war. Following a spell with the Vic Lewis big band during the late 1940s Stobart married trumpeter Bert Courtley and formed her own band in the early 1950s. Her work over many years with Humphrey Lyttelton has produced some of her finest playing and Lyttelton rightly regards her as a world-class musician. Her other credits include work with Johnnie Griffin, Al Haig, Earl ‘Fatha’ Hines, Buddy Tate, Zoot Sims, Harry Beckett and Dick Hyman. Stobart topped the bill at the first British women’s jazz festival in 1982 and was a member of Gail Force 17 (the women’s big band) during the mid-1980s. Additionally she has made a reputation as a music teacher. Still refusing to retire from the road, she was on tour with Lyttelton again throughout the 1990s. www.allmusic.com International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHdroberts 12/17/2013 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 c5a0e7e4-cc9b-4c3b-a3e5-ed6280d99482