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Roy Frederick Budd (14 March 1947, Mitcham, Surrey – 7 August 1993, London) was a British jazz musician and film composer.

Although some biographies say Budd started playing aged four, he was two and a half years old when he started picking out tunes on the piano the morning after a Christmas party (verified by Roy’s brother). When he was six, two German professors visited him in South Norwood, and after various tests, found that he had perfect pitch. That year, he made his public concert debut at the London Coliseum.

At eight years old he already had a vast musical repertoire. He was featured on the Caroll Levis show on radio when he was only ten. He even sang some Jerry Lee Lewis songs when he was eleven years old with his brother Peter and brother’s friend Geoffrey at the Sutton Granada under the name “The Blue Devils.” (verified by Roy’s brother). He formed the “Roy Budd Trio” with bassist Peter McGirk and drummer Trevor Tomkins before leaving school and embarking on a career as a jazz pianist. Later Roy reformed the trio with Jeff Cline (Bass) and Chris Karan (drums). Jeff Cline was replaced by Pete Morgan, and that trio existed until his death.

His first recording was the eponymous album “Pick Yourself Up” in early 1965 with Pete McGurk on bass with the orchestra and Dave Holland on bass with the trio and Chris Karan on drums and Tony Hatch, Johnny Harris and Roy Budd as arrangers. Other solo albums include “Live at Newport” “Roy Budd” “Everything Is Coming Up Roses” and “Have a Jazzy Christmas”.

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  • estravagaria

    wow

    28 Feb 4:23pm Reply
  • Epitymbidia

    I really would like to know who's the singer in "Black Is Beautiful" from "The Stone Killer".

    19 Nov 2012 Reply
  • shaantigraphics

    RB Class Act!

    15 Mar 2012 Reply
  • vitaminoid

    "Fear Is The Key' and "The Stone Killer' are my fave scores :)

    27 Jun 2011 Reply
  • ashleyrobb

    ging' is beautiful

    24 Apr 2011 Reply
  • rod32lop

    great composer.

    12 Mar 2011 Reply
  • Sspin

    nope.. Cat and Mouse in Berlin ..FTW !!

    19 Nov 2010 Reply
  • PresumingAd

    Agree with Embryonicboy below. I wish the Who Dares Wins theme was on here (think it's called The Final Option which was the film's title in the US). It's very difficult to track down!

    22 Sep 2009 Reply
  • Embryonicboy

    Love the soundtrack to Who Dares Wins. Wonderful early 80's soundtrack!

    26 Jan 2009 Reply
  • D-D-N

    What genre of music is the "Get Carter" soundtrack? It isn't really jazz, but it ain't really soul either. I love the soundtrack a lot, but I've no idea how I'd go about finding music similar

    22 Oct 2008 Reply
  • mrjulius

    RIP Roy Budd

    3 Mar 2008 Reply