Paul Rutherford
b. Paul William Rutherford, 29 February 1940, Greenwich, London, England, d. 6 August 2007, London, England. Rutherford began to play saxophone in the mid-50s, then changed to trombone, which he played in RAF bands from 1958-63. While in the RAF he met John Stevens and Trevor Watts, with whom he founded the Spontaneous Music Ensemble in 1965. They shared a love for left of centre jazz, and in particular, the direction that Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy were taking the music. From 1964-68 he studied at London's Guildhall School of Music in the day and played free jazz in The Little Theatre Club at night. In 1967 be began to work regularly in Mike Westbrook's bands. In the early 70s he formed his own Iskra 1903 group, with Derek Bailey and Barry Guy, and also worked with Neil Ardley, the London Jazz Composers Orchestra the Globe Unity Orchestra and the Tony Oxley septet as well as with other freelance improvisers, such as Evan Parker and Paul Lovens. In fact without continuing to list names, Rutherford worked with just about every talented British jazz musician from an era that was a golden one.
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