Artists | Annie Whitehead (UK)

Annie Whitehead (born 1955 in Oldham, UK) is a British trombone player.
Annie learned trombone at school, at 14 she was already busy playing with brass bands, local dance groups and the Manchester Youth Jazz Orchestra and began her professional career at 16.
In the 1970s she moved to London where she found herself in demand. In the following years she worked with Chris McGregor’s Brotherhood of Breath, National Health, Carla Bley, Robert Wyatt, Joan Armatrading, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Chris Rea, Bill Wyman, Elvis Costello, Jah Wobble, ...And the Native Hipsters and others. In 1984 she formed her own band and released her first CD as its leader. She was a member of Working Week, has contributed to far more than 50 albums and has recorded five albums under her own name.
She had been part of the Jazz Jamaican Allstars alongside saxophone player Denys Baptiste and her own band blends reggae rhythms with jazz. In 2003 she played trombone on Robert Wyatt’s album Cuckooland. Lately, she has participated in the Frank Zappa tribute band Zappatistas with jazz guitarist John Etheridge and others. In 2006, she joined Belgian band The Wrong Object for a series of gigs. In 2007, she played trombone on most of the tracks contained in Robert Wyatt’s album Comicopera.
From 2010 she collaborates at Comicoperando.