Ken Mackintosh

Saxophonist Ken Mackintosh led one of the most popular and long-running British big bands of the postwar era, scoring a massive hit with 1953's swing classic "The Creep." Born in Yorkshire on August 4, 1919, Mackintosh was the son of an amateur musician, and as an adolescent often accompanied his father to local jazz gigs. The alto saxophone proved most alluring, and with income earned as a scorekeeper for a local cricket club he was able to purchase his first sax at age 14. Within a few years Mackintosh was gigging professionally in the Leeds and Bradford areas, but World War...