Ken Woodman

British trumpeter Ken Woodman is best-known as the musical director (i.e., arranger) of 1960s pop/rock hits by Sandie Shaw, Chris Andrews, Adam Faith, and Tom Jones. Those arrangements often highlighted a swinging, brassy sound with heavy overtones of jazz and light pop as well as rock. On Chris Andrews' hits, in particular, there were rhythms that gave the material an oom-pah marching-band flavor. These were perhaps ingrained in Woodman by his stint as a trumpeter and arrangement writer for the Bands of the Royal Marines during World War II (in fact, Woodman didn't leave the ...