Ronnie Scott OBE was a British jazz tenor saxophonist and jazz club owner. He co-founded Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, one of the world’s most popular jazz clubs, in 1959. He died at the age of 69 from an accidental overdose of barbiturates prescribed by his dentist.
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Ronnie Scott OBE was a British jazz tenor saxophonist and jazz club owner. He co-founded Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, one of the world’s most popular jazz clubs, in 1959. Scott was among the earliest British musicians to have been influenced by Charlie Parker and other players of modern jazz. He died at the age of 69 from an accidental overdose of barbiturates prescribed by his dentist. His widow, Mary Scott, and her daughter, Rebecca Scott, wrote the memoir A Fine Kind of Madness: Ronnie Scott Remembered, with a foreword by Spike Milligan.
The book was published in 1999 in London by Headline Book Publishing, and is available to buy on Amazon.com for £16.99. For confidential support call the Samaritans in the UK on 08457 90 90 90, visit a local Samaritans branch or see www.samaritans.org for details. In the U.S. call the National Suicide Prevention Line on 1-800-273-8255 or visit www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org.
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