Jimmy Jewell began his career in 1962, participating in several jazz and rhythm and blues bands including Eddie Marten and the Sabres.
[1][2][3] In 1966, Jewell moved to London, played for a while in the Freddie Mack Sound and subsequently toured Germany with Chris Andrews and the Paramounts.
In 1967, back in London, he played gigs with Lord "Caesar" Sutch & the Roman Empire, and the joined soul band Stewart James Inspiration, with whom he toured until their dissolution 1968.
[4] After joining the Keef Hartley Band, Jewell played Woodstock[5] and a couple of albums were released with his saxophone sound: The Battle of North West Six (1969) and The Time Is Near (August 1970).
[7] Work was occasional including small jazz bands and collaboration with Lonnie Brooks on the 1981 album Turn On The Night.