John Arthur "Johnny" Van Derrick (* 11 August 1926 in Ealing; † 15 May 1995 in Denham, Buckinghamshire) was a British Jazz violinist, who also worked as session musician in pop music.
Subsequently, he took violin lessons with his mentor Sascha Lasserson and played in the Halle Orchestra, before setting up as a freelance musician.
He appeared with Roy Fox and Geraldo, and in the early 1960s played in the Diz Disley String Quintet, with which he made his first recording (At the Jazz Band Ball), as well as with Tubby Hayes, Gary Potter and the Jack Toogood Swingtet.
[2] He later appeared with Fapy Lafertin, Hebe and The Mayfair Merrymakers (as well as with Digby Fairweather, Keith Nichols), Diz Disley and The Soho String Quintette (Van Derrick is the violinist in this TV performance of Sweet Georgia Brown: Video on YouTube), Howard Alden and Tony Crombie & Friends.
In 1992 Van Derrick recorded the album Always On the Fiddle in Jersey with Marvin Hanglider (Piano), Phil Bond (Guitar) and Pete Townsend (Bass); in 1993 followed the duo album Gershwinning (with Phil Bond), on which he gave interpretations of Standards like "I Got Rhythm", "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off", "Nice Work If You Can Get It" and "Oh, Lady Be Good".