Sammy Rimington

Samuel Rimington (born 29 April 1942, in Paddock Wood, Kent, England),[1] is an English jazz reed player.

He made some jazz fusion recordings early in the 1970s, but most of his work has been in the New Orleans jazz vein, playing with Louis Nelson, Big Jim Robinson, Chris Barber, Kid Thomas Valentine, and Captain John Handy.

Rimington's main influences were George Lewis on clarinet and Captain John Handy on alto sax.

Since 1982, Rimington gave for many years a concert annually at Floda Church near the town Katrineholm, Sweden.

In the beginning, he was invited by the priest Lars "Sumpen" Sundbom, who was himself a jazz musician.

Rimington, center, at jazz funeral for Danny Barker , New Orleans, 1994. He is flanked by clarinetists Chris Burke at left and Dr. Michael White at right.