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'''Annie Whitehead''' (born 1955<ref>http://www.jazzpages.com/jzzbirth_fr.htm Jazz Birthdays</ref> in [[Oldham]], [[Lancashire]]) is an English jazz trombone player.

==Career==
Annie learned trombone at school; at 14 she was already busy playing with brass bands, local dance groups and the Manchester Youth Jazz Orchestra and began her professional career at sixteen. Among her initial influences were Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, and Wayne Henderson. She is also eclectic and willing to try other genres besides jazz.

In the 1970s she moved to [[London]] where she performed with [[Joan Armatrading]] and many others. In 1984 she formed her own band and released her first CD as its leader. She has contributed to more than 50 albums and has recorded five albums under her own name.<ref>http://www.earthmusic.com/anniebiog.htm Biography at www.earthmusic.com]</ref><ref name="allmusic.com">http://www.allmusic.com/artist/annie-whitehead-mn0000925145/credits Allmusic: ''Annie Whitehead > Credits''</ref>

She had been part of the Jazz Jamaican Allstars alongside saxophone player Denys Baptiste and her own band blends reggae rhythms with jazz. In 2004 BBC Radio 4 called her "one of the country's great trombonists."<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/2004_07_thu_02.shtml BBC radio 4</ref> In 2006, she joined Belgian band The Wrong Object for a series of gigs later documented on the Voiceprint CD, "Platform One". In 2007, she played trombone on most of the tracks contained in Robert Wyatt's album ''Comicopera''.

Whitehead also has worked with her girlfriend, [[Jennifer Maidman]], and teaches jazz at London's Centre for Young Musicians.

==Discography==
*''Mix up'' 1984
*''This is ...Rude'' 1994
*''Naked'' 1997
*''Home'' 2000
*''The Gathering'' 2000

==References==
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[[Category:Musicians]]
[[Category:1955 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]

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