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Derek James (2)

A trombone player born in Llandybie near Ammanford, South Wales, in 1929. He began playing the trombone in the Ammanford Brass Band at the age of thirteen, and won the Trombone Solo Competition at the Welsh National Eisteddfod three years in succession. He joined the Regimental Band of HM Welsh Guards in 1952, whilst studying at the Royal College of Music. In 1955, he became a member of Covent Garden's Royal Opera House Orchestra, where he stayed for eight years. In 1964 he joined the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and in 1981, became a member of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He died on New Year’s Eve 2014. [b]For the American trombonist, see [a3572742].[/b]