Peter Appleyard

Peter Appleyard

Peter Appleyard, jazz musician (born at Cleethorpes, Eng 26 Aug 1928, died, 17 July 2013 in Eden Mills, ON). A versatile studio percussionist and nightclub/TV personality in Toronto, he moved to Canada in 1951 as a drummer and soon turned to the vibraphone.

Appleyard's TV shows included the CBC's Mallets and Brass (1969, with flugelhornist Guido Basso) and the syndicated Peter Appleyard Presents (1977-80). Appleyard, who has conducted his Canadian career with a keen instinct for popular tastes, has recorded several light- instrumental albums, including Swing Fever (1982),as well as the jazz CDsBarbados Hot and Barbados Cool(1990). His version of The Lincolnshire Poacherwas a pop hit in the early 1970s. Appleyard has worked abroad with Benny Goodman, Dick Hyman, Mel Tormé, Bob Wilber and other noted US jazz musicians. He was made an Officer in the Order of Canada in 1992.