The majority of sides featuring British jazz pianist Frank Horrox come from the catalog of bandleader Ted Heath, only appropriate as this was a relationship the pianist continued to return to even after launching his own combos, including both a trio and a quintet. The Horrox surname, sounding like a detergent used exclusively by fiends, was developed from his original name of Horrocks. He came from a musical family, although strictly amateur, beginning his own private studies at the age of eight and continuing at the Trinity College of Music, where his academic record was nothing if not superb. The pianist began performing professionally as a teenager, his position with Heath beginning in the early '50s. By the time Horrox passed away two decades later he had been involved in a bit less than 100 recording sessions, some involving musical dignitaries visiting London, including drummer Louie Bellson. His own favorite pianists were American jazzmen, and Horrox took pride in his arrangements of standards such as "Love for Sale." His ensembles played regularly on British film and theater scores. ~ Eugene Chadbourne, Rovi