The Australian All-Stars, The Loganberries, The 3 Out, Tubby Hayes Quartet
Spouses
Lucille Power
(m. 1953)
Catherine Kelly
(m. 1984)
Musical artist
Frederick "Freddy" Logan (born Frederick Christian Loggen; 8 April 1930 – May 2003) was a Jazz musician who played the double bass.
Career
After learning bass during his teens, Freddy Logan became a professional musician in 1948, playing in local bands until he joined the Pia Beck Trio in 1949. The trio toured England and the Netherlands before Freddy left the group.[1]
Logan returned to England in 1953 to study at Guildhall School of Music, and continued playing jazz in London where he worked with Kenny Graham, Harry Klein and Derek Smith. In 1956 he moved to Sydney, Australia, where he hosted his own radio program Jazz For Pleasure and started the Jazz II club.[1] After winning a readers poll in Music Maker magazine, Logan was among a group given studio recording time, and he recorded his first album recorded in Australia as part of the Music Maker 1957 All Stars.[2] Members of the group went onto form and record as The Australian All-Stars, who appeared on TV and released their debut album in 1960.[1]
He formed The Three Out trio with Mike Nock and Chris Karan in 1960, who released two albums Move (1961) and Sittin’ In (1961) and performed with international acts at the 1st Annual Australian International Jazz Festival. After Nock received a scholarship to the USA, The 3-Out briefly toured New Zealand and parts of Europe before breaking up.[3]
After receiving a British passport during the 1960s, Freddy Logan married Catherine Kelly in 1984.[1] They lived in Cambridgeshire until his death in May 2003.[4][6] He had previously married Australian actress Lucille Power in 1953.[1]