Trevor Ramsey Tomkins, a British jazz drummer best known for his work in a number of British bands in the 1970s, including Gilgamesh has died. His death was announced on Sept. 9, 2022. He was 81 years.
Did Trevor Tomkins have kids? It’s not known if Tomkins had children. This is because his personal life are under the wraps.
Born in London, Tomkins studied music at the Guildhall School of Music, initially learning to play trombone before switching to the drums.
Tomkins joined Don Rendell in 1962, working with the Don Rendell/Ian Carr quintet for seven years until 1969.
He recorded several albums with pianist Michael Garrick and Don Rendell in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
In the 1970s, he worked with Ian Carr’s Nucleus, Giles Farnaby’s Dream Band, David Becker and Henry Lowther’s Quaternity.
Tomkins was the first cousin of Roy Budd (jazz pianist and film composer of Get Carter fame), and Peter C. Budd (jazz guitarist living in Chicago), and was a member of various trios and other line-ups with Roy Budd.