Jack Jackson (British radio)

Jack Jackson was an English trumpeter and bandleader popular during the British dance band era, and who later became a highly influential radio disc jockey.

He was born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, the son of a brass band player and conductor, and began playing cornet at the age ofbefore playing violin and cello in dance bands. He learnt to play trumpet and worked in swing bands in circuses, revues, ballrooms and ocean liners before joining Jack Hyltons band in 1927. He left Hylton in 1929 and freelanced for a while.

Source: Wikipedia