Bill Ashton, English saxophonist and composer

Bill Ashton (jazz musician)

British musician (1936–2025)

William Michael Allingham Ashton OBE was a British band leader, saxophonist and composer who was best known for co-founding NYJO - the British National Youth Jazz Orchestra, of which he was Musical Director from 1965 until his retirement in 2009 when he became Life President.