Jackie Dougan

Jackie Dougan (1930, Greenock, Scotland – 27 January 1973, New South Wales, Australia) was a British jazz drummer.

Dougan originally played in Scotland with Duncan Lamont's band among others, before moving to London in 1956 to work with Buddy Featherstonhaugh.^[1] A member of Tommy Whittle's^[2] and Eddie Thompson's^[2] groups later that decade, he joined the Dick Morrissey Quartet in the early 1960s. Following on from that he became a member of the Ronnie Scott Quartet, along with another early Dick Morrissey Quartet member, Malcolm Cecil.

After his stint with Scott, Dougan joined the Tony Coe Quintet^[3] and later recorded with Stan Tracey (on the Jazz Suite Inspired by Dylan Thomas's "Under Milk Wood" album, 1965), Sonny Stitt, Ben Webster, Al Cohn and Zoot Sims.^[4]

In June 1968 Dougan emigrated to Australia, where he worked with Lew Campbell, Don Burrows and others, as well as undertaking a lot of freelance work. He died in a car accident in New South Wales in early 1973.^[1]

• 1962: Zoot at Ronnie Scott's – Zoot Sims
• 1962: Solo for Zoot – Zoot Sims
• 1963: Have You Heard? – The Dick Morrissey Quartet
• 1965: Jazz Suite Inspired by Dylan Thomas's "Under Milk Wood" – Stan Tracey
• 1965: Al and Zoot in London – Al Cohn & Zoot Sims