July, 1979, she headlined the North Sea Jazz Festival with Rod Mason and His Hot Five. In the 1980s she often sang with the New Orleans Syncopators, a Dutch jazz band with whom she recorded an album. She remained active into the 1990s, playing with the Metropolitan Jazz Band, Digby Fairweather, Nat Gonella and her own Blue Boys. She made her last recording with Gonella in 1998, shortly before her death. Personal life and death Bryden was a keen traveller. She was renowned for her flamboyant gowns and sculptured blonde wigs. She travelled widely and practised her hobbies of photography and deep-sea diving. She lived for many years at 166, Gloucester Terrace, Paddington in London. She died from Lymphoma, aged 78, at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, on 14 July 1998. Discography Two Moods of Beryl Bryden (Audiophile, 1994) References External links [ AllMusic] Beryl Bryden and The Piccadilly Six, Elite Special (1975). Liner notes :cs:Viktor Kotrubenko 1920 births 1998 deaths English jazz singers British women jazz singers 20th-century English women singers 20th-century English singers Musicians from Norwich Washboard players Jazz photographers