Vic Ash has been played on NTS shows including Death Is Not The End, with Hootin' first played on 28 March 2022.

Victor "Vic" Ash (born 9 March 1930, East London), is an English jazz saxophonist and clarinetist.

Ash began playing professionally in 1951 when, together with Tubby Hayes, he joined the band of Kenny Baker, with whom he played until 1953. Following this Ash played with Vic Lewis (1953–56), then accompanied Hoagy Carmichael and Cab Calloway on tours of England.

He led his own ensemble and was a favorite in the Melody Maker fan polls of the 1950s; concurrently he had a radio program called Sunday…