James Last obituary

Bandleader who won fans and foes with his easy listening approachJames Last, who has died aged 86, was the most commercially successful bandleader of the decades following the second world war. He inspired both devotion and loathing among pop music fans, thanks to his unique ability to transform music of almost any form into his own style of easy listening.A James Last concert would include anything from light classical and jazz favourites through to ballads, polkas, waltzes, a James Bond theme