Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in 1962, and was succeeded by many others (often saxophonists whom Scott and King, tenor saxophonists themselves, admired, such as Johnny Griffin, Lee Konitz, Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt) in the years that followed. Many UK jazz musicians were also regularly featured, including Tubby Hayes and Dick Morrissey who would both drop in for jam sessions with the visiting stars. In the mid-1960s, Ernest Ranglin was the house guitarist. The club's house pianist until 1967 was Stan Tracey. For nearly 30 years it was home of a Christmas residency to George Melly and John Chilton's Feetwarmers. In 1978, the club
Frederick Chilton another letter to Chilton swearing gruesome vengeance. In the film adaptation, Lecter calls Starling and says he is "having an old friend for dinner", as he begins secretly following Chilton. Chilton does not appear in "Hannibal"; the hospital has been shut down by the time the novel's events take place. The novel does mention that Chilton disappeared while on vacation in Jamaica seven years earlier; it is strongly suggested that Lecter murdered him. In "Manhunter", the first film adaptation of "Red Dragon", Chilton is played by Benjamin Hendrickson. Chilton’s role is greatly reduced, with his incompetence and hatred of Lecter