Musicial and broadcaster Jim Caine has died.

He was born June 11, 1926, in the James Caine Ltd shop at 49 Athol Street, Douglas, where he later worked running the gentlemen’s outfitters department and furniture sales, plus collecting weekly book payments for those who wanted to spread the cost of larger items like sofas and beds.

Started by his grandfather in 1885, Caine’s became the island’s largest department store until the building was sold in the 1980s, the retail outlet moving to new premises in Demesne Road where they specialised in flooring and furniture and still do to this day, managed by the fifth generation of the family.

Jim was raised on Leigh Terrace, Douglas, and educated at Hanover Street School and Douglas High School for Boys before getting a place at Sheffield University.

However he returned home before graduating to work in the family business.

He was the eldest of four brothers, including the late Bernard Caine who was chairman of Manx National Heritage trustees for many years.

Jim was secretary of the Manx Jazz Club for more than 30 years and counted Ronnie Aldridge and Humphrey Lyttelton among his friends - often sending Humphrey and other jazz musicians packages of Manx kippers.

He brought many of his heroes to the island, including Chicago saxophonist Bud Freeman, trumpeter Ruby Braff and guitarist Martin Taylor.

A young Nigel Kennedy sat in with his band after giving a classical concert at the Erin Arts Centre in Port Erin and remembered Jim many decades later after bumping into him at Ray’s jazz record shop in London.

Saxophonist Alan Barnes was a regular visitor to the island, playing at numerous festivals and only recently remembered Jim and wife Edna’s great hospitality.

Jim’s professional musical career, pursued alongside the day job, included playing piano in the band led by drummer Hugh Gibb - famously the father of the Bee Gees.

He would often recall bouncing twins Maurice and Robin ... or ’Oggy and Woggy’ as Hugh fondly called them, on his knee, while Hugh got ready for work.

Hughie also played drums in the early days of the Jim Caine Trio and the pair remained lifelong friends.

In the 1960s Jim had residency at the Arragon Hotel in Santon, run by TT legend Geoff Duke and his wife.

It was at the Arragon with his trio (Morris Gawne on drums and bass player Tommy Cowley) he made a new year’s broadcast, one of the first live outside broadcasts on Manx Radio.

It was also groundbreaking as one of the first live outside broadcasts by a commercial station in Britain.

Jim later produced a CD, Saturday Night at the Arragon, from his reel-to-reel recordings 1963 to 68, raising more than £1,000 for island charities, including Manx Blind Welfare.

From the late 1940s through to the early 2000s, the Jim Caine Trio played in all the top hotels on the island and also at Tynwald Fair, latterly with his sons - Chris on keyboards, Howard on drums - and Brian Westwell on electric bass.

Jim had weekly shows on Manx Radio from the 1960s. Initially he played a repertoire of piano favourites and requests on his piano at home in Douglas.

Later he presented the Jim’s Jazz Hour, Music Miscellany (light classical music), and until recently Sweet and Swing, a big band and swing show, since taken over by son Howard, while the jazz show, renamed Jumpin’ In, is now hosted by sons Howard and Chris.

Aside from decades in broadcasting and entertainment, Jim was appointed to the Postcard Censorship Committee (1981 for six years until it was disbanded) and served on the Isle of Man Arts Council. He was also a member of Albany and Finch Hill tennis clubs for many years.

Jim leaves a wife of more than 67 years Edna, daughter Hilary, a professional musician, sons Chris and Howard and three grandchildren.