'rise a kite' is an anagram of his name

something he called "furniture music".

Oh, and his compositions are very good.

but that's just me !

but also an actor.

Though occasionally a serious actor, he is most well-known for comedy parts. He has worked a lot with Tommy Cooper, and had a long-running situation comedy series on TV called Sykes in which he and Hattie Jakes played a brother and sister sharing a house.

He is still alive though almost blind and deaf.

i went on holiday to this really cool 500 year old house in Honfleur, where he was from, and the only entertainment was recording of some of his stuff. I think some of it was in the film Chocolat as well.

pretty little simple piano stuff, most famously

It will be very very familiar, almost to the point of sounding cheesy