Recipients of the USA's "Goldkette Foundation Award", and four times finalists Australian "Mo" Awards. Issued ten CD's, three of which were released in the USA. Seven tours of the USA (East & West Coasts & the Mid-west). Festivals in Edinburgh (Scotland) and Brecon (Wales) and a concert in Soho, London.. Featured artists at the annual conventions of "International Association of Jazz Record Collectors" (Chicago), and of the "American Federation of Jazz Festival Directors" (Davenport, Iowa).
Played Australian Jazz Festivals and clubs in Canberra, Manly, Darling Harbour, NSW Southern Highlands, Melbourne, Brisbane, Thredbo, York (WA), Adelaide, Wagga Wagga. Jazz tours of Queensland, Victoria and NSW. Public concerts for Sydney's "Jazz In the Domain" and "Jazz On the Rocks".
This 8-piece group includes 5 multi-instrumentalists and three vocalists, and re-creates the Chicago and New York styles of classic hot jazz and swing music of the 20s to 40s. Smaller versions of the band form THE JAZZ RIPPERS. Both groups sample the repertoires of jazz-era greats including Beiderbecke, Morton, Armstrong, Ellington, Waller, Noone, Clarence Williams, and of swing-era greats including Goodman, Shaw, Herman, Berigan and Bob Crosby and also highlight original compositions of Australian jazzmen including Grahame Bell, Ade Monsburgh, Roger Bell, Bud Baker, Dave Dallwitz, Frank Johnson and David Basden. |
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