Australian Jazz. The Melbourne Sound: The First Forty Years
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6. Elmer Denfield’s Dilemma (Len Barnard)*
Len Barnard’s Jazz Band
Melbourne, 30 January 1954
Len Barnard (washboard, leader), Bob Barnard (cornet), Ade Monsbourgh (clarinet, alto sax), Earl “Tich” Bray (clarinet, tenor sax), Graham Coyle (piano), Peter Cleaver (banjo), Ron “Zeke” Williamson (tuba)
5. Got the Shakes (Ade Monsbourgh)*
Len Barnard’s Jazz Band
Sydney, 3 November 1953
Len Barnard (washboard, leader), Bob Barnard (cornet), Ade Monsbourgh (alto sax), Earl “Tich” Bray (clarinet), Graham Coyle (piano), Peter Cleaver (banjo), Ron “Zeke” Williamson (tuba)
4. The Reluctant Dragoman (Roger Bell)*
Graeme Bell and His Australian Jazz Band
London, 17 December 1951
Graeme Bell (piano, leader), Roger Bell (trumpet), Deryk Bentley (trombone), Ade Monsbourgh (alto sax), Don “Pixie” Roberts (clarinet), Norman “Bud” Baker (banjo), Lou Silbereisen (bass), John Sangster (washboard)
3. Ragtime Tuba (Dave Dallwitz)*
The Southern Jazz Group
Sydney, 29 May 1950
Dave Dallwitz (trombone, leader), Bill Munro (trumpet), Ade Monsbourgh (trumpet, clarinet, alto sax), Bruce Gray (clarinet, alto sax), Kevin Allen (piano), Johnny Malpas (banjo, guitar), Bob Wright (tuba), Bob Foreman (drums)
2. Royal Terminus Rag (Warwick Dyer)*
Frank Johnson’s Fabulous Dixielanders
Sydney, 6 December 1949
Frank Johnson (trumpet, leader), Ken Evans (trumpet), Warwick “Wocka” Dyer (trombone), Geoff Kitchen (clarinet), Geoff Bland (piano), Bill Tope (banjo), Jack Connelly (tuba), Wes Brown (drums)