Frank Traynor
Frank Traynor (8 August 1927 - ?) was an Australian jazz musician, trombonist and entrepeneur based in Melbourne. He led Australia’s longest continuously running jazz band, The Jazz Preachers from 1956 until his death.[1] He founded and ran Frank Traynor's Folk and Jazz Club in Melbourne which played a central role in the Australian folk revival.[2] The club featured performers including Martyn Wyndham-Read, Danny Spooner, Brian Mooney, David Lumsden, Trevor Lucas and Margret RoadKnight.[3]
He formed his first band, the Black Bottom Stompers, in 1949. In 1951 he joined the Len Barnard Band and that same year was voted best trombonist in the ‘Make Way for the Bands’ poll. He also made his first recordings with this band.
External Links
"Welcome to the Frank Traynor's Folk and Jazz Club History Project. — Traynors".
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