Graeme Bell (jazz musician)
Graeme Emerson Bell AO MBE (born September 7, 1914 in Richmond , Victoria , † June 13, 2012 in Sydney ) was an Australian jazz pianist , composer and band leader of Dixieland Jazz .
Career
Graeme Bell founded her own orchestra in Australia in 1943, which was the first time outside the USA to attempt to play in the old New Orleans style . Bell traveled to the youth festival in Prague in 1947 and then toured with his "All-Stars" through Czechoslovakia , as well as the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Great Britain, where his orchestra stayed for almost a year and had a strong influence on the revival movement there. In the 1950s he had several orchestras with whom he toured Australia and Europe several times (1950–1952). In 1951 an album was made, Graeme Bell and his Australien Jazz Band , in the same year an album with the blues singer Big Bill Broonzy on Jasmine Records .
In 1973 Graeme Bell played the role of narrator in the Australian production of rock opera Tommy . In 1993 he performed at the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival with old friend Humphrey Lyttelton . His farewell concert in 2008 was released on CD.
honors and awards
Bell Bell was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1978 for its "valuable services to jazz"; because of his "services to music, especially to jazz" he received the Order of Australia in 1990 with officer rank. In 1997 he was honored with induction into the ARIA Hall of Fame .
Web links
- Bell and his 'Australian Jazz Band' in Czechoslovakia and in the UK and its influence on the local scene (English)
- Interview with Graeme Bell, 2003 (English)
- Graeme Bell: Musician who brought back dancing to British jazz (obituary) , The Independent , July 3, 2012
- Graeme Bell at the National Film and Sound Archive
Individual evidence
- ↑ news of his death , The Sydney Morning Herald , June 15, 2012 keepitswinging Short portrait at
- ^ ARIA Hall of Fame. Australian Recording Industry Association , accessed August 6, 2017 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bell, Graeme |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bell, Graeme Emerson (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian jazz pianist, composer and band leader of Dixieland Jazz |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 7, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Richmond , Victoria |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 13, 2012 |
| Place of death | Sydney |