Jack Brokensha
Jack Brokensha (born: John Joseph Brokensha ; born January 5, 1926 in Adelaide , South Australia , † October 28, 2010 in Sarasota , Florida ) was an Australian jazz musician ( vibraphone , drums ), arranger and composer .
Live and act
Jack Brokensha took percussion lessons from his father and then played the xylophone in vaudeville shows and on the radio. He was a member of the Australian Symphony Orchestra from 1942 to 1944 and played in a band of the Royal Australian Air Force from 1944 to 1946 . He then worked with his own ensemble in Melbourne in 1947/48 , then in Sydney (1949/50), in Brisbane and finally in Adelaide in 1951.
In 1953 he moved to Canada with the pianist Bryce Rohde ; there they formed the Australian Jazz Quartet with Errol Buddle and Dick Healey in 1954 , with which they recorded five albums for Bethlehem Records in 1957/58 , some of them as a quintet or sextet, expanded to include Jerry Segal , Frank Capp and Osie Johnson . After a tour of Australia the band broke up. Brokensha then moved to Detroit , where he worked as a studio musician with Motown Records as a percussionist. During this time he accompanied Sammy Davis Jr. on a tour of Australia.
Finally he founded his own music production and worked as a session musician for television stations and as a disc jockey; he also played in 1963 with Art Mardigan and recorded an album for Savoy Records . It wasn't until 1980 that another album was created under his own name; in the 1990s he worked with his own groups and accompanied the pianist Bess Bonnier . In 1994 the Australian Jazz Quartet briefly reunited for a tour and recordings . In 1997 he spent his last years in Sarasota (Florida).
Discographic notes
Albums under your own name
- And Then I Said ( Savoy Records , 1963)
- Holiday Inventions (1968)
- Boutique (1993)
- X-Mazz (1994)
Albums with the Australian Jazz Quartet
- The Australian Jazz Quintet at the Varsity Drag ( Bethlehem , 1957)
- Australian Jazz Quintet Plus One (Bethlehem, 1957)
- Rodgers & Hammerstein (Bethlehem, 1957)
- Free Style (Bethlehem, 1958)
- Three Penny Opera (Bethlehem, 1958)
- Reunion! Recorded Live - Adelaide Town Hall (AEM, 1994)
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- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 8th edition. Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-14-102327-9 .
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
Web links
- Jack Brokensha at Allmusic (English)
Individual proof
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brokensha, Jack |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brokensha, John Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian jazz musician (vibraphone, drums), arranger and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 5, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Adelaide , South Australia |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 28, 2010 |
| Place of death | Sarasota , Florida |