Oceania

Frank Coughlan

Joseph Paice August 6, 2020

Trombonist and bandleader Frank Coughlan (1904-1979) has been called the 'father of Australian jazz'. He was born in the small...

Don Burrows

Joseph Paice June 17, 2020

Don Burrows (1928-2012) was an extremely influential mainstream saxophonist/clarinettist/flautist, whose long professional career spanned six decades. He was born in...

Alan Broadbent

Joseph Paice June 14, 2020

Alan Broadbent (born 1947) left school at 15 and worked as an apprentice signwriter, while gigging at night. While still...

Bubi Chen

Joseph Paice June 10, 2020

Born in Surabaya, East Java, Bubi Chen (1938-2012) was an important figure in the development of jazz in Indonesia. Born...

Graeme Bell

Joseph Paice May 20, 2020

When pianist Graeme Bell (1914-1912) retired in his early 90s, he was able to look back at a 70 year...

About Me

So why me? I have worked in jazz for more than 10 years, organising international projects and programming one of the world’s leading jazz clubs. As a result, I have become convinced that there is a wealth of exciting jazz talent to be found in every corner of the world from London to Lusaka, Shanghai to Sidney. I hope to prove that here, before I run out of steam…

You can find out more about me at my ‘professional’ website here, or on my blog here. You might also like my other lockdown project – the Art of Song website.

Oceania

Frank Coughlan

Don Burrows

Alan Broadbent

Bubi Chen

Graeme Bell

Dudu Pukwana

Graham Collier

Ken Colyer

Jazz in Thailand

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