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Graeme Bell Reunion Band Plays Australian Compositions

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Jun 22, 2012 Updated Jun 29, 2012

We pay tribute to the passing of the great Graeme Bell, by featuring his 90th birthday CD release from 2004.

Read more about the passing of Australian Jazz legend, Graeme Bell here.

Tracks on the album

1. 'Rude Health'
2. 'Waterfront Whale'
3. 'Belladonna Took'
4. 'Square Dance Rag'
6. 'It's On The Cards'
7. 'The Wombat'
8. 'Euroa'
9. 'Flight of the Broken Wing'
10. 'Hourigan Swing'
11. 'Cinderella Girl'
12. 'Shabby Gal Rag'
13. 'A Touch of Heather'
14. 'Just 'N 'Ol Fashion' Waltz'
15. 'Stompin' Under the Hill'
16. 'Big Walkabout'
17. ''Twas A Time'
18. 'Runes by Moonlight'
19. 'Friday Comes Around'
20. 'Teasing'
21. 'Bev's Washboard Stomp in B#'
22. 'Closing Blues'

In the band

Graeme Bell; piano
Bob Henderson; trumpet, vocals
Jack Wiard; clarinet
Paul Furniss; tenor, alto, clarinet, soprano, vocals
David Blenkhorn; guitar, bango
Dieter Vogt; bass
Lawrie Thompson; drums, washboard

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Graeme Emerson Bell, AO, MBE was an Australian Dixieland and classical jazz pianist, composer and band leader. According to The Age, his "band's music was hailed for its distinctive Australian edge, which he describes as 'nice larrikinism' and 'a happy Aussie outdoor feel'". Aside from playing, Bell was one of the leading promoters of jazz in Australia, bringing American performers such as Rex...

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