Win The Latest Bakelite Broadcasters CD ‘Doin The Charleston’!!!

Spread The Word And Win The Latest Bakelite Broadcasters CD ‘Doin The Charleston’!!!

(Hear it in on Bandcamp)

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1. Add the flyer below for the 23 May Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters Django Bar show onto your Facebook page
2. Invite your friends to come along
3. Put your name on the 23 May Django Bar events page
4. Be at the Greg Poppleton show for the draw in the Django Bar of the Camelot Lounge, 23 May at 10pm to WIN!!!

Put this flyer onto your Facebook page and be at the 23 May Django Bar show to win the new CD by Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters

Good Luck! And see you at the Django Bar for Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters 1920s Speakeasy Trio

Django Bar in the Camelot Lounge | 8pm Thursday 23 May | cnr Marrickville Rd and Railway Pde Marrickville | Opp. Sydenham Train Station | $10 door sales only

Doin’ The Charleston Album

The latest independent release by Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters is pure 1920s in flavour and available on Bandcamp

With the same maverick spirit that produced ‘The Phantom Dancer’ (the sold-out first CD and the award-winning, national community radio show), ‘Doin’ The Charleston’, is the long-awaited second album from Greg Poppleton & The Bakelite Broadcasters

Recorded live-in-studio in just 5 hours, ‘Doin’ The Charleston’, is the first document of Greg Poppleton & The Bakelite Broadcasters as a purely Roaring 20s Speakeasy 5-piece. There are more layers, more stylistic tangents than before, with a DNA recovered from the very bones of smoking, catchy, 1920s speakeasy pop. At the forefront is the undeniably authentic and unique Roaring 20s vocal style of Greg Poppleton

A pre-release spin of ‘Doin The Charleston’ at the 2012 Sydney Fringe Festival had swing dancers crowding the dance floor

Greg Poppleton is very proud of the results, “For me, ‘Doin’ The Charleston’, is all about the songs, how they line up, intertwine, switch partners and promenade home”

Greg has expanded his 3.5 octave sonic palette with a long list of influences to forge his own sound. Heir to a tradition of finely-crafted, dramatic, confessional music that explores the ups and downs of life and love with a keenly-observed honesty that touches all who hear, Greg Poppleton is backed by what really is an all-star speakeasy band of world-touring jazz musicians…

Paul Furniss weaves shimmering, infectious, toe-tapping anthems using soprano, alto, tenor saxophones and clarinet. Al Davey wails, growls and caresses on trumpet and trombone. He brings together the brightest elements and darkest undertones in a unique blend of unshackled two-beat. Grahame Conlon’s banjo demands attention weaving audacious fat chords around the pulsing, minimalist sousaphone loops of Rod Herbert and ARIA nominee Geoff Power and the chemically infused drum beats and bootleg hooch washboard laid down by Bell band legend, Lawrie Thompson

The quintet makes lullabies, lush dreamy vintage pop, and the powerful, bone-rattling immediacy of hot, danceable jazz. Vocal hooks are inescapable, lush productions uncannily authentic to the Roaring 20s, as sophisticated and pristine as anything on a 78 disc. ‘Doin’ The Charleston’s’ 14 tracks (including a bonus alternate take on the soaring St James Infirmary) trace a unique aesthetic universe that is fully-crafted and fully-realised, deftly walking the lines between joyous exhilaration and otherworldly rapture, pleasure-centre pop and total self-possession

It has been described as the Temperance Seven meets’ Don Byron’s Bug Music

Greg Poppleton & The Bakelite Broadcasters’ is a universe that invites exploration and demands revisiting. ‘Doin’ The Charleston’ is a journey from darkness to light, from anger to love, from chaos to order. Buy at Bandcamp, CD Baby and bakelitejazz.com

Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters Trio for a 30th Birthday at the ArtHouse

‘Doin’ The Charleston’ has been featured by Bob Rogers in a one hour special on the album over 2CH and the Macquarie Network, Sydney. It has also been CD of the Week on ArtSoundFM Canberra and Jazz Album of the Week on 5MBS Adelaide

Former jazz critic for The Australian newspaper, Kevin Jones, wrote about ‘Doin The Charleston’…

“Even in the 21st century, the music of the so-called jazz age (the Roaring Twenties) still holds a fascination for many, judging by the number of bands which play this style of music world-wide. The Bakelite Broadcasters, led by vocalist Greg Poppleton, keeps the 1920s’ flag flying in Sydney as this enjoyable disc, the second by the group, shows.

They are mostly pre-Swing Era songs written before Benny Goodman launched jazz’s most popular years at the Palomar Ballroom in Los Angeles on August 21, 1935 ranging from Paul Dresser’s My Gal Sal (1907) to Fats Wallers’ I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Lettter (1935) and include The Charleston (1923) and Sweet Lorraine and Button Up Your Overcoat (both written in 1928)
Listening to the 1929 recording by the Mound City Blue Blowers of I Ain’t Got Nobody and My Gal Sal shows the Broadcasters have captured the basic sound. Not surprising when you consider the group includes musicians of the calibre of Paul Furniss (reeds) Al Davey (trumpet and trombone) and Lawrie Thompson (drums and washboard) who show how well they have mastered the style. Grahame Conlon (tenor banjo) makes a mockery of those many banjo jokes with his rollicking solo on The Road To Gundagai. As for the leader, some may find his voice a little affected at times but he has captured that decade’s vocal style to perfection especially on Falling in Love Again sung in both English and German. As enjoyable as they are to listen to The Bakelite Broadcasters must be even better live.”

Enjoy!

Sweet Lorraine Small Group Swing Band

Enjoy Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters at Penrith, Saturday 16 February 2013 playing Sweet Lorraine, Ain’t Misbehavin’ and The Very Thought Of You

Small group swing – Greg Poppleton vocals, Paul Furniss reeds, Grahame Conlon guitar, Darcy Wright double bass

Please visit the band website: www.bakelitejazz.com and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Greg.Poppleton.Band

Great Art Deco Ball – Carrington Hotel Katoomba, 23 Feb 2013

It’s the one of the big social nights in the Blue Mountains calendar – the annual Art Deco Ball in the Grand Dining Room of the Carrington Hotel, Katoomba. And this year, Sydney’s 1920s Great Gatsby Orchestra, The Lounge Bar Lotharios, featuring Sydney’s only authentic 1920s singer, were providing the Roaring 20s music

Have you enjoyed all the recent 1920s shows on TV? Boardwalk Empire, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries Miss Marple and Underbelly Razor? And the 1920s songs? Great, aren’t they?

And with Baz Luhrmann’s mid-2013 release of The Great Gatsby creating lots of 1920s buzz in Sydney, there’s now a hot new authentic 1920s Great Gatsby Dance Orchestra in Sydney, staffed by world-touring 1920s jazz specialists, ready to play the music that made the Roaring 20s roar – The Lounge Bar Lotharios…

Greg Poppleton, 1920s singer, with The Lounge Bar Lotharios, 1920s Art Deco Ball 2013, Katoomba. Photo by Brad Bridger

The Lounge Bar Lotharios take you on a trip. They’re like a time machine. In a single moment you’ll find yourself in a Roaring 20s Great Gatsby speakeasy where time stands still. Just you, hundreds of your fellow flappers and dappers, and the hot dance music that made the Roaring 1920s roar…

Dancing to The Lounge Bar Lotharios at the 2013 Art Deco Ball, Carrington Hotel, Katoomba

The Lounge Bar Lotharios‘ ARIA nominated, world-touring musical director Geoff Power conducts three hotcha horns, three sinful saxes (soprano, alto, tenor, baritone saxes plus clarinets), piano (or keyboard), banjo, sousaphone, drums and Sydney’s amazingly authentic 1920s dance band singer, Greg Poppleton

The Lounge Bar Lotharios play original 1920s arrangements of Jazz Age Flapper favourites like ‘Me And Jane In A Plane’, ‘Kansas City Kitty’, ‘Let’s Misbehave’, ‘Do The Breakaway’ and more

The Lounge Bar Lotharios – Sydney’s 1920s Great Gatsby Orchestra at the 2013 Art Deco Ball

The Lounge Bar Lotharios 1920s Dance Orchestra are all world-touring 1920s vintage jazz musicians and band leaders, they include…

Geoff Power, Al Davey (tp), Ben Gurton (tb), Paul Furniss ‘(regarded as one of Australia’s best jazz musicians’ (Wiki) ss, as, ts, cl), Ron Nairn (as, ts, bs, cl), Alan Solomon (as, ts, cl), Dave MacRae (p), Grahame Conlon (banjo), Rod Herbert (sousaphone), Lawrie Thompson (drums) Greg Poppleton (1920s singer)

Greg Poppleton, is Sydney’s only authentic, world-renowned, 1920s dance band singer

Greg entertains. Operatically trained with a 3.5 octave range by the same New York nightclub owner, opera singer and jazz enterpreneur who discovered Bette Midler, Greg is a film and TV actor (Chronicles of Narnia, Moulin Rouge, Underbelly and more) and an award-winning, national vintage jazz broadcaster heard on over thirty radio stations across Australia every week

Lotharios‘ Musical Director, Geoff Power, is a world-renowned, ARIA-nominated, Australian 1920s jazz trumpeter and trombonist and festival headliner

Geoff has appeared at many jazz festivals and clubs around Australia, often as the festival headliner or featured artist

He has toured the US 9 times, played jazz festivals and clubs in New York, Los Angeles and throughout the US including the Bix Beidebecke Festival, recorded a CD in New Jersey with leading NYC musicians including Vince Giordano, and played with many leading US musicians

We look forward to bringing the Roaring 20s to you just like we have in 2012 – 2013 for the:
- Canberra Centenary Roaring 20s Ball
- Great Art Deco Ball Katoomba 2013
- Glen Street Jazz Festival 2013
- 2012 Winter Ball Leura
- Blue Mountains Tourism Awards 2012 & 2013
- Canberra Southern Cross Jazz Club
- Moocooboola Festival 2012
- Penrith RSL
- Sydney Jazz Club Annual Ball 2012

To ask about having Sydney’s 1920s Great Gatsby Dance Orchestra – The Lounge Bar Lotharios – at your event, contact me, Greg, via The Lounge Bar Lotharios’ website: www.sydney1920sjazzorchestra.com.au

Destination Earth (1956)

Hello Phantom Dancers,

This week’s show has live radio swing and jazz for you by Duke Ellington, The International Sweethearts Of Rhythm, Vaughn Monroe and Orrin Tucker and that’s just in the first set

See the full play list after this important 1956 film by American Petroleum about oil, Martians and democracy. Enjoy!

Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream, Digital Radio Community Radio Network Show #35
2SER Tuesday 22 January 2013 12 noon – 1:30pm (+11 hours GMT) 2SER Saturday 26 January 2013 6 – 7:30pm (+11 hours GMT)
Set 1
Theme + Way Low	Duke Ellington Orchestra	‘Date With The Duke’ ABC/AFRS 1945
Theme + Diggin’ Dyke	International Sweethearts Of Rhythm	‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood Feb 1945
I"m Confessin’ That i Love You	Vaughn Monroe Orchestra (voc) Johnny Bond	‘One Night Stand’ Palladium Ballroom Hollywood AFRS Re-Broadcast 6 Feb 1945
Goodnight My Love	Orrin Tucker Orchestra	Boulevarde Room Hotel Stevens ABC Chicago 1951
Set 2
Theme + Hallelujah	Johnny Green Orchestra	‘Oldsmobile Show’ WABC CBS NY 6 Mar 1934
Let’s Dance (theme) + Big John Special	Benny Goodman Orchestra	Peacock Court Hotel Mark Hopkins KFRC Mutual San Francisco 28 May 1940
Basie Land	Count Basie Orchestra	Birdland WCBS CBS NY 9 Dec 1956
Hodge Podge	Bobby Sherwood piano & Orchestra	‘One Night Stand’ Casino Gardens Ocean Park Ca AFRS Re-Broadcast Jan 1947
Set 3
It Could Happen To You	Bud Powell piano solo	Birdland WABC ABC NY 7 Feb 1953
National Emblem March	Paul Davis Orchestra	‘Fountain Of Fun’ WLW Cinncinati 25 Oct 1942
Medley: Diane + The Song Is Ended	Eddie Bergman Orchestra	Cocoanut Grove Ambassador Hotel KFI NBC LA 22 Jun 1951
Set 4
Shabby Ol’ Cabby	Jan Savitt & His Top Hatters (voc) Bon Bon	Radio Transcription New York 1939
Moonray	Artie Shaw Orchestra (voc) Helen Forrest	Roof Terrace Ritz Carlton Hotel WNAC NBC Boston 19 Jun 1938
Busters Gang Comes On	Tommy Dorsey Orchestra	‘Spotlight Bands’ Blue Network 29 Jan 1945
Shake Down The Stars	Ozzie Nelson Orchestra	Blackhawk Restaurant WGN Mutual Chicago 30 Mar 1940
Set 5
Somebody	Claude Hopkins Cotton Club Orchestra (voc) Fred Norman	Radio Transcription New York 18 Oct 1935
Oh, You Crazy Moon	Bea Wain (voc) Richard Himber Your Hit Parade Orchestra	‘Your Hit Parade’ WEAF NBC Red NY 7 Oct 1939
No Love, No Nothin’	Lionel Hampton Orchestra (voc) Dinah Washington	‘One Night Stand’ Trianon Ballroom Southgate Ca AFRS Re-Broadcast 16 Jun 1944
Jeffrie’s Blues	Harry James Orchesta	Blue Room Hotel Lincoln WEAF NBC Red NY 22 May 1941
Set 6
Eskapaden	Billy Bartholomew mit seinem Tanzorchester	Comm Rec Berlin 6 Jan 1939
Mood In Da Groove	Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra	Aircheck 18 Apr 1942
Kick It	Gene Krupa Orchestra (voc) Anita O’Day	Aircheck 7 Jun 1941

Latest Photos – Sydney’s 1920s Great Gatsby Orchestra

Check out the latest pics of Sydney’s #1 1920s Great Gatsby Dance Orchestra – The Lounge Bar Lotharios – taken at the 11th Anniversary of the Penrith Jazz Club

The Lounge Bar Lotharios will be playing at the,
1. Great Art Deco Ball, Carrington Hotel, Katoomba – also celebrating the 200th anniversary of the first crossing of the Blue Mountains by Blaxland, Wentworth and Lawson

2. Roaring 20s Gala Ball, Albert Hall, Canberra – celebrating the Centenary of Canberra

We look forward to seeing you there at these once-in-a-lifetime historical events!

Visit the Orchestra’s website: www.sydney1920sjazzorchestra.com.au. The Lounge Bar Lotharios look forward to playing for your wedding, corporate event, festival and Great Gatsby Film Launch. Contact Greg via the website!

The Lounge Bar Lotharios, Sydney’s 1920s Great Gatsby Dance Orchestra

Greg Poppleton, Sydney’s only authentic 1920s jazz dance band singer

Greg Poppleton, crooner and band leader with The Lounge Bar Lotharios

Al Davey, trumpet, The Lounge Bar Lotharios

Ben Gurton, trombone, The Lounge Bar Lotharios

Geoff Power, trumpet and musical director, The Lounge Bar Lotharios

Grahame Conlon, banjo, The Lounge Bar Lotharios

Horn section, The Lounge Bar Lotharios (l-r) Al Davey, Geoff Power, Ben Gurton

Drums, The Lounge bar Lotharios, Alexander Inman-Hislop

Rod Herbert, sousaphone, The Lounge Bar Lotharios

Saxes and clarinets, The Lounge Bar Lotharios (l-r) Richard Booth, Paul Furniss, David Horniblow

Tony Gardner, piano, The Lounge Bar Lotharios

The Lounge Bar Lotharios, 1920s Speakeasy Jazz Orchestra, Penrith RSL, 1 Dec 2012

Tony Gardner, piano, Alexander Inman-Hislop, drums, The Lounge Bar Lotharios

Sheik of Araby – Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters

This film clip of the Sheik Of Araby has quadrupled its views in the last week. Check it out…

BIOGRAPHY
Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters is a Roaring 20s Great Gatsby speakeasy band formed in Sydney, Australia in 2003

The lineup for the newly released Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters CD ‘Doin’ The Charleston‘ is, Greg Poppleton (1920s vocals), Al Davey (trumpet and trombone), Paul Furniss (soprano, alto and tenor saxes and clarinet), Grahame Conlon (tenor banjo), Geoff Power (sousaphone), Rod Herbert (sousaphone) and Lawrie Thompson (drums and washboard)

Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters’ previous album, The Phantom Dancer, was released in 2006

You can see band movies and hear songs at their official website, www.bakelitejazz.com.

And you can now buy the Doin’ The Charleston CD and Mp3s at:
- Bandcamp
- CDBaby

Star Night At The Cocoanut Grove (1934)

G’day Subscribers,

It’s the second week of Subscriber Drive and this Tuesday I’ll be playing some of the records I didn’t get to play for you last week. See the play list below…

And as for last Saturday, I was making a film with the ‘Bondi Hipster’ and it didn’t ‘wrap’, which is finish, in film talk, until 6pm. So my apologies as I could not make it to the studio

But all going well, next Saturday, which is the last day of the 2SER subscriber drive, The Phantom Dancer will be live to take your pledges by phone and email

Have you subscribed? If yes, THANK YOU. If not, take the time to subscribe this Tuesday 12noon – 1:30pm and Saturday 6 – 7:30pm. You’ll be keeping The Phantom Dancer and 2SER on the air. And you’ll be in the running for the daily prize draw and the major prize draw

The Subscriber Drive phone number is 9514 9500. The Subscriber Drive online sign-up page is http://www.2ser.com/supporter-drive

And since today’s show features a set of Cocoanut Grove radio transcriptions, here’s ‘Star Night At The Cocoanut Grove’ including a song by Bing Crosby

Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream, Digital RadioCommunity Radio Network Show #20 2SER Tuesday 23 October 2012 12 noon – 1:30pm (+11 hours GMT)   EVENTS Monday 15 October – Saturday 27 October Subscribe – 107.3 2SER Radiothon Sunday 28 October 2012 CD Launch – Greg Poppleton & the Bakelite Broadcasters Stage & Screen, Empire Cinema, Bowral, 1:30pm CD Launch followed by ‘Singin’ In The Rain’ on the Big Screen Set 1 Theme + St Louis Blues Wild Bill Davison (cnt) Albert Nicholas (cl) George Brunies (tb) Joe Sullivan (p) Danny Barker (g) Pops Foster (b) Baby Dodds (d) ‘This Is Jazz’ WOR Mutual NY 10 May 1947 Buttons And Bows Freddy Martin Orchestra (voc) Glenn Hughes & The Martin Men ‘Spotlight Bands’ Hollywood 1948 I’m Beginning To See The Light Duke Ellington Orchestra ‘Date With The Duke’ 400 Restaurant WJZ Blue Network NY 28 Apr 1945 I’m Confessin’ That I Love You Vaughn Monroe Orchestra (voc) Johnny Bond ‘One Night Stand’ Palladium Ballroom LA AFRS Hollywood 6 Feb 1945 Set 2 Martha Adrian Rollini Trio – Adrian Rollini (vibes) Frank Victor (g) Harry Clark (b) Comm Rec OKeh NY 7 May 1940 String Of Pearls Glenn Miller Orchestra ‘Deutsche Wehrmacht Stunde’ ABSIE (American Broadcasting Station In Europe) London Nov 1944 Theme + Drive In Ray Anthony Orchestra ‘Let’s Go To Town’ Hollywood 1955 Open + I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm Patti Page ‘The Big Record’ WCBS TV New York 27 Nov 1957 Set 3 Theme + Kahlua Lullaby Ted Fio Rito Orchestra (voc) The 3 Blue Keys ‘Cocoanut Grove’ TRANSCO Transcription Los Angeles 1934 Ah, But I’ve Learned Phil Harris Orchestra (voc) Leah Ray ‘Cocoanut Grove’ TRANSCO Transcription Los Angeles 1933 Theme (Sweet & Lovely) + Star Dust Gus Arnheim Orchestra ‘Cocoanut Grove’ TRANSCO Transcription Los Angeles 1931 The More You Hurt Me The More You Make Me Care Jimmie Grier Orchestra (voc) Margaret Lawrence ‘Cocoanut Grove’ TRANSCO Transcription Los Angeles 1932 Set 5 Home Rudy Vallee (voc) & His Connecticut Yankees ‘Hit Of The Week’ Records New York 1931 They Didn’t Believe Me Red Nichols Five Pennies (voc) Scrappy Lambert ‘Brunswick Brevities’ New York 27 Aug 1929 What Is It? Gus Arnheim Orchestra (voc) Bing Crosby, Loyce Whiteman, Jack Oakie ‘MJB Demi-Tasse Revue’ NBC Orange Network Los Angeles 1931 You’re The Cream In My Coffee + Close Ray Miller Orchestra (voc) Bob Nolan ‘Sunny Meadows Show’ Chicago 18 Jan 1929 Set 6 Johnny Zero George Trevare & His Australians (voc) Joan Blake Comm Rec Sydney 1944 Stealin’ Apples Benny Goodman Orchestra Astor Roof Hotel Astor WABC CBS NY Jul 1943 It Had To Be You Louis Armstrong Orchestra (voc) Louis Armstrong ‘Spotlight Bands’ Tuskagee Airfield Alabama 5 Oct 1944

Falling In Love Again

I hope you enjoyed the ‘classic’ Phantom Dancer that went to air last week. So, the Phantom Dancer show scheduled for last week will now be heard this week – with one change – a listener request

A listener emailed me at phantomdancer@2ser.com and asked for ‘If I Didn’t Care’ sung by the Inkspots and songs from ‘Singing In The Rain’ – The Musical. See Set 4 in the play list below to see what I’ve chosen. I hope you enjoy the selections

And for this week’s Video Of The Week, I’m putting up a video of myself for a change – singing ‘Falling In Love Again’. I hope you like it

Incidentally, I’ll be announcing and singing in The Glen Street Theatre’s Cotton Club Show this Saturday, 1 September at 8pm. (I’ll also be announcing the ‘Singers Of The 1930s Show)

Then, Greg Poppleton & his Bakelite Broadcasters will be playing the songs of the 1920s (with banjo and sousaphone) this Sunday 2 September 1 – 4pm at Concrete Blonde, 33 Bayswater Road, Kings Cross. From their FB page: “Sun. 2nd GREG POPPLETON’S BAKELITE BROADCASTERS return with another serving of songs from the Roaring Twenties and Nervous Thirties. Greg sings and dances like he just stepped out of a Hollywood film and is accompanied by drums, tenor banjo, bass and a huge sousaphone. One of our favourite performers to date. Do not miss this unique artist.”

Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream, Digital Radio Community Radio Network Show #13 2SER Tuesday 28 August 2012 12 noon – 1:30pm (+10 hours GMT) 2SER Saturday 1 September 2012 6 – 7:30pm (+10 hours GMT) Set 1 Tuesday At Ten Thrasher Sisters (voc) Phil Davis Orchestra ‘Fountain Of Fun’ WLW Cincinnati 28 Nov 1943 Idle Gossip Sarah Vaughan (voc) Trio Concert Topeka Kansas Feb 1955 Softly As In A Morning Sunrise Boyd Raeburn Orchestra ‘One Night Stand’ Roseland Ballroom NY AFRS Re-broadcast 11 Feb 1944 Theme + But None Like You (missed playing this last week) Freddy Martin Orchestra ‘Spotlight Bands’ AFRS Re-broadcast 1940s Set 2 Se Io Fosso Un Millionario (If I Were A Millionaire) Unidentified Comm Rec Italy 1930s Ooh What You’re Doing To Me Sarah Vaughan (voc) Jimmy Mordecai (p) Birdland WNBC NBC NY 1 Apr 1953 Tea For Two Gene Krupa Orchestra (voc) Carolyn Grey ‘One Night Stand’ Meadowbrook Gardens Culver City Ca AFRS Re-broadcast 31 Mar 1946 Dinah + (Music In The Moonlight – theme) Jimmy Grier Orchestra (voc) The 3 Cheers (voc-Donad Novis – theme) ‘Cocoanut Grove’ TRANSCO Radio Transcription 1933 Set 3 Invitation To A Dance Rudy Vallee (voc) ‘Fleischman Yeast Hour’ WEAF NBC Red NY 13 Dec 1934 On The Good Ship Lollipop Stewart Sisters (voc) ‘Fleischman Yeast Hour’ WEAF NBC Red NY 13 Dec 1934 Whistling In Counterpoint John Tucker ‘Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour’ via WJSV CBS Washington DC 21 Sep 1939 Set 4-Requests Good Morning Jan Savitt & His Top Hatters Radio Transcription New York 1939 Medley: Just One Of Those Things + I’m Yours + Temptation Hal Kemp Orchestra Aircheck c 1939 If I Didn’t Care The Inkspots ‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollyood 1944 You Are My Lucky Star (Du Sollst Mein Gluecksstern Sein) Die Goldene Sieben (voc) Hans Emme-Schuhardt Comm Rec Berlin Feb 1936 Set 5 It Never Entered My Mind Shep Fields & His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra (voc) Hal Derwin Radio Transcription New York 1940 Let’s Dance (theme) + Love Is Just Around The Corner Benny Goodman Orchestra (voc) Buddy Clark ‘Let’s Dance’ WEAF NBC Red NY 8 Dec 1934 Brown Betty Eliot Lawrence Orchestra Palladium Ballroom KNX CBS LA 2 Dec 1947 Right As Rain Charlie Spivak Orchestra ‘Spotlight Bands’ Jamestown NY Blue Network 19 Jan 1945 Set 6 Lester Leaps In Lester Young Sextet ‘Symphony Sid Show’ WMCA NY 27 Nov 1948

My Gal Sal – With Didgeridoo Effects On The Bass Clarinet

Glenn Henrich plays didgeridoo effects on his bass clarinet in this clip of the 1920s Bakelite Trio at The Powerhouse Museum today (Sunday). The song is ‘My Gal Sal’. Banjo is Grahame Conlon. Singer is myself, Greg Poppleton

Glenn happened to mention to Grahame and myself before the set, just five minutes before this recording, how the bass clarinet can sound like a didge. So I asked him to give it a go on ‘My Gal Sal’ which he gladly did. We hope you enjoy the results. If you would like to book the Broadcasters (trio – sextet), please visit Sydney’s 1920s-1930s band website, www.bakelitejazz.com