Fathers’ Day At Concrete Blonde

Hello Bakeliters,

A quick piece of band news

Greg Poppleton & his Bakelite Broadcasters played today for diners and dancers at Fathers’ Day lunch in the beautiful Concrete Blonde Restaurant, Level 1, 33 Bayswater Road, Potts Point

Here’s a pic I’ve copied from Warren Fahey’s Facebook page. Warren wrote, “GREG POPPLETON’S BAKELITE BROADCASTERS return with another serving of songs from the Roaring Twenties and Nervous Thirties. Greg sings & 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”

Greg Poppleton & his Bakelite Broadcasters at Concrete Blonde, Fathers’ Day 2012.
Rod Herbert, sousaphone & bass trombone; Grahame Conlon, tenor banjo; Greg Poppleton, vocals; Bob Gillespie, drums

This is our second visit to Concrete Blonde. Every Sunday is Sunday Jazz Lunch from 1 – 4pm. George Washingmachine, Janet Seidel, Jeff Duff and more play for your listening and dancing pleasure on Sundays

And Concrete Blonde showcases French Manouche Gypsy Jazz, Flamenco Rhythms and Latin Beats from 7pm every Wednesday night

But the food! Today I had fried cauliflower with blue cheese and hazelnut vinaigrette. I chose it because cauliflower makes me gag. Not today! Yum, yum. Not a spot left on the plate. Other band members had the chicken, beef cheeks and lamb. They were all melt-in-your-mouth. In fact, the lamb was so melt-in-your-mouth tender it could be pulled away with a gentle prod of the fork. Perfect!

And Concrete Blonde is not expensive either considering the 5 star quality of the food, the friendly service, and the inviting ambience of the room and terrace. Three courses for Sunday Lunch is only $48pp. Spoil yourself. You couldn’t do better than book Concrete Blonde for your company or social club’s Christmas Party. Their booking number is (61 2) 9380 8307. Website: http://www.concreteblonderestaurant.com.au/

Sunday Roast at Sunday Jazz Lunch, Concrete Blonde

Greg Poppleton @ Concrete Blonde 1 July

Greg Poppleton & his Bakelite Broadcasters play the songs of the 1920s for Sunday Jazz Lunch at Concrete Blonde, 33 Bayswater Road, Potts Point, 1 July, 1 – 4pm. Music rarely heard and never forgotten. Books advised: +61 2 9380 8307

Please visit Greg Poppleton & his Bakelite Broadcasters’ Official Website: www.bakelitejazz.com

2012 VE Day GI Dance With Greg Poppleton’s Bakelite Broadcasters Trio

Last Friday night, 4 May, the Greg Poppleton Bakelite Broadcasters Trio played for dancers at Elizabeth Bay House for the exclusive 2012 VE Day GI Dance. What a fantastic evening. It celebrated the GI Dances held across Sydney in grand houses like Elizabeth Bay House during the Second World War

Greg Poppleton’s Bakelite Broadcasters Trio at te 2012 VE Day GI Dance

Over a hundred guests filled the historic mansion dressed in 1940s style, many in authentic 1940s uniforms. They danced to Greg Poppleton & his Bakelite Broadcasters playing A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square, White Cliffs Of Dover, I’ve Heard That Song Before and many other pop songs of the early 1940s. And at the end of the night, the band lead the guests in singing We’ll Meet Again, Vera Lynn’s post-WWII hit Auf Wiedersehen, Sweetheart, then guests calling for an encore spontaneously sang out two choruses of Bless Them All as a gloriously emotional end to the dancing!

Guests dressed in 1940s style dancing the Greg Poppleton’s Bakelite Broadcasters

Guests were also treated at the dance to period 1940s cuisine, swing dance classes, 1940s makeovers, live drawing classes, the very funny ’1940s paperboy’ MC with prizes for the best-dressed as the evening concluded – and what a difficult contest that was to judge. All guests were gloriously dressed in vintage style with many in authentic clothes and uniforms from the era, as you can see in the photos

The pictures of the band you see were taken by the GI Dance’s official photographer, Pedro de Almeida

Greg Poppleton & his Bakelite Broadcasters are Sydney’s leading 1920s – 1930s style duo to 6-piece band, featuring Sydney’s only authentic 1920s – 30s singer. We also now offer events our new 1920s Dance Orchestra, The Lounge Bar Lotharios. Enquire about the Bakelites and the Lotharios for your wedding, corporate event of party via the contact page of www.bakelitejazz.com

Greg Poppleton’s Bakelite Broadcasters, Dancers And Festive VE Day Bunting

The Broadcasters Played 1940s Pop Songs That Had Everyone Dancing

Guests Sang Along With The Band On The Last Two Songs

Greg Poppleton’s Bakelite Broadcasters Trio Are Three Musicians Who Filled The Dance Floor

Greg Poppleton Bakelite Broadcasters at Fairfield Museum

At the end of March, Greg Poppleton & his Bakelite Broadcasters, played the hits of the 1920s for the Fairfield Museum Open Day to over 800 visitors. Here are a couple of action pics for you

With myself singing and Grahame Conlon (banjo), Geoff Power (sousaphone), Lawrie Thompson (1920s drums) Swing Patrol taught the gathered some jazz age dance steps including The Charleston

Greg Poppleton with the Bakelite Broadcasters at the Fairfield Regional Museum Open Day

Greg Poppleton and his 1920s Megaphone with Bakelite Broadcasters Grahame Conlon (banjo) Geoff Power (sousaphone) Lawrie Thompson (drums)

This Saturday, Greg Poppleton & Geoff Power, launch Sydney’s new 1920s Dance Orchestra, The Lounge Bar Lotharios

Come to Penrith RSL, 8 Tindale St, Penrith, 2 – 5pm, Sat 28 April 2012, to hear authentic 1920s arrangements played by the Top Ten vintage jazz musicians in Sydney (including Grahame Conlon on banjo and Lawrie Thompson, drums) for your listening, dancing and Charlestoning pleasure

And it’s FREE!

Glen Street Theatre Show

I have uploaded some band photos for you

These are from the 1920s and 1930s ‘Music At The Glen Show’ which Greg Poppleton & his Bakelite Broadcasters played on 20 March 2012. Lots of swinging tunes and laughs in between with virtuosic instrumental interludes by the band to keep the 90% full house entertained

It was an honour to be asked out of the blue to sing in a ‘Music At The Glen’ Concert. Other shows in the 2012 Glen Street Concert Series include Sydney Savoy legend, Christopher Hamilton, and renowned Sinatra singer, Tom Burlinson – so the standard of music at the Glen is very high with household names and internationally renowned acts. It was a thrill to be counted among them

Greg Poppleton and his Bakelite Broadcasters in concert at the Glen Street Theatre

Glen Street wrote about the Greg Poppleton and his Bakelite Broadcasters’ concert, “The concert was extremely well appreciated and we were delighted to have you at Glen Street”

Greg Poppleton Bakelite Broadcasters with Paul Furniss, tenor sax

I’ll be back for two shows at Glen Street in June to be radio announcer for an 18-piece swing band. And there is talk I may return with a smaller Bakelite Broadcasters dance band for you at Glen Street in August

Greg Poppleton singing through his trademark red 1920s megaphone. Greg is Sydney's only authentic 1920s and 1930s jazz singer

The Bakelite Broadcasters are the best in Sydney classic jazz. For the Glen Street show the band included…
- Greg Poppleton is Sydney’s only authentic 1920s and 1930s dance band singer. He is also an actor and voiceover artist and has appeared in the Hollywood movies Chronicles of Narnia Voyage of the Dawn Treader and Moulin Rouge.
- Al Davey, trumpet and trombone, is in huge demand across Australia as both a brass player and band leader
- Paul Furniss, alto and tenor saxes and clarinet, is described as one of Australia’s top jazz musicians on Wikipedia
- Monique Lysiak is one of Sydney’s foremost and most respected jazz pianists
- Darcy Wright was ranked by Rolling Stone in the World’s Top Ten Jazz Bassists
- Lawrie Thompson tours the world as a classic jazz drummer

You can have the trio to 6-piece Bakelite Broadcasters wow your guests at your wedding, corporate event and Great Gatsby party, too

Or, for big events, hire the new 10-piece authentic 1920s dance orchestra, the Lounge Bar Lotharios

Both bands can be booked on the Bakelite Broadcasters’ website: www.bakelitejazz.com

Photos Of Greg Poppleton & His Bakelite Broadcasters At The Blue Beat Jazz Club

Greg Poppleton & his Bakelite Broadcasters sang and played the music of the 1920s and 1930s at the Blue Beat Double Bay in February

Greg Poppleton now also leads the 11-piece authentic 1920s Dance Orchestra, The Lounge Bar Lotharios, with musical director Geoff Power & Sydney’s Top Ten Sydney vintage jazz musicians

We were invited to share a double bill with celebrated 1940s noir singer, Jimmy Vargas and his muse, Liliana Scarlatta, with their Black Dahlias Band. The Vargas show is a must-see where ever you can catch it. Jimmy and Liliana have a rare connection on stage. They are two distinct performers who spontaneously improvise through song, gesture and dance as if they share the one mind. It’s quite astonishing. Go see for yourself. Check out the Jimmy Vargas website

Greg Poppleton is Sydney’s only authentic 1920s and 1930s dance band singer. With him in the Broadcasters at the Blue Beat were Al Davey, trumpet and trombone; ARIA award-winning pianist, Tony Esterman; world top ten jazz double bassist, Darcy Wright; and internationally touring swing jazz drummer, Lawrie Thompson

Here are some pics of the night. The colour ones are stills from film I took. The black and white snaps are by photographer, Michael Kery. Enjoy!

Greg Poppleton singing with his Bakelite Broadcasters at the Blue Beat

Greg Poppleton with 1920s Megaphone. Photo by Michael Very

Al Davey, trumpet, with the Greg Poppleton Bakelite Broadcasters at the Blue Beat

Darcy Wright, double bass, with the Greg Poppleton Bakelite Broadcasters at the Blue Beat

Tony Esterman, piano with Darcy Wright, double bass and Lawrie Thompson, drums, with the Greg Poppleton Bakelite Broadcasters at the Blue Beat. Photo by Michael Kery

Lawrie Thompson, drums, with the Greg Poppleton Bakelite Broadcasters at the Blue Beat. Photo by Michael Kery

Greg Poppleton Bakelite Broadcasters at the Blue Beat. Photo by Michael Kery

Greg Poppleton, Sydney's only 1920s & 1930s Singer at the Blue Beat Jazz Club, Double Bay

Book Greg Poppleton & his duo, trio to 6-piece Bakelite Broadcasters for your 1920s – 1930s theme wedding, corporate function and Great Gatsby Party. Visit the Band’s Official Website www.bakelitejazz.com to make your booking, or just to hear our music. Happy Listening!

Bakelite Concert & Phantom Dancer Tues 20 Mar. 1926 Great Gatsby Film Trailer

Hello Phantom Dancers,

Well, this Tuesday while the Phantom Dancer is on air, I’ll be singing the songs of the 1920s and 1930s with my Bakelite Broadcasters at the Glen Street Theatre, Belrose

Some tickets are still available for this swing concert. It starts at 11am and goes to 12:15pm. Tickets

So this week’s Phantom Dancer will be a ‘classic’. You’ll find the play list and video of the week below

Glen Street Theatre Concert, Tues 20 Mar, 11am – 12:15pm

Enjoy the great tunes of the roaring 1920s and swinging 1930s. Greg Poppleton, Sydney’s only authentic 1920s and 1930s crooner, is touring with his Bakelite Swing Jazz Band of world-class musicians.

Energetic and engaging, their show ‘captures the essence of the swing years with uncanny accuracy.’* Swing along to tunes like As Time Goes By, Tip Toe Through the Tulips, I Get a Kick out of You, the cuddle on- the-dance-floor classic Two Sleepy People and the grand finale Cab Calloway-esque My Blue Heaven.

Greg Poppleton will transport you to the decades of musical romance and glamour in swingin’ style. Are you ready?

* John Gilbert eJazz News. (USA)

Concert starts at 11.00am.
Light refreshments will be served in the theatre foyer from 10.30am.

Running time: 1 hour and 15 minutes, no interval

The Glen Street Theatre is on Glen Street & Blackbutts Road in Belrose

3pm Friday 24 March – Dendy Opera Quays Band At Film Premiere

The Greg Poppleton Bakelite Trio be launching the Sydney premier of the latest film by UK director, Terence Davies, “The Deep Blue Sea” with a 20 minutes set of songs from the 1920s and 1930s live on stage at the Dendy Opera Quays

In the Greg Poppleton Bakelite Trio will be myself singing with Grahame Conlon, guitar and Mark Harris on double bass

About the film…

* Director, Terence Davies
* Classification, E18+, 98 mins

Rachel Weisz shines in this moving period melodrama from British master Terence Davies.

Hester Collyer leads a privileged life in 1950s London as the beautiful wife of a high court judge. To the shock of those around her, she walks out on her marriage to move in with young ex-RAF pilot Freddie Page, with whom she has fallen passionately in love. Set in a gorgeously re-created post-war London, this adaptation of Terence Rattigan’s classic play is a study of forbidden love, suppressed desire, and the fear of loneliness, featuring a poignant performance by Oscar-winner Rachel Weisz.

Book now through the Dendy Opera Quays

Dendy Opera Quays is located at 2 Circular Quay East, near Circular Quay station and the Opera House

11:45am – 3:10pm Saturday 31 March – Fairfield Regional Museum Open Day

Come along for a free day of 1920s fun at one of Sydney’s hidden gems, The Fairfield Regional Museum, corner of The Horsley Drive and Oxford Street, Smithfield, near the Cumberland Highway

I’ve put together a special Bakelite band for this day, we’ll be playing 3 x 40 minute sets

In the band will be myself singing, of course, plus Graham Conlon BANJO, Geoff Power, TUBA and Lawrie Thompson, TRAPS

I promise, not a boater or loud stripped suit will be in sight!

We’ll be playing on the verandah of the 1880s school room. Other exhibits at the museum include an 1880s house, slab hut with lean-to, 1920s garage with workshop, old corner shop, the old Fairfield Town Hall, Art Gallery & Picnic Area

There’s plenty of parking, or catch the train like me. It’s only a 20 minute walk from Fairfield Station

A day of fun and entertainment which includes free children’s art activities, an Easter Egg Hunt, stalls, lunch time sausage sizzle, dancing and all day entertainment, vintage car exhibits and tours of the village by characters of the past

See you there! Fairfield Regional Museum – The Horsley Drive & Oxford Street, Smithfield

2 – 5pm Sat April 28 – Penrith RSL, 8 Tindale Street, Penrith FREE

Keep this date free! More news soon

Come to the launch of Sydney’s newest, most authentic 10-piece 1920s dance orchestra led by me, Sydney’s only authentic 1920s dance band singer, and musical director, Geoff Power!

Phantom Dancer Video of the Week – a piece of history. The only surviving remnant of the first Great gatsby film, mad ein 1926 – the trailer! Love the eyes!

Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney
Tuesday 20 March 2012 12 noon – 1:30pm (+11 hours GMT) Live stream on 2ser.com
Saturday 24 March 2012 6 – 7:30pm (+11 hours GMT) Live stream on 2ser.com
The Wireless	Lobby Lud	www.myspace. com/lobbylud
Set 1
I’m One Of The Whitehall Warriors	Cyril Richards	Comm Rec London 10 May 1940
I Can’t Get Started	Lee Wiley	‘Eddie Condon Town Hall Jazz Concert’ Ritz Theatre WJZ Blue Network NY 10 Feb 1945
Marie	Arondo Robeson (voc) Fort Huachuca Orchestra & Chorus	‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood Oct 1943
Ad + Alone + Instrumental	Dodge Orchestra with Howard & Shelton – Burlesque Comedians	‘Dodge Show’ New York 12 Jan 1936
Set 2
For Dancers Only	Ray Anthony Orchestra	Radio Transcription New York 1953
Cherokee (theme) + Charleston Alley	Charlie Barnet Orchestra	‘One Night Stand’ Palladium Ballroom Los Angeles AFRS Re-broadcast Nov 1959
Open + One For The Boys	Tommy Pederson Orchestra	‘One Night Stand’ Palladium Ballroom Los Angeles AFRS Re-broadcast Mar 1947
Candy Kid’s Note To A Classy Chassis + Close	Vaughn Monroe Orchestra	‘One Night Stand’ Palladium Ballroom Los Angeles AFRS Re-broadcast 8 Feb 1945
Set 3
Prisoner of Love	Russ Colombo (voc) Nat Shilkret Orchestra	Comm Rec Los Angeles 19 Oct 1931
Blue Orchids	Paul Whiteman Orchestra	‘Chesterfield Time’ WABC CBS New York 25 Oct 1939
Come Rain Or Come Shine	Dick Jurgens Orchestra (voc) Jimmy Castle	‘One Night Stand’ Garden Room Hotel Claremont Berkley Ca AFRS Re-broadcast 15 May 1946
Who’s Sorry Now?	International All Stars (voc) Francis Wayne	‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood 1948
Set 4
Uncle Bud	Erskine Hawkins Orchestra	Aircheck New York Jul 1942
Open + Esquire Bounce	Esquire All Stars	‘Spotlight Bands’ Metropolitan Opera House WJZ Blue Network New York 18 Jan 1944
Bugle Call Rag	Barney Rapp & His New Englanders	‘The Sign Of The Drum’ NBC Cincinnati OH 17 Jun 1939
Sugar Foot Stomp	Bob Crosby Orchestra	Blackhawk Restaurant WGN Mutual Chicago 29 Apr 1940
Set 5
Time Waits For No One	George Trevare Orchestra (voc) Johnny Fitzgerald	Comm Rec Sydney 1945
Please Mr Sun	Dorothy Collins (voc) Raymond Scott Orchestra	Your Hit Parade WNBC NBC NY 3 May 1952
Our Love Affair	Ted Weems Orchestra (voc) Perry Como	‘Beat The Band’ WMAQ NBC Red Chicago 1940
How Deep Is The Ocean	Duke Ellington Orchestra	‘One Night Stand’ Club Zanzibar NY AFRS Re-broadcast 28 Oct 1945
Set 6
Farewell Blues	Seger Ellis Choirs Of Brass	Radio Transcription New York 1937
Weary Blues	Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra	‘Camel Caravan’ WABC CBS NY 2 Jan 1936
Big John Special	Benny Goodman Orchestra	‘Camel Caravan’ WABC CBS NY 16 Nov 1937

Palladium Ballroom Broadcasts And Mr Wizard

Hello Phantom Dancers,

Live swing & jazz highlights this week on The Phantom Dancer, Tues 7 Feb at 12 noon and Sat 11 Feb, 6pm (+11 GMT):
1. A set of 3 swing bands on AFRS’ ‘One Night Stand’ series from the Palladium Ballroom, Hollywood
2. 2 Australian artists – Cyril Richards from 1940 and George Trevare & his Orchestra in 1945
3. A pair of genuine burlesque comedians selling Dodge cars in 1936

See the full play list after today’s Video of the Week – a clip from my favourite TV show when I was 4. It was shown in Sydney early Saturday mornings

My favourite episodes were when the boy character didn’t do what Mr Wizard said and put 2 horse shoe magnets together behind the learned tinkerer’s back. No matter how hard they tried throughout the show, neither the boy nor Mr Wizard could pull the magnets apart! Naughty! And when Mr Wizard showed the girl how to submerge your hands without getting them wet – you cover them in flour, I went to the kitchen and with my mother’s help tried it out for myself! But as with all physics and chemistry experiments I was to conduct in the future, it didn’t work. But don’t let me stop you from trying. Enjoy!

PS – Greg Poppleton & his Bakelite Broadcasters play the songs of the 1920s and 1930s at the Blue Beat Bar & Grill, Wed 15 May. Doors open 7:30pm. Tickets $15 + bf through Moshtix

Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney
Tuesday 7 February 2012 12 noon – 1:30pm (+11 hours GMT) Live stream on 2ser.com
Saturday 11 February 2012 6 – 7:30pm (+11 hours GMT) Live stream on 2ser.com
The Wireless	Lobby Lud	www.myspace. com/lobbylud
Set 1
I’m One Of The Whitehall Warriors	Cyril Richards	Comm Rec London 10 May 1940
I Can’t Get Started	Lee Wiley	‘Eddie Condon Town Hall Jazz Concert’ Ritz Theatre WJZ Blue Network NY 10 Feb 1945
Marie	Arondo Robeson (voc) Fort Huachuca Orchestra & Chorus	‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood Oct 1943
Ad + Alone + Instrumental	Dodge Orchestra with Howard & Shelton – Burlesque Comedians	‘Dodge Show’ New York 12 Jan 1936
Set 2
For Dancers Only	Ray Anthony Orchestra	Radio Transcription New York 1953
Cherokee (theme) + Charleston Alley	Charlie Barnet Orchestra	‘One Night Stand’ Palladium Ballroom Los Angeles AFRS Re-broadcast Nov 1959
Open + One For The Boys	Tommy Pederson Orchestra	‘One Night Stand’ Palladium Ballroom Los Angeles AFRS Re-broadcast Mar 1947
Candy Kid’s Note To A Classy Chassis + Close	Vaughn Monroe Orchestra	‘One Night Stand’ Palladium Ballroom Los Angeles AFRS Re-broadcast 8 Feb 1945
Set 3
Prisoner of Love	Russ Colombo (voc) Nat Shilkret Orchestra	Comm Rec Los Angeles 19 Oct 1931
Blue Orchids	Paul Whiteman Orchestra	‘Chesterfield Time’ WABC CBS New York 25 Oct 1939
Come Rain Or Come Shine	Dick Jurgens Orchestra (voc) Jimmy Castle	‘One Night Stand’ Garden Room Hotel Claremont Berkley Ca AFRS Re-broadcast 15 May 1946
Who’s Sorry Now?	International All Stars (voc) Francis Wayne	‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood 1948
Set 4
Uncle Bud	Erskine Hawkins Orchestra	Aircheck New York Jul 1942
Open + Esquire Bounce	Esquire All Stars	‘Spotlight Bands’ Metropolitan Opera House WJZ Blue Network New York 18 Jan 1944
Bugle Call Rag	Barney Rapp & His New Englanders	‘The Sign Of The Drum’ NBC Cincinnati OH 17 Jun 1939
Sugar Foot Stomp	Bob Crosby Orchestra	Blackhawk Restaurant WGN Mutual Chicago 29 Apr 1940
Set 5
Time Waits For No One	George Trevare Orchestra (voc) Johnny Fitzgerald	Comm Rec Sydney 1945
Please Mr Sun	Dorothy Collins (voc) Raymond Scott Orchestra	Your Hit Parade WNBC NBC NY 3 May 1952
Our Love Affair	Ted Weems Orchestra (voc) Perry Como	‘Beat The Band’ WMAQ NBC Red Chicago 1940
How Deep Is The Ocean	Duke Ellington Orchestra	‘One Night Stand’ Club Zanzibar NY AFRS Re-broadcast 28 Oct 1945
Set 6
Farewell Blues	Seger Ellis Choirs Of Brass	Radio Transcription New York 1937
Weary Blues	Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra	‘Camel Caravan’ WABC CBS NY 2 Jan 1936
Big John Special	Benny Goodman Orchestra	‘Camel Caravan’ WABC CBS NY 16 Nov 1937

Vale Etta James & Johnny Otis

Greetings Bakeliters!

Vale Etta James and band leader Johnny Otis, the man who just happened to ‘discover’ Ms James in the 1950s. You’ll hear Johnny Otis live from a 1945 ‘Jubilee’ broadcast and Etta James live singing a song Johnny Otis co-wrote ‘Roll With Me, Henry’ at the end of this Tuesday’s and this Saturday’s Phantom Dancer. And check out Johnny Otis live on 1950s TV with the Three Tons of Joy in this week’s Phantom Dancer Video of the Week

And there’s lots of live 1930s-60s radio jazz and swing for you, too, including three Alastair Cooke jazz jam session excerpts broadcast from the BBC in the 1930s and 40s. Check out the play list

And exciting news, Bakeliters, you can see myself and the Bakelite Broadcasters playing two sets of your 1920s-30s swing jazz favourites in a Noirsville Show with an opening set by 40s noir singer Johnny Vargas at the Blue Beat, 16 Cross St, Double Bay, Wednesday 15 February. Doors open 7:30pm for dinner. Show starts at 9pm. Dance floor, restaurant and bar. $10 cover charge. Bookings: 02 9328 4411

Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney Tuesday 24 January 2012 12 noon – 1:30pm (+11 hours GMT) Live stream on 2ser.com Saturday 28 January 2012 6 – 7:30pm (+11 hours GMT) Live stream on 2ser.com The Wireless Lobby Lud www.myspace. com/lobbylud Set 1 Sera Pippo Bazizza Orchestra (voc) Alberto Rabiagliati Comm Rec Rome 1940 Easy Street Desi Arnez Orchestra (voc) Amanda Lane Ciro’s KNX CBS LA 1946 Forget-Me-Nots Glen Grey & the Casa Loma Orchestra (voc) Eugenie Baird Steel Pier Atlantic City NJ Mutual Network 1947 Open + Till The End Of Time Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians (voc) Don Rodney ‘Musical Autographs’ ABC/AFRS New York 4 Sep 1945 Set 2 Jamboree Frank Coughlan Orchestra Featuradio Transcription Sydney Jul 1937 Toodlee-Oo-Doo Peggy Lee (voc) Benny Goodman Orchestra ‘Peggy Lee Show’ KNX CBS LA 15 Jul 1951 In A Mist Larry Clinton Orchestra Coconut Grove Hotel Park Central WEAF NBC Red NY 7 Jul 1939 Texas Rose + Isle Of Capri + Close Gay Claridge Orchestra (Mary Osbourne eg) ‘One Night Stand’ Chez Paree Chicago AFRS Re-broadcast 21 Aug 1945 Set 3 I Double Dare You Orrin Tucker Orchestra (voc) Scottie Marsh Boulevard Room Stevens Hotel ABC Chicago 1951 Out Of Nowhere Artie Shaw Orchestra Blue Room Hotel Lincoln WEAF NBC Red Network 2 Dec 1938 TWA Ad + Close Cary Grant, Betsy Drake, Studio Announcer ‘Mr & Mrs Blandings’ KFI NBC LA 18 Mar 1951 Waltzing Matilda Jack White Band (voc) Jack White & Chorus Comm Rec London 27 Feb 1941 Set 4 Two Dukes On A Pier George Hall Orchestra Radio Transcription New York 1937 One O’Clock Jump (theme) +Ebony Rhapsody Count Basie Orchestra Southland Cafe WNAC NBC Boston 20 Feb 1940 Open + Cottonpicker’s Congregation Russ Morgan Orchestra Paradise Restaurant WABC CBS NY 14 Oct 1938 Love Nest Les Brown Orchestra Green Room Hotel Edison WOR Mutual NY 22 Nov 1938 Set 5 There, I’ve Said It Again George Trevare Orchestra (voc) Tassie Hamilton Comm Rec Sydney 1945 White Sails Harry James Orchestra (voc) Connie Haines ‘America Dances’ Roseland Ballroom New York CBS/BBC 19 Jul 1939 Sugar Lee Wiley (voc) ‘St Regis Hotel Jam Session’ New York/BBC 5 Nov 1938 Somebody Loves Me/ Goodbye (close) Benny Goodman Sextet ‘Kings of Swing’ New York/BBC 8 Dec 1945 Set 6 Smack That Mess Clyde Hart Orchestra Comm Rec New York 19 Dec 1944 One O’Clock Jump (theme) + Unidentified Time Johnny Otis Orchestra ‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood Oct 1945 Roll With Me Henry Etta James (voc) Count Basie Orchestra ‘Saturday Night Rock’n'Roll Dance Party’ WCBS CBS NY 1956

St Louis Blues – Greg Poppleton Bakelite Jazz

Happy New Year, Bakeliters!

Greg Poppleton & Bakelite Jazz had a great time playing 1920s – 1930s Hot Jazz and Swing for you in 2011. Thank you for enjoying our music live and on the YouTube clips you’ll find posted throughout this blog. In fact, just for you, there’s a New Year’s present of music we hope you’ll click on and enjoy a few pars down…

In 2011, the band played at such historic 1920s – 1930s occasions as the First Sydney Artists’ Ball and opening night of Art & About at the Art Gallery of NSW, connected with the ‘Mad Square’ exhibition of German Expressionist Art. We supported Mary Schneider in a big concert at the Sutherland Entertainment Centre and spent Melbourne Cup Day by the Harbour in the beautifully art deco Manly Pavilion

Great Gatsby theme parties became vogue in 2011 and will grow in popularity in 2012. Needless, to say, as Sydney’s only authentic 1920s singer, why would you book any other band than Greg Poppleton & Bakelite Jazz for your Great Gatsby party? Sydney’s only 1920s and 1930s singer with duo to sextet of world-touring musicians played some big ones in 2011, here’s a clip from the biggest

In 2012, the full band including Paul Furniss on saxes and clarinet and Al Davey on trumpet and trombone have been invited to perform at the Glen Street Theatre on 20 March as part of Glen Street’s ‘Music in The Glen’ series. We play the VE Day Ball at Elizabeth Bay House on 4 May. As well, you’re booking Greg Poppleton & Bakelite Jazz for your weddings and Great Gatsby theme corporate and private events. We thank you

And throughout 2011 and 2012 we’ll continue to be regulars at Penrith RSL. We’re tipped to be back this April. Keep an eye on the band’s News Page. And check out this clip from our last show there on 17 Dec 2011…

During the show above, drummer Bob Gillespie told me that these Bakelite Jazz YouTube clips posted throughout this blog brought him a ‘blast from the past’ ‘out of the blue’ ‘from the other side of the world’

Bob was the drummer in Maynard Ferguson’s English Band. And the bass player from that band rang Bob after 40 years, tipped off by the bass player’s son who saw Bob playing in Bakelite Jazz on YouTube. How’s that!