1920s – 30s Wednesdays. I Can’t Give You Anything But Love, recorded Wednesday, 29 April 2020, music by Jimmy McHugh, lyrics by Dorothy Fields (1928).
This is the last 1920s-30s Wednesday as Damon is back at school.
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This week’s Phantom Dancer swing jazz mix has Harry Reser as feature artist. Tune in.
The Charleston. Though recorded last Wednesday, 22 April 2020, I’ve been caught out with a busy audition schedule.
Now I can happily post this – your second in the series of 1920s-30s Wednesdays – The Charleston, composed by J.C. Johnson in 1923.
While we’re self-isolating, my son, Damon, and I, will serenade you with a 1920s-30s song every Wednesday.
This Wednesday, 29 April, it’s Amapola.
Do you have any 1920s-30s songs you’d like to hear on future 1920s-30s Wednesdays? Feel free to contact us
This week’s Phantom Dancer swing jazz mix has Harry Reser as feature artist. Tune in.
Last Sunday, I took my 1920s – 1930s Jazz Deco band to Sydney Rowing Club, overlooking the Parramatta River to play an afternoon of music, fun and dancing.
And there was lots of dancing and lots of fun. It’s an inspiration to play to dancers. It’s a joy to play to such a warm and appreciative audience.
At Sydney Rowers the gig before, in April, someone took this film of the Jazz Deco band and I, then through a third party, generously sent it on to me to share with you…
SANTO GRASSO JAZZ PHOTOS
What a wonderful surprise then, just before downbeat on the first set, to see my favourite photographer, Santo Grasso. He’d come along to take photos of the band.
Now he’s generously sharing them with us here.
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On Sunday, Australia’s only authentic 1920s-30s singer, Greg Poppleton, returned with his Jazz Deco music to Sydney Rowing Club. And we’ll be back at there, Sunday 5 August.
Enjoy these photos from the Greg Poppleton Sydney Rowers show. And join the band Mailing List at the end of this article for the free monthly newsletter…
By the beautiful Parramatta River…
Australia’s only authentic 1920s – 1930s singer and band…
Cody and Lexie from All About Swing strutted their stuff on the dance carpet.
Other couples joined in when we went Latin with songs like Amapola, El Mansiero, Tea for Two and South of the Border.
Damon Poppleton…
Adam Barnard…
Dave Clayton, who also joined Greg in a vocal duet on ‘Yes, We Have No Bananas’.
Grahame Conlon…
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The band and I had lots of fun last night (Sunday 16 July) with the All About Swing Dancers at Swing Night with Greg Poppleton at the Django Bar.
Thank you to everyone for coming.
You can see the band next at:
Sat 29 July – Gin Mill Social (sold out)
Sun 30 July – Sydney Rowing Club 3-6pm
Sun 13 August – Mosman Bowling Club 2-4:30pm
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To whet your appetite for the next shows, here are four photos of Greg Poppleton and All About Swing at Swing Night with Greg Poppleton at the Django Bar. Enjoy!
It was exciting to be back playing at the beautiful Sydney Rowers Club overlooking the Parramatta River on Abbotsford Point.
It was good, too, to see so many old friends of the band in the audience, including Karla and Mark and family whose beautiful bushland-set wedding reception we played at last November.
We made lots of new friends. Played an encore. Sold quite a few of the band’s new album of 1920s – 1930s jazz and swing, Back In Your Own Backyard (available at Bandcamp, iTunes and CDBaby)
As always, I took some pics for you. We’re at Slide, next for the Gin Mill Social 11 Nov – SOLD OUT.
The biggie for your diary is THURSDAY 19 JANUARY at Foundry616 Jazz club, 616 Harris St Ultimo (near Broadway) TICKETS
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Sunday 11 Oct saw Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters entertaining at Sydney Rowing Club, 613 Great North Road Abbotsford, right on the Parramatta River. We’ll be back on deck, Sunday 20 December, 3 – 6pm Free.
A shout out to our new friends Jack, who requested Sentimental Journey, Tony Madden from the Illawarra Flame Three, Graham and Esther who sell organic Gobblejuice (liquid turkey manure fertilizer) and to everyone else who came up and said hello! Thank you. It was a fun afternoon! See you again 20 December.
Here are some pictures…
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Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters, authentic 1920s – 1930s singer and hot jazz band, played to a big audience under the trees at Jazz At The Pines, Dural, Sunday February 15.
I took some photos for you from the stage as the show was in progress. Great audience!
Thank you to The Rotary Club of The Hills-Kellyville and The Hills Shire Council.
In Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters, for Jazz At The Pines were…
– Greg Poppleton, authentic 1920s singer,
– Paul Furniss, clarinet, soprano and alto sax,
– Grahame Conlon guitar and banjo,
– Ian Baker tuba and trombone,
– Lawrie Thompson drums and washboard…
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Thank you to everyone who filled in their survey slips wanting Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters back. We look forward to seeing you again at another Jazz At The Pines in 2016!
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A month ago we received a phone call from a music lover for whom we had played a tea dance last year. “Can Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters play for our tea dance this year?” she asked.
“Why, certainly,” Bakelite exclusive 1920s – 1930s singer and band leader replied obligingly. “And may I suggest Chuck Morgan on the guitar and Darcy Wright on the double bass for the melodic and rhythmic accompaniment?”
“Who could be better?” she swooned rhetorically. “And will you play songs like I Can’t Give You Anything But Love, Blue Moon – songs people will dance to?”
“Of course, and we’ll throw in a few waltzes, rhumbas, blues and tangos for you, too,” said Greg.
“Yes, please!” she said.
And so all was set for a topping afternoon in Mosman.
And a most topping afternoon it was. The dance floor stayed full. We had requests for a cha-cha and a bossa, which, of course aren’t 1920s and 30s, but which we can play. And everyone joined in loudly and lustily singing Always.
And we had two guest singers, who steeled by a fortifying tea and scone, no doubt, sung renditions of Putting On The Ritz and Summertime. Both received well-deserved and liberal doses of the audience’s spontaneous approbation.
11 year old Damon sat in on alto sax for the instrumentals, namely Duke Ellington’s 1939 opus, In A Mellow Tone, Lionel Hampton’s Flying Home, that 1920s classic, Lady Be Good, and one of our dance requests, Blue Bossa.
And then it was time to wind up the cat and put out the clock for another year.
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Who is Greg Poppleton? He is world-recognised as an authentic 1920s – 1930s singer with a 3 octave range totally uninfluenced by contemporary music.
The Bakelite Broadcasters are all world-touring jazz musicians (Chuck had a number 1 jazz hit in Japan with Janet Seidel. Darcy was listed as one of the world’s top ten double bass players by Rolling Stone).
Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters perform from duo size to sextet. Want us for your celebration at your place? Ask Greg.
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