Friday 11 September was Gin Mill Social night – the hippest 1920s party every month at Slide Cabaret, 41 Oxford St, Darlinghurst.
Authentic 1920s singer and band, Greg Poppleton opened proceedings with an upbeat set of 1920s hotcha.
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Book Greg Poppleton for your 1920s wedding, corporate event and party.
Tony Jex
61 2 9567 7171 | 0407 941 263 | tony@ozmanagement.com
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Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters have hit 1001 likes for YouTube 1920s-1930s Jazz Swing Background Chill Mix 1
Listeners have left some really nice comments about the video on YouTube. And the stereo version of the 53’53” YouTube 1920s-1930s Band Chill Mix soundtrack has been downloaded plenty (for just a few dollars) from BANDCAMP. The download cover artwork is by my 11 year old son, Damon…
JANUARY GIG GUIDE
Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters and the 1920s Orchestra, The Lounge Bar Lotharios, are available for bookings in January.
Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters has a private birthday party booking on 25th January.
Greg is also busy hosting The Phantom Dancer radio show on 2SER Sydney every Tuesday 12noon – 2pm, swing and jazz from live 1920s-1960s radio and TV heard over 30 stations of the Community Radio Network.
THE PHANTOM DANCER RADIO SHOW
The Phantom Danceris now in its 30th year on 107.3 2SER Sydney, presented all that time by your Phantom Dancer, Greg Poppleton
The Phantom Dancer plays swing and jazz from live 1920s-1960s radio and TV.
Over the Christmas-New Years period I was very honoured to hear from Barbara Effros, who heard her trumpeter / composer grandfather,Bob Effros on 1930 The Philco Hour over The Phantom Dancer, and from Jayme Harding who heard her mother Eleanor Russel singing with Jimmy Dorsey’s Orchestra from The Edgewater, Madison, Wi over CBS in 1950, again over The Phantom Dancer.
2SER 35 HOUR DJ MARATHON
To celebrate 35 Years of 2SER, Greg Poppleton as The Phantom Dancer, will mixing an hour of live swing and jazz from live 1920s-1960s radio and TV in the 2SER 35 Hour DJ Marathon, Saturday 31 January, 9-10am.
6 Jan: 12 – 2pm, Phantom Dancer, 107.3 2SER. Swing and jazz from 1920s-60s radio. Hear past shows
13 Jan: 12 – 2pm, Phantom Dancer, 107.3 2SER. Swing and jazz from 1920s-60s radio. Hear past shows
20 Jan:12 – 2pm, Phantom Dancer, 107.3 2SER. Swing and jazz from 1920s-60s radio. Hear past shows
25 Jan: 11am – 2pm, 50th Birthday Party, Surry Hills
27 Jan: 12 – 2pm, Phantom Dancer, 107.3 2SER. Swing and jazz from 1920s-60s radio. Hear past shows
31 Jan: 9am – 10am, Phantom Dancer 2SER 35 Hour DJ Marathon, 107.3 2SER. Swing and jazz from 1920s-60s radio. Hear past shows
CANBERRA,Tune in to The Phantom Dancer radio show 7pm every Sunday night on ArtSoundFM
Check the Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters website for lots more shows coming in February and March.
WHAT HAPPENED IN DECEMBER?
What was Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters and Sydney’s only 1920s Orchestra, The Lounge Bar Lotharios up to in December?
6 DEC – FAIRFIELD MUSEUM – CHRISTMAS IN THE GARDEN
It was raining, so it became Christmas in the Machine Shed, which was even better with a really relaxed country feel. In the band: Greg Poppleton (1920s singer) Geoff Power (sousaphone and trumpet) Grahame Conlon (banjo) Bob Gillespie (drums)
14 DEC – ST GEORGE LEAGUES CLUB – SUNDAY JAZZ
A fun Sunday afternoon of 1920s hotcha, withGreg Poppleton (1920s singer) Geoff Power (sousaphone and trumpet) Grahame Conlon (banjo) Lawrie Thompson (drums)
15, 18, 19, 24 DEC – HOUSE PARTIES
No pictures of these for privacy, just an hour of entertaining interactive 1920s and 1930s jazz with Greg Poppleton singing and Grahame Conlon on guitar and ukelele.
18 DEC – GIN MILL SOCIAL – SLIDE CABARET
The next Gin Mill Social is Friday 20 February. It’s Sydney’s hottest 1920s show. Tickets.
20 DEC – WEDDING – SURRY HILLS
The 1920s hot jazz Bakelite trio played: Greg Poppleton (1920s vocals), Greg Chilcott (sousaphone and trombone) Grahame Conlon (banjo)
28 DEC – SYDNEY ROWERS CLUB – JAZZ ON THE DECK
Afternoon swing by the Parramatta river: Greg Poppleton (1920s-1930s vocals), Grahame Conlon (guitar) Darcy Wright (double bass) Lawrie Thompson (drums).
CALL US…
Would you like us to play beautiful 1920s-1930s hot jazz and swing music for your wedding reception, birthday party, club or corporate event? Trio to orchestra.
Talk to the debonair Mr Tony Jex for your free quote,
T: 02 9567 7171
M: 0407 941 263
E: bookings@bakelitejazz.com
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1920s Great Gatsby Orchestra – The Lounge Bar Lotharios
We look forward to seeing you at a show soon…
Kindest Regards
Greg
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“Damn, I wish I had known you when we had a theatre. We would have called you over to perform with us in a minute! The thing that got both Lynn and me, besides your great voice was your ability to “sell a song” and your particular energy and pronunciation which came across as completely American! Not sure an Australian would see that as a compliment, but you were singing what amounts to virtual American “folk” music. And that trio, which I mentioned at the time, was an absolute knockout. And the kid of the tuba, he is ready for New Orleans if he cares to go try it. ” Lance Belville, Writer / Director, San Francisco (USA)
““Awesome. Totally fun,”” Jesse Miner, Manu Smith, ‘Hey Mr Jesse’ podcast (USA)
“There’s nothing like stumbling across an artist who is fresh, original, filled with musical integrity, and especially one that has a unique perspective on the familiar. Australian Jazz vocalist extraordinaire Greg Poppleton is such an artist…” Gerald H. Beulah, Jr., JazzReview.com (USA)
Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters were the entertainment for the 2014 Great Art Deco Ball – the highlight of the annual Blue Mountains 1920s Festival. They filled the dance floor in the Grand Dining Room of the historic Carrington Hotel, Katoomba, on Saturday 1 February, with their exciting, high energy, authentic 1920s jazz and hotcha.
The Art Deco Ball was sell-out, packed house. This was largely through the success of last year’s Great Art Deco Ball at the Carrington where Greg Poppleton and his Lounge Bar Lotharios 11-piece 1920s Dance Orchestra was the entertainment, filling the dance floor and creating a huge buzz.
For this year’s $100pp Art Deco extravaganza Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters showcased the absolute, world-touring best in Sydney 1920s jazz musicians – as we do at every show:
Greg Poppleton – Sydney’s only authentic 1920s-30s jazz swing singer
Paul Furniss – alto, tenor saxes and clarinet
Geoff Power – sousaphone and trumpet
Chuck Morgan – guitar, banjo, ukelele
Lawrie Thompson – drums and washboard
Would you like the band for your 1920s / 1930s theme wedding, party or corporate event? Please enquire at Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters’ official website www.bakelitejazz.com.
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Would you like the band for your 1920s / 1930s theme wedding, party or corporate event? Please enquire at Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters’ official website www.bakelitejazz.com.
Like us on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter.
Would you like the band for your 1920s / 1930s theme wedding, party or corporate event? Please enquire at Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters’ official website www.bakelitejazz.com.
Gin Mill Social really went totally Roaring 20s last Friday, 24 Jan 2014 with Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters putting on a high-energy show of hotcha 1920s, 3 octave crooning, and spellbinding instrumental bravura.
And, yes, the full house absolutely lapped up the bees knees Roaring 20s high-energy performance by Greg Poppleton (Sydney’s only authentic 1920s singer) and the Bakelite Broadcasters. (Geoff Power on sousaphone and trumpet and Chuck Morgan on banjo and ukelele.)
The Gin Mill Social is a 1920s themed night at Slide, in the gloriously solid art deco Commonwealth Bank building, 41 Oxford Street, Darlinghurst. The perfect locale for a classy, yet decadent 1920s soiree.
Every Gin Mill Social is decked out totally 1920s. Dress rules are strict 1920s, guys as gangsters, gals in pearls. (And there are accessories you can dress yourself up in for free as you enter). The menu is 1920s, the cocktails are 1920s, the décor is 1920s, there’s burlesque, jugglers, tap dancers and aerial performers…
But until last Friday – no authentic 1920s singer and band had ever played there.
What a difference having a real, passionate, exciting 1920s trio made to the Gin Mill Social last Friday. Guests were excited. Management was excited. The thrilling acts we backed, like the fantastic tap dancer, Missy on trapeze, and Mr Gorski, juggler and circus performer, really dug how being backed by rhythmic, groovy, in-tune musicians, who listen and interact, gave them total freedom to improvise and soar.
For the record, in the Greg Poppleton Bakelite Broadcasters 1920s Trio at Slide were:
– SYDNEY’S ONLY AUTHENTIC 1920s-30s SINGER, Greg Poppleton
– ARIA-NOMINATED, 9 U.S. TOURS, FESTIVAL HEADLINER TRUMPET AND SOUSAPHONIST, Geoff Power
– NO. 1 IN THE JAPANESE JAZZ CHARTS, WORLD-TORING BANJOIST AND UKELELE maestro Chuck Morgan who you will know from the Janet Seidel Trio.
We’re the only authentic 1920s-30s singer with band in town, and one of the very few in the world.
And when I say singer, I mean a singer who:
– grew up listening solely to 1920s-30s-40s jazz and swing,
– who is totally uninfluenced by contemporary music,
– who has performed swing and jazz for 20 years,
– who is vocally trained with a 3 octave range by a former New York city nightclub owner and opera singer who himself was trained by Melchior, Schipa and Pavarotti and who booked acts like Cab Calloway, Sarah Vaughan, Margaret Whiting, the Andrew Sisters and Tiny Tim.
Bookings and enquiries for clubs, weddings, corporates and birthdays: bookings@bakelitejazz.com
Please visit the website: www.bakelitejazz.com
Last Friday, Sydney’s exciting, and only authentic 1920s Dance Orchestra, The Lounge Bar Lotharios, played for the 2013 Blue Mountains Lithgow Oberon Tourism Awards at Scenic World in the Blue Mountains.
What a hit with the crowd as dancers swirled and Charlestoned on the dance floor!
Having a Christmas party?
When you book the orchestra, for your end-of-year company social, we promise we’ll excite you and your guests, too, with the danceable songs that made the Roaring 20s roar! All played by Sydney’s Top ten world-touring vintage jazz specialists under the direction of ARIA-nominated trumpeter, Geoff Power. And sung by Sydney’s only authentic 1920s singer, Greg Poppleton.
And we play for weddings, clubs, parties, events and festivals.
Ask us for a free quote. Watch this hot 1920s orchestra’s showreel. See us live at the Great Gatsby theme night, Glen Street Theatre, Friday night, 6 September!
Our ukelele friends, and 2013 BMLOT award winners, The Blue MUGs, took a couple of action pics. Thank you Jennifer Lowe from The Blue Mugs…
Email for a free quote to play for your wedding, corporate function and party. Watch this hot 1920s orchestra’s showreel. See us live at the Great Gatsby theme night, Glen Street Theatre, Friday night, 6 September!
Here are some happy snaps for you of Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters at the 2013 Fairfield Museum fair, celebrating 30 years of the Fairfield Museum, Horsley Drive, Smithfield, with songs from the 1920s and 1930s
There’s also some pics of the band posing in a restored 1929 Essex 6 taken by the Hudson Car Club. I’ll post them as soon as I get them emailed to me
Swing dancers on the day at Fairfield: SwingKatz. Also on stage was a Spanish choir and Uruguayan drummers
Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters are a trio to sextet with Sydney’s only authentic 1920s-30s singer specialising in swing and jazz from the 1920s and 1930s. Please visit the band website: www.bakelitejazz.com. We play for all occasions
Sunday July 1: Greg Poppleton & his Bakelite Broadcasters played for Sunday Lunch at Concrete Blonde, Level 2, 33 Bayswater Road, Potts Point. Now, if you haven’t head of Concrete Blonde before, I want to tell you all about it a little later in this blog entry. Just to say now, if you’re in Sydney or visiting, it’s a must visit
But first, the Greg Poppleton & his Bakelite Broadcasters’ show. Here’s a snippet…
Warren Fahey AM, social historian, author, record producer, broadcaster and singer said about yesterday’s Concrete Blonde show by Greg Poppleton & his Bakelite Broadcasters:
“Yesterday’s Jazz/Funk/Whatever Lunch at Concrete Blonde was another terrific day. Here’s Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters in action Greg sang all the top songs of the 1920s and 30s – many that I have grown up with. There were many happy faces in the audience and Greg’s interpretations, including dancing, swaying, staring and facial gymnastics made the music all the more interesting and amusing. They will be back!”
Concrete Blonde wrote on their Facebook page: “What a fantastic performance yesterday here! Love the bloke in the pinstripes and ……. phew, check out the size of that guy’s tuba”
Now a few words about this great restaurant itself…
Concrete Blonde is one of those rare restaurants where the space makes you feel good (expansive, even!) the minute you walk in. It has both an indoor and outdoor area and the connection between these two spaces is remarkably seamless. As a space, its designers have successfully combined a sense of occasion and gathering with intimacy and privacy. Remarkable! (As I’ve just done). Part of the occasion is being able to see your dinner cooked. The kitchen is along one side of the space. There’s also a friendly and extensive bar. And a cellar behind glass in the dining area itself. Car parking is in the building, which makes it easy in busy Kings Cross. But I don’t drive. So there’s the 324 and 325 bus at the front door and the 311 bus and Kings Cross train station just around the corner! Plus there’s live music by name bands in jazz, funk, gypsy, folk and more. Free! Sunday lunch and Wednesday nights. As Symphony Sid used to say in between Charlie Parker/Miles Davis sets on his all-night, all-frantic WMCA bop show from the Royal Roost nightclub, New York – ‘what more could you want?’
I’ll tell you what more – the food and the friendly staff take your experience to a whole new level
And the menu is special
For Sunday lunch, the band chose the Beef with Yorkshire Pudding and the Duck. There was also a vegetarian choice that was very, very tempting. I’ve never had Yorkshire Pudding before, but I will be having it again. And our Mancunian drummer, Bob Gillespie, formerly musical director for Lovelace Watkins and drummer with Maynard Ferguson’s English Orchestra, and whose family makes Yorkshire Puddings at home, was mightily impressed. The beef just melted in my mouth. And despite the servings being generous, with two big serving boats of tasty roast potatoes and broccoli and carrots arriving at our table, nothing was left on anyone’s plate. In short, the chef made a Sunday Roast exciting – and delicious. That’s real skill and passion for food
As for the restaurant space being an event in itself, making you feel good, and making you want to be there, I found this quote which goes some way in explaining why I felt so good the way I did the moment I walked through the doors: “Concrete Blonde is very excited and proud to announce that we have been short-listed (from over 600 entries) for the finals of the International Restaurant & Bar Design Awards. This is the only concept of its kind in the world and is dedicated exclusively to hospitality design. The Awards invites and receives entries from the world’s top architects, designers and hospitality operators. The judges recognise and reward entrants from all over the world for design excellence. The winners will be announced at an innovative ceremony at the Royal Institute of British Architects, London, 66 Portland Place on the 6th September 2012”
So Concrete Blonde is indeed a very special place. It’s warm and friendly. You’ll feel comfortable no matter what your restaurant background – whether you’re local or visiting, whether you’re a gourmand or someone like me on a very low income who only goes to a restaurant on very special occasions. And if you are someone like me, well you can guess from the tone of this review, that I reckon Concrete Blonde is one exciting place that’ll take your special occasion to a whole new level and you’ll be happy to splash out with the hard-earns
Here’s their YouTube promo…
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
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”
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
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
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!
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!
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