Bethlehem Records NYC, February 21, 1955 / 1976
Jazz music has a long history in Australia. Over the years jazz has held a high profile at local clubs, festivals and other music venues and a vast number of recordings have been produced by Australian jazz musicians, many of whom have gone on to gain a high profile in the international jazz arena.
Jazz is an American musical genre originated by African Americans but the style was rapidly and enthusiastically taken up by musicians all over the world, including Australia. Jazz and jazz-influenced syncopated dance music was being performed in Australia within a year of the emergence of jazz as a definable musical genre in the United States.
Until the 1950s the primary form of accompaniment at Australian public dances was jazz-based dance music, modeled on the leading white British and American jazz bands, and this style enjoyed wide popularity.
It was not until after World War II that Australian jazz scene began to diversify as local musicians were finally able to get access to recordings by leading African-American jazz musicians like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk, and bebop, cool jazz and free jazz exerting a strong influence on Australian musicians in the late 1950s and beyond.
Side 1.
1. A Foggy Day
2. Broadway
3. Little Girl Blue
4. September Song
5. Loose Walk
6. The Girl With The Flaxen Hair
Side 2.
1. You Are Too Beautiful
2. Music For Walkin'
3. Lullaby Of The Leaves
4. Like Someone In Love
5. The Things We Did Last Summer
6. Fascinating Rhythm
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