The Noosa Heads Jazz Club is staging a special concert at The Majestic Theatre Pomona to celebrate a jazz revival on the West Coast of the USA in the 1940s and 50s that reverberated worldwide, especially in Australia.
Lu Watters’ Yerba Buena Jazz Band, founded in 1939, was the primary force behind this Great Revival of Traditional Jazz. Its influence spread to Australia through gramophone recordings to the likes of Graeme Bell’s Australian Jazzmen, Tom Baker’s San Francisco Jazz Band, and Steve Waddell’s Creole Bells, who were early converts to the two-beat rhythms.
The band’s front line features two trumpets: Ian Smith and John Braben on trumpet, supported by Chris Schnack on trombone, Paul Williams on saxophone and clarinet, with Bernice Haydock on piano, Glen Flenady banjo, Richard Stevens on sousaphone, and Rod Andrew on drums. They will present a concert of the hit tunes made famous by Lu Watters and his band at the height of their popularity.
Thursday, 28 November, at the Majestic Theatre, Pomona. The music starts at 1.00 pm and the doors open at 12 noon. For more information, text 0478 256 245 or email info@noosajazzclub.com. To book your ticket, go to www.noosajazzclub.com.
