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Issue Details: First known date: 2001... 2001 Don't Worry Baby, They'll Swing Their Arses Off : The Stories of Australian Jazz Musicians
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Don't Worry Baby, They'll Swing Their Arses Off is a series of excerpts from oral histories with Australian jazz musicians. The complete oral histories are held (and in most cases are available) at ScreenSound Australia. The editor John Sharpe is himself a well-known jazz musician from Canberra. John has travelled the country interviewing musicians and the results make absorbing reading. -- Publisher's blurb.

Notes

  • Some of the musicians in the book include: Gery Scott, Geoff Bull, John Ansell from the Cootamundra Jazz Band, Billy Weston, George Golla, The Daly Wilson Big Band, Vince Jones, Edwin Duff, John Sangster, Ron Falson (talking about what it was like to tour with Frank Sinatra), Len Barnard, Tom Baker, Paul Furniss, Tony Ansell, and Col Nolan.
  • Contents: Gery Scott -- Geoff Bull -- Billy Weston -- Smedley -- John Ansell -- Alan Geddes -- Don Harper -- The Daly Wilson Big Band -- George Golla -- Tom Baker -- Edwin Duff -- Johnny Nicol -- Vince Jones -- John Sangster -- Bombs, Bob Hope and Bougainville -- Guns, girls and gambling -- Jazz education -- Coda.

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      Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,: 2001 .
      Extent: 317p.
      Description: illus., ports
      ISBN: 0957939000
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