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Title
Hood Collection part II : [Bands: dance, jazz, brass, popular, orchestras, etc.]
Creator
Sam Hood, 1872-1953
Call number
PXE 789 (v.8)
Level of description
item
Date
ca. 1928-ca. 1939
Type of material
Graphic Materials, Photographs
Reference code
153397
Issue Copy
Partly Digitised : 39 pages only selected for digitisation
Physical Description
Photographs - 49 photoprints - 15 x 20 cm. or smaller
Scope and Content
1-2. The Coloured Idea Band of Sonny Clay (35 Afro-American singers, musicians and dancers, brought here by the Tivoli group), who were deported from Australia for having parties with Australians, Jan. 1928
3. Francois Stempinski Trio, 2CH (Stempenski on violin, George Taylor on piano)
4. Al Hammett Band, Palais Royal, May 1930: Tom Coughlan, trumpet/Ray Tarrant, trumpet/Bob Waddington, sousa/Frank Coughlan, trombone/Dick Freeman, drums/Al Hammett/ Alan Barr, banjo/Keith Collins, piano/?/Arthur Morton, tenor saxophone
5. Al Hammett Band, Palais Royal, May 1930: (standing) Arthur Morton, Keith Collins, ?, Al Hammett, Bob Waddington, Alan Barr, ?; (sitting) Frank Coughlan, Dick Freeman
6. AmeriCanadians (Sammy Lee drums), (Tivoli, see Home & Away frame 8241 for details)
7-8. [Kit Kat Band], Capitol Theatre, Sydney
9. [Jack Barnett at the Wurlitzer], Capitol Theatre, Sydney
10. [Band in evening suits: 2nd fr left Alf Shaw, piano; front right Carl Mehden, drums; lower left Jack Stites, trombone], Capitol Theatre, Sydney
11. Syd Roy Lyricals, Feb. 1929: ?/Stan Gosling, trumpet/Syd Roy, piano/Beryl Evatt [sic. Evetts], vocal/Tommy Venn, banjo/Harry Roy, tenor saxophone/Eddie Kollis, drums/Johnny Swinfen, alto saxophone
12-15. Dudley Cantrell Band, Grace Bros. Auditorium [see Home & Away for details, including Carl Wintle, drummer in no.12]
16. Cahill's Gypsy Band
17. Cec Morrison Band at Farmer's Blaxland Gallery: saxes Frank Lundy, Les Harris, Harry Carmody; brass Jack Irvine, Freddy Charlesworth (trumpet), Frank Lock (trombone); piano Jack Chambers; bass Jamie Ashton; drums Col Bays, 1932/3
18. Billy Romaine Internationals, May 1929, Palais Royal: incl. Dudley Cantrell, Freddy Charlesworth, Jack Stites, Arthur Slade
19-21. [Les Adams' Hawaiian Club Boys: Bert Mars, Ernie Kahn, Les Adams, Johnny Wade, Neville Kahn, Mayfair Theatre]
22. Nick Prior (?) (Harry Bennett, drums)
23. Farmer's Band: l to r: (standing) Harry Larsen, (?), Jack Irvine, (?), Jamie Ashton; sitting: Jack Chambers, Terry Blofield, Col Bays
24. [Cec Morrison Band, Blaxland Gallery, see no. 17 for identification]
25. [Tiny Douglas conducting, State Theatre, 1943]
26-27. [Unidentified bands and musicians]
28-31. [Young Australia League Band (Commanding Officer E.R. Marie, Theatrical Manager J.S.T. McGowen, both not pictured) play in Sydney street and the young drum major (unnamed): Bandmaster Burt Caton (far left, no. 30)]
32-40. [Unidentified bands and musicians, no. 32 is the MGM women's jazz band, the Ingenues ?]
41. [Merv Anderson, trumpet; Jack Spooner, drums; Tiny McMahon, saxophone; Ron Wills, bass; Dick McMinn, saxophone; Noel Young, piano]
42-47. [Unidentified bands and musicians]
48-49. [Gordon Andrews & unidentified]
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Published Information
PXE 789/vol. 8/nos. 1-2 published in: Richard Hall. "White Australia's darkest days", Sydney Morning Herald, Good weekend, 15 March 1997, pp 17 & 20¶¶For futher information on PXE 789/vol. 8/nos. 1-2, see the original article in the newspaper Truth, Sunday 1 April 1928, p.13
General note
See also the Theatre volume (v.57) for bands and orchestras
No. 28 reproduced on CD "Strike up the band", ABC cat. no. 465 053-2
Reference (nos 1-2): Sydney Morning Herald, Weekend Edition Aug 16-17, 2003; Metropolitan p.1
Most of the band members identified by Mike Sutcliffe (1998)
Digital order no:Album ID : 823773
Signatures / Inscriptions
Approximately half untitled, other half with typed description or pencilled captions
Attributions / conjectures
No. 36 Bert Button, right and Bob Strother in glasses -- Identified by Leona Geeves (2008)
Name
2CH (Radio station : Sydney, N.S.W.)
Adams, Les
Al Hammett Band
AmeriCanadians (band)
Anderson, Merv
Andrews, Gordon
Ashton, Jamie
Barnett, Jack
Barr, Alan
Bays, Col
Bennett, Harry
Billy Romaine Internationals (band)
Blofield, Terry
Cahills Gypsy Band
Cantrell, Dudley
Cantrell Orchestra
Carmody, Harry
Caton, Burt
Cec Morrison Band
Chambers, Jack
Charlesworth, Freddy
Collins, Keith
Colored Idea (band)
Coughlan, Frank
Coughlan, Tom
Douglas, "Tiny"
Evetts, Beryl
Farmers Band
Freeman, Dick
Gosling, Stan
Hammett, Al
Harris, Les
Hempenski Trio
Ingenues (band)
Irvine, Jack
Kahn, Ernie
Kahn, Neville
Kit Kat Band
Kollis, Eddie
Larsen, Harry
Lee, Sammy
Les Adams Hawaiian Club Boys
Lock, Frank
Lundy, Frank
Lyricals Dance Band
McMahon, "Tiny"
McMinn, Dick
Mars, Bert
Mehden, Carl
Morton, Arthur
Roy, Harry
Roy, Syd
Shaw, Alf
Slade, Arthur
Sonny Clay Band
Spooner, Jack
Stempinski, Francois
Stites, Jack
Swinfen, Johnny
Tarrant, Ray
Taylor, George
Venn, Tommy
Waddington, Bob
Wade, Johnny
Wills, Ron
Wintle, Carl
Young Australia League
Young, Noel
Button, Bert
Strother, Bob
Subject
Adult Females
Adult Males
children
Topic
interiors
Afro-Americans
Americans (United States)
ballrooms
bands
Canadians
dance bands
drummers
evening clothes
musical instruments
orchestras
organists
stages (theatres)
theatres & cinemas
uniforms
wurlitzers
Place
Blaxland Gallery
Capitol Theatre (Sydney, N.S.W.)
Grace Auditorium (Bay Street, Glebe, N.S.W.)
Market Street (Sydney, N.S.W.)
Mayfair Theatre (Castlereagh Street, Sydney, N.S.W.)
Palais Royal (Sydney, N.S.W.)
State Theatre (Sydney, N.S.W.)
Tivoli Theatre (Sydney, N.S.W.)
Trocadero (George Street, Sydney, N.S.W.)
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