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NUNIBER 9

NovE^^IBER 2000

CHAIRMAN

SPEAKS OUTOUT Chairman, Dr Ray

Marginson, addressed an

attentive audience of

approximately 30 people at theVictorian Arts Centre

"Monthly Morning Coffee" onThursday 5 October, 2000.

Y. J^^^^.!2:21'QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER OF TllE VICTORIAT, { JAZZ ARCIUVE

PATRON : WitLIAM H MILLER M. A. BC. L. (OXON. )P. 0. Box 442 As}IBURTON VICTORIA 3147

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EDITOR: JO}DJ R"Pm

Ray's subject was Australianjazz music, with specialreference to the exhibition

starting on I December at thePertonning Arts Museum.

ARCHIVE WINS

ANOTHER

AWARDFollowing the success in

winning the Museum hidus-try Recognition Award 2000for Conservation in May, theArchive has recently won theVictorian section of the Na-

tional Australia Bank Coin-

mornty Link Award 2000 inthe Conservation and Heri-

tage category. The NABAward has its focus on the

work of volunteers within an

organisation, such as theVIA, where conservation isused for the betterment of

the community.in the submission the VJA

stressed the importance ofthe jazz community and theirwish that Australianjazz inu-siC and memorabilia be pre-served for posterity. The"Acetate Action" initiative

captured the attention of thejudges, who could see thatthe transferral of aging ace-tote perlonnances was ofparamount importance to thejazz community as a whole,now and in the future.

The national award for the

NAB Community LinkAward took place on 24 0c-tober, 2000 at the Hyatt ParkHotel in Melbourne, wherethe Archive was unsuccess-

fill. JK

The exhibition, entitled"Looks Cool, Sounds HotJazz in Melbourne - The First

50 Years" will run until the

25 February 2001. (see Page 3)Ray illustrated his lecture

with recorded musical

examples appreciated by theaudience that notwas

generally jazz orientated. Heincluded a display of books,LPs, CDS, posters forg e n e r a I browsing, andstressed the importance of thework the Archive is doing inpreserving the Australian jazzheritage. JK

FRIENDS OF THE

ARCHIVEFriends of the Archive is a

volunteer group comprising non-committee members of the VJA

who wish to support the work ofthe Archive is some tangibleway, especially with thevolunteering of time to showvisitors around the Archive on

the days it is open.Also plans are afoot by the

"Friends" to arrange a series offund raising events to assist thework of the Archive. Headed byMonie Clark and Marge Barke,a committee is being organisedfor the first of these events

which will take place at theI^. AAFTA Club on Sunday I stApril, 2001. More details willbe available in the next issue of

VJAZZ, so keep the date free.Ally member with transport is

welcome to join the nextvolunteer workshop to takeplace in November at theArchive, where all aspects ofvolunteer work is explained, andprinted information sheets areprovided. Ring the Archive tobook. We highly value the workof our volunteers. 11<

Inside this issue:

Page 2 : VJA news and events;Page 3 : Notice of AGM;

Jazz Exhibition.

Page 4 : Recent Donations;New Members

Cash Donations.

BACK ToGETlmR AGAIN

by Jack Mitehe"The story of the Port Jackson Jazz Band

89 pages, photos anddiscog'aphy

$22.00 incl OSTPack & Post $4.00

BOOKS FOR SALE

IT' S YOUR

ARCHIVE,You KNOW!

Since the Archive has been

open two days a week, andespecially with the appearanceof articles about the VJA inlocal and mainstream press,there has been a constant stream

of visitors interested in findingout more about the Archive.

It is noticeable however, thereare many members who havenot made the visit to Wantima,possibly because of the weekdayopening times. The Archive hasa lot to offer visually & auralIy,and we wish to point its manyadvantages available tomembers. One of the continents

made by visitors is the obviousenjoyment of the staff incompleting the necessary tasks.

We now have a wonderful

upright piano, and often pianistmembers such as Rex Green,Kiin Harris, David Ward etc,give impromptu recitals. So aplace to relax, in air

conditioned comfort, to spendtime amongst likesome

minded jazz friends, and wecan rustle up a cup of coffeetoo.

The Don Boardrnan Sound

The hub of the Archive is the

Reference Library, mainlybecause of the visual impact ofthe room, which contains fourlarge showcases displayingmusical instruments, photos,posters, banners andmemorabilia The Libraryshelving is divided into twosections, with general jazz booksand magazines - overseas andAustralian on one side of the

room, and discographical booksand on the other.magazines

There is a large table in themiddle of the room, just right tospread out if researchingmaterial. There is a modern

video/TV setup for the viewingof jazz videos. Three boothshouse a data base computer, alibrary computer (yet to beactivated) and a sound booth forlistening to tapes and CDS.

Members will see by thisdescription that there is a lot ofactivity at the Archive whichgenerally is of interest to VJAmembers.

Room is the engine room of thesound recording and transferprocesses for the preservationof our Australian soundJazz

heritage. Ron Halstead andDave Ward explain theprocedures used in the transferfrom original sound source tothe final burning of the archivalCDR for preservation. Ronalso controls the main data

base computer.

If you cannot visit the Archiveduring the week, the AimualGeneral Meeting on Sunday 26November will present a goodopportunity, as there will be livemusic, a BBQ and a chance tomeet the crew. 11<

The Catalogue Room andRepository is where donatedmaterial is lodged initially.Curator, John Kerniedy andAssistant Curator, Jackkicketts, with the help of LizCurrie and An CG Hewitt, sort,clean, and prepare the materialfor cataloguing on the twomodern computers.Cataloguing is the processwhereby we keep track of allmaterial donated to theArchive. In this area are thetwo containers which house

the material, whilst a thirdcontainer is being fitted out tohouse the Australian JazzConvention material under thedirection of Don Anderson.

COMPACT DISCS FOR SALE

V. J. A. Nit^ERS PRICES incL CST

Single CDS at $22.00 each (pp $4.00)

KYATS kiloRTET "Nice Cup Of Tea"erred Parke, , Cmham Coyle, Bin Howard)

CRMIAM COYLE "Trad. Jam Piano"

ANITA I^S "Moments in Time"

IcoVnV GOODEY "Taste of Taba, co"

FROM TIXE JACK unTCIXELL

JAZZ LIBRARY

RAY PRICE "At Armidale 1965"

RAY PRICE "Dallas Brooke, Ha""

WILD BILL DAVISON

"And Hia Cobbers"

CD SPECIALS

JEX SAARELAITT & Kale Cebrano

$27.50"Live at Met, as"

DOUBLE CDS

Swing Brother SwingJex Scorebht

"Live at Beinlet, , Lane

$33.00

I^ITH Hour' SLOW - 6 CD get

$110.00"My Jazz Life"

Granme Be" Special Import"The Urineard Titles From 1948"

Recorded Brighton & LondonRerunstered by John R T Davies

SPECIAL PRICE To LushmERs

S2S. 00

including CST pin's $4.00 postage.

$27.50

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BODCIE DA DA

& fine CULT OF Tnn COOL

by John ClareAustralian Jaz since 1945

Excdlent photos $11.00 incl GSTPack & Post $4.00

BOOKS FOR SALE

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NOTICE OF MEET"IC - VICTORIAN JAZZ ARCHIVE Inc.

THE 4TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETNGOF THE

VICTORIAN JAZZ ARCHIVE inc.Win, L BE HELD ON

SUNDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2000AT 12 NOON

AT THE PREMISES OF THE ARCru\7E, KOOMBA PARK15 MOUNTAIN' meinVAY WANTER. NA 3152

OWELWAY REFERENCE 63 C8)

ALL MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED To ATTENDLIVE MUSIC BARB^CUE

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LOOKS COOL, SOUNDS HOTJazz In Melbourne - the first 50 years

St Ki!do Road Foyer Gulle, yI December 2000 - 25 Febr"", y 2001.

Presented by the Performing Arts Museumand the Victorian Jazz Archive.

From the structured sounds of dance bands to the

improvised solo of the individual musician, jazzhas been an influential part of Melbourne's music

scene since the 1920's. This exhibition pays tributeto musicians including Oraeme and Roger Bell,

Frank Johnson, Bob and Len Barnard and Brian Brown.Also represented are significant Melbourne - initiatedEvents such as the Australian Jazz Convention and the

Downbeat Concert series.

Looks Cool; Sownds Hot features musical instrulnentsthat have created jazz at the hands of musicians, such as

Benny Featherstone's cornet and Ade Monsbourgh'strademark plastic alto saxophone. Photographs, posters,

handbills, oral histories, video footage and jazz recordingsalso combine to illustrate 50 years of Melbourne'sjazz

history

Sponsored by the Victorian Arts Centre, Performing Arts MuseumScreensound Australia and the Victorian Jazz Archive.

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RECENT

DONATIONSOur Registrar, ETic Brown has

been busy again, forwardingdonations of jazz material to beprocessed. in the last threemonths he has brought morepublications from the Dick andShirley House collection;collected a number of photos,posters and cuttings from JimMills; also a box containingAustralian Record Cataloguesfrom Les Taylor; a scrap bookon Clive Whitcombe who wasthe drummer with the Port

Jackson Jazz Band, and sent toETic by Andy Ridley of NewOrleans. ETic also assisted Don

Anderson in collecting adonation from Kath Turville,consisting of Frank Turville' strimipet plus photos. ETic hasdonated from his own

collection 12 LPs of the

Keriatone, Rex, Kinderplay,Stomperphone and Endrustlabels comprising earlyAustralian jazz material.

Brian Carter's Brass Bass, onpermanent loan to the VIA, andwhich will be a centrepiece ofthe forthcoming JazzExhibition. This tuba-like

instrument originally belongedto Lou SIIbereisen and went onthe Bells' first overseas tour.Fred Parkes has donated one of

his early clarinets, whilstLaurie Kidman's metal clarinet

has been donated by MargaretHarvey.

compositions); KGvin Goodey(A Taste of Tabasco); JackMitchell with more from the

Mitchell recording library ofRay Price and Wild Bill

John TrudingerDavison.

forwarded the four CDS of the

Bob Barnard Jazz Party 1999,which includes overseas artists

Marty Grosz and Ralph Sutton.Marge Burke recently donatedthree audio cassettes of unusual

local jazz. Dave Ward gave ustwo CDS of the WaterfrontJazz Band.Truda 01son donated six

copies of the Giants of Jazz LPsets. Roger Beithy decided thearchive was the place for thebanjo head co autographed byall members of the Keriny BallBand when they appeared in

Thanks to MikeSydney.Sutcliffe for the loan of

photographs for copying to gointo the exhibition, and thedonation of some magazinesfor the library.

Very special thanks to JessVincent (via Bill Johnson andBill Miller) for the donation oftwo wonderful photos of herlate brother Win16 MCIntyre,which will be displayed in theexhibition with WillIe's

portable organ, donated earlierby Jess. The library now has aPanasonic TV and VCR thanks

to Judy and John Kerinedy.

Amongst the photographsreceived is a large photo ofPapa Cuss' s Dixielanders (inid-1970s) donated by Liz Currie,whilst TVfr's G Bassett has

loaned for copying five photosof the Len Barnard Band at the

Meritone LSC (3) and twophotos taken at SmackaFitzgibbon' s twenty~first

Lin lonesbirthday party.called in to donate photos,cuttings and programmes. Sueand Sriy Chambers havedonated posters, handbills, etc. ,plus a tape of the Bayside JazzBand. Thanks go to JohnWhite oak for donating two

of his latest bookcopies

"Playing Ad Lib", plus the loanof early Australian audio andvideo tapes, John Farrand senthis collection of Australian andOverseas LPs.

Donations of CDS came from

Bill KGrr (Wombat Jazz Band-playing all Australian jazz

Nigel BUGSst forwarded acopy of his recent video called"The Loved One GerryHumphries" which follows thefortunes of Gerry Humphties,who played with the RedOnions in the 1970's.

There has been a very specialloan by Mary Bould of Briari

Joiner DDFrv my A); MuteO CHALKI^un GOODEY 01SW) TERRY MARTIN

cosA); DON soonusSJOinV WinTEOAK

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