GRAEME BELL'S AUSTRALIAN JAZZ BAND with Georgia LeeTitle: BASIN STREET BLUES Place: MELBOURNE 3AW Broadcast 1949Musicians: Roger Bell t, Ade Monsbourgh Tbn , Don Roberts cl, Graeme Bell p, Norm Baker bj g, Lou Silbereisen sb bb, Johnny Sangster d, Georgia Lee v Note: Note: This recording is one the first commercial recording by aboriginal singer Dulcie Pitt AKA Georgia Lee . Georgia Lee was born in 1921 rising to be an outstanding Jazz and Blues performer, actress and advocate for first Australians. She sang with several notable Australia jazz bands, spent time in Sri Lanka and several years in Britain. Georgia was Australia’s premier female vocalist, the Queen of Jazz, singing on TV, radio and the stage. In London she sang with the famous Geraldo’s Orchestra. She toured Australia with the legendary Nat King Cole and in 1962 became the first known Indigenous artist to record a full-length studio album and the first Australian singer captured in stereo. ‘Georgia Lee Sings the Blues Down Under’. #jazz #australianjazz #australianjazzmuseum #georgialee #graemebell #history #culture #art #indigenous #blues #vocals #3aw #vintagemelbourne
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