[Dixielandjazz] Vale Pat Wade.

[Bill Haesler]

Dear friends,
It is with a sad sense of loss that I have to report the death  
yesterday of my friend, Pat Wade-Brown (guitarist, singer, banjoist  
and bass player) in Sydney, NSW Australia.
Although Pat had been unwell for several years ,his passing as his  
wife Betty told me "was a little quicker than we thought, but he went  
very peacefully."
London-born (21 November 1926), Pat was well known on the British Trad  
Jazz scene during the 1950s as a member of the popular Cy Laurie Band,  
Diz Disley's Soho String Quartet and Ken Sims Vintage Jazz Band among  
others and led his own groups.
Apart from music, Pat also served worldwide as a seaman, lived and  
worked as a guitar soloist on the Spanish island, Ibiza (1964-66) and  
worked for four years in cruise ship bands for P&O during the late  
1960s which introduced him to Sydney, where he settled permanently in  
1972.
He almost immediately joined the local jazz scene and, over many  
years, worked and recorded regularly with various bands including the  
Ray Price Quintet, Nat Oliver's Jazz Band, Tim Brown-Allan English  
Quartet, Mike Hallam's Hot Six, the Tom Baker Swing Street Orchestra,  
the Eclipse Alley Five, Ian Cooper's group, singer Nancy Stewart, the  
Cafe Society Orchestra, Jiri's Hot Dixie Flyers and toured Australia  
and New Zealand for concerts, gigs and festivals plus television and  
recording work. In later years Pat escaped southern Australia's winter  
climes and worked as a singer-soloist in Cairns, North Queensland  
until forced into musical retirement due to ill health.
The funeral details are yet unknown.
Very kind regards,
Bill.