[Dixielandjazz] Vale Graham Coyle

[Marek Boym]

For a change someone whose playing I know, since I've heard him both with
Bob Barnard and with Hotter Than Six, unfortunately - only on records.
Graham Cole was the equal of many renowned Amrican pianist.
Blessed bew his memory


On 19 November 2013 23:05, Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au> wrote:

> Dear Friends,
> Sadly, I report the loss last Sunday of another dear mate, jazz colleague
> and one of Australia's foremost jazz pianists, Graham Coyle.
> Graham was a gentle man, loved by all, who devoted his life to his family
> and jazz music.
> A friend to us all and a mentor to countless young musicians.
> The following brief biography was compiled by me for the Len Barnard book,
> "Jottings of a Jazzman":
>
> Coyle, Graham: (b. Melbourne, Vic 10 August 1932 - d. Melbourne, Vic. 17
> November 2013.) piano.
> Classically trained, Graham worked with a dance band in the late 1940s,
> discovered jazz, joined Martin Finn’s Black Bottom Stompers and worked
> casual jobs. Moved to Shepparton, Vic (1951-53) and played with the
> Goulburn Valley Jazz Band. On his return to Melbourne he joined Len
> Barnard’s Jazz Band (1953-55). He was a founder member of the Melbourne
> Jazz Club Band (1958-65), with Frank Traynor (1961-67), Max Collie (1958),
> Alan Lee (1959-61) and Kenn Jones (1958-63). To Canberra ACT (1969) and
> played with the Fortified Few, Mood Indigo and as a soloist at the Press
> Club (1976-81). Returned to Melbourne (1980), joined the Storyville Jazzmen
> and went to the UK and Europe with Bob Barnard’s Jazz Band (1980). Worked
> with Kenn Jones (1984) and Swing Shift (1985). Left the Public Service in
> 1987, became a professional musician and worked long residencies with
> Khyatt’s Khortet and Hotter Than Six (which became the Fireworks Jazz Band)
> and made annual trips with it to the US, Europe and Japan. Freelanced
> widely and as a soloist and retired, reluctantly, in 2005.    Bill Haesler
> OAM.
>
> Very kind regards,
> Bill.
>
>
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