VJAZZ 65 February 2015 Proactively Collecting, Archiving and Disseminating Australian Jazz ISSN: 2203-4811 Distribution 650 QUARTERLY MAGAZINE OF THE AUSTRALIAN JAZZ MUSEUM. FOUNDING PATRON: The late WILLIAM H. MILLER M.A., B.C.L. (Oxon.) 15 Mountain Highway, Wantirna Melway Ref. 63 C8 (All correspondence to: PO Box 6007 Wantirna Mall, Vic. 3152) Registered No: A0033964L ABN 53 531 132 426 Ph (03) 9800 5535 email:
[email protected]. Web page: www.vicjazzarchive.org.au VJAZZ 65 Page 2 Contents Letters to the Editor Dear Editor, 02 Letters to the Editor 03 New AJM Membership Benefits I was most interested in the article about the Galleon Coffee Lounge in the last is- By Mel Forbes sue. My friends and I were regulars, some of us were first year music students. 04 The Frank Johnson Story The photo of the band was an interesting one. George Cadman was a great piano By Bill Haesler player, Danny Dare was a very funny man, “Splinter” Reeves a brilliant jazz tenor 06 The Museum’s Hill and Dale player. Doug Gillespie (DuleepSingi) did comedy songs and played alto and clari- net. We worked together at Allan’s Music repair Shop, and we also opened the bat- Collection ting for Allan’s Cricket Team in a Saturday morning comp. in 1950. Doug was a By Ken Simpson-Bull beaut bloke (English father, Indian mother). 08 A-May-zing Bill By Ralph Powell In 1955 Paddy Fitzallen put an audition band in for a Leslie Ross produced show 11 Research Review for the Galleon.