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Jack Grimsley oral history: hitting the big time

1998

Jack Grimsley oral history: hitting the big time

1998

  • NFSA IDCS7HDPWX
  • TypeOral History
  • MediumAudio
  • FormOral history
  • GenresJazz music
  • Year1998

In this excerpt from an oral history interview with Jack Grimsley, he discusses his early influences as a trombone player and his transition to the big time – playing with the Bob Gibson Band during the Second World War in the Palm Grove room at the Earls Court Palais in St Kilda, Melbourne.

Ken Brentnall interviewed Jack Grimsley for the NFSA Oral History program in 1998.

In this excerpt from an oral history interview with Jack Grimsley, he discusses his early influences as a trombone player and his transition to the big time – playing with the Bob Gibson Band during the Second World War in the Palm Grove room at the Earls Court Palais in St Kilda, Melbourne.

Ken Brentnall interviewed Jack Grimsley for the NFSA Oral History program in 1998.

  • Interviewer
    Ken Brentnall
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