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Kōrero: Jazz and dance bands

Mavis Rivers and Crombie Murdoch, around 1963

Mavis Rivers and Crombie Murdoch, around 1963

Internationally known singer Mavis Rivers is seen recording with the Crombie Murdoch Trio at the NZBC's Auckland studios in about 1963. Murdoch, on piano, is accompanied by Don Branch on drums and Lester Still on bass. Both Rivers and Murdoch performed at New Zealand's first jazz festival, held in Auckland on 7 August 1950.

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Reference: Footprints 02523

by Alton Francis

Courtesy of Mrs Diane Francis

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Chris Bourke, Jazz and dance bands – Jazz in and after the Second World War, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/44950/mavis-rivers-and-crombie-murdoch-around-1963 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Chris Bourke, i tāngia i te 8 April 2014.

Comments

Chris Bourke
21 June 2022
Hi - yes your correspondent is correct - it's Lester Still on bass, not Bob Ewing.
Denis Sutherland
07 December 2015
That doesn't look like Bob Ewing playing the bass it looks like Les Still.