ADE MONSBOROUGH

One of the top Australian musicians active in the trad jazz movement, Lazy Ade Monsborough (born 1917 in Melbourne) was an important force and a popular figure for decades in his native country. A versatile multi-instrumentalist who mostly played clarinet and alto sax, Monsborough was also a decent trumpeter and trombonist. Monsborough studied piano first before taking up reeds, valve trombone, trumpet and even recorder. He met pianist Graeme Bell early on and was part of his influential band regularly during 1944-52. Monsborough made many recordings with Bell's freewheeling band (with whom he toured Europe and Czechoslovakia) and had occasional opportunities to lead his own dates. In addition to playing with groups led by Roger Bell, Dave Dallwitz, Len Barnard and Frank Traynor, Ade Monsborough headed his own bands (which were called his Late Hour Boys), recording prolifically for Swaggie. He retired from fulltime playing in the 1970's. Monsbourgh became an officer in the Order of Australia (OA) in 1992, for services to music. Ade died at 89 in 2006 at Nathalia, near Echuca in Victoria.

SINGLES

''Twelfth Street Rag / Look Down The Road'' 1950 Wilco
''March Of The Bob Cats / Forgotten Woman’s Blues'' 1950 Wilco
''Passion Rag / Stomp It Around'' 1950 Jazzart
''Race Day Rag / Tell The Boys You Saw Me'' 1950 Jazzart
''Hook Line And Sinker / Backroom Joys'' 1952 Parlophone
''Hiawatha / Whistling Rufus'' 1961 W&G
''The Whistler And His Dog / Pipes Of Pan'' 1962 W&G

EPs

'Recorder In Ragtime' 1956 Swaggie
'Recorder In Ragtime - Volume 2' 1957 Swaggie
'Ade For Dancing' 1957 Swaggie
'More Recorder In Ragtime' 1962 W&G
'Sydney Or The Bush' [with Shirley Jacobs] 1972 RCA

ALBUMS

'Back Room Jazz With Lazy Ade Monsbourgh' 1954 Swaggie
'Recorder In Ragtime' 1956 Parlophone
'Lazy Ade And His Late Hour Boys' 1956 Swaggie
'I’ve Got What It Takes' 1970 Swaggie
'The Odds Are Against Me' 1971 Swaggie
'Wild Life' 1971 Swaggie
'All Steamed Up' 1988 Swaggie
'The Jazz Parade' 1989 Swaggie
'The Bush By Moonlight' [with Michael Colrain] 1991 ABC

References

http://www.allmusic.com/artist/lazy-ade-monsborough-mn0001813930/biography