Don Burrows, Australia’s most decorated jazz instrumentalist, died on March 20 and it is worth sketching out his significance.
Jazz is, self evidently, not readily associated with Australia, although there is a long history of it being played here, especially traditional jazz. Bands like the Yarra Yarra Jazz Band and the Red Onions were producing a version of Los Angeles traditional jazz from the early 1960s, generating large followings.
But if there has been a jazz superstar, it was…
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