All that Jazz

Pioneer surfers visiting the South West in the 1950s enjoyed listening to ‘Trad Jazz’ music on vinyl 78rpm records played on a portable wind-up gramophone player.

Trad jazz, short for “traditional jazz“, is a form of jazz in the United States and Britain that flourished from the 1930s to 1960s, based on the earlier New Orleans Dixieland jazz style. Wikipedia

In the next photo by the late Brian Cole circa 1958, metro surfers Colin Taylor, Dave Williams, Keith Kino & Bruce Hill are flaked out on the beach front at Yallingup listening to Trad Jazz music on vinyl records played on a portable wind-up record player (foreground). Brian Cole’s hollow plywood Malibu surfboard is on the left.

*1958 Pioneer surfers flaked out on the beach front at Yallingup listening to trad jazz on a sunny afternoon.* *Photo by late Brian Cole.*

*1956 Yalls unidentified & John Budge listening to trad jazz on wind-up gramophone 78rpm player. Photo John Budge*

*1958 Yalls Unidentified in hammock listening to trad jazz on wind-up gramophone in foreground. Photo John Budge.*

*1950s Kevin Merifield’s wind-up gramophone recollections. Extract courtesy Surfing Down South book.*

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