Often described as “the father of Australian jazz”, Graeme Bell has had a 60-year love affair with music, both as a performer and a composer. Graeme grew up in a Melbourne home filled with music. He studied classical piano for many years before settling on jazz music, going on to eventually become Australia’s most well-known Dixieland jazz musician.

(1996, 27 mins) A Film Australia National Interest Program.

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