| honorific_suffix = [[w:Order of the British Empire|OBE]] | genre = Jazz

...a [[Welsh people|Welsh]] [[comedian|comedian]], [[actor|actor]] and [[jazz|jazz]] [[musician|musician]]. ...uary 2019}}</ref> During [[World War II|World War II]], he served in the [[British Army|army]] and also worked as an [[entertainer|entertainer]]. He made his

...[piano accordion]].<ref name="Chilton">John Chilton ''Who's Who of British Jazz'', London: Continuum, 2004, p. 165</ref> ...ised in London. He originally embarked on a career in dance bands and as a jazz musician,<ref name="Leigh">Spencer Leigh [https://www.independent.co.uk/new

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...ondon'' and ''Phase 4''). Beginning with jazz collaborations with American musicians such as [[Coleman Hawkins|Coleman Hawkins]] and [[Benny Carter|Benny Carter ...g a ''[[Melody Maker|Melody Maker]]'' competition for his arrangement of a jazz chorus the next year.<ref name="Telegraphobit">{{cite news|url=https://www.

...ActorID=767|title=Max Bacon|website=Aveleyman.com}}</ref> Although he was British-born, his comedic style centred on his pseudo-European, [[w:Yiddish|Yiddish ...d=n6XRhRrrSzQC&dq=ambrose+octet+max+bacon&pg=PT10|title=Talking Swing: The British Big Bands|first=Sheila|last=Tracy|date=April 22, 2011|publisher=Random Hous

| genre = {{hlist|[[Jazz]]|[[blues]]}} ...an George Heywood Melly''' (17 August 1926 – 5 July 2007) was an English [[jazz]] and [[blues]] singer, critic, writer and lecturer. From 1965 to 1973 he w

| honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] ...wspaper=The Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref> They jointly received the 1966 [[British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance]]. They worked

...his childhood in [[West Germany]] where his father was deployed with the [[British Army of the Rhine]]. He took piano lessons from age 7 to 14 and taught hims ...rmed a dada-influenced, deliberately shambolic, comedic repertoire of trad-jazz cover versions at local public houses and college events, to the delight an

...trey &#91;motion picture&#93;"], Library of Congress citing David Meeker ''Jazz on the Screen''</ref> a musical mystery written by the English author Georg ...Progress]]'' (1956), the series followed the fortunes of a mixed bag of [[British Army|army]] [[National Service]] conscripts in residence at Hut 29 of the S

This is a list of '''regular cast members''' of the 1950s British radio programme ''[[The Goon Show]]'' and the characters they portrayed. ...''[[The Greatest Mountain in the World]]''; he announces himself as 'Sex: male; name: Bogg F, Superintendent, Ministry of Works and Housing', and declares

..., with the cast of the BBC surrealist comedy quiz show ''[[Shooting Stars (British TV series)|Shooting Stars]]'', and the second, their Farewell Tour, in 2002 ...Janine Carr, Denzil Dexter, Carl Hooper, Ed Winchester, the Patagonians, "Jazz Club" and the parody "Chanel 9."

...at Work!]]'' and who had then started to produce shows such as ''[[Taxi! (British TV series)|Taxi!]]'', ''[[Hi Gang! (radio series)|Hi Gang!]]'', ''[[Can You ...mers whose strange new ‘goon’ humour would soon herald a new generation in British comedy.

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