Photograph courtesy of Norm Lineham's Australian Jazz Picture Book

From the State Library of Queensland ...

Jazz drummer and clarinettist, Sid Bromley was instrumental in the development of jazz in Queensland. He started the Brisbane Swing Club in 1941, and revived it after World War II as the Brisbane Hot Jazz Society. Requested by the ABC to assemble a regular broadcasting jazz band, Bromley formed the Canecutters (1947-1952). In 1955 he began regular appearances at the Story Bridge Hotel and activated a succession of jazz venues through the 1960s. Jazz activity in his later years focused on committee membership, in particular the Queensland Jazz Action Society. He was a long-time presenter of the Radio 4ZZZ jazz show.

Click here for the transcript of the Oral History Interview with Sid Bromley held in the State Library of Queensland. 

Sid discusses the musical influences on his life, the bands and entertainers that he knew as well as life as a musician mainly in Brisbane and Ipswich. The interview was conducted by Laurel Garlick and Robyn Hamilton on 31 July 1995.

Interview with Louis Armstrong
A recently discovered recording (provided by Geoff Ovenden) contains a priceless interview of Louis Armstrong by Sid Bromley after Louis' Australian show in 1954.

Clik here for Sid Bromley interviews Louis Armstrong.