In Britain, where boogie-woogie, "stride" piano and jump blues were popular in the 1940s, the Humphrey Lyttelton band pioneered a trad revival just after the Second World War, and Ken Colyer's Crane River band added a strong thread of New Orleans purism.
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During the 1950s and well into the 60s Chris Barber, Terry Lightfoot, Acker Bilk, George Chisholm, Kenny Ball, Mick Mulligan and Mike Cotton - who "went R'n'B" in 1963-4 - made regular appearances live, on the air and in the British charts, as did Louis Armstrong himself.
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"Bad Penny Blues" is a trad jazz piece written by Humphrey Lyttelton and recorded with his band in London on April 20, 1956.
The original theme tune to the programme was the first 13 seconds of Kid Ory's trad jazz piece "Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula", played by the Dutch Swing College Band.
Strawberry Hills is also the home of a number of significant cultural organisations including Opera Australia, The Australia Council for the Arts, and numerous notable entertainment venues including the Belvoir Street Theatre and the Strawberry Hills Hotel, a renowned Traditional Australian jazz venue located on Elizabeth Street.