Dallwitz, Dave (David Frederick)

Dallwitz, Dave (David Frederick)Dallwitz, Dave David FrederickDave David Frederick Dallwitz (* Freeling, SA, 25 Oct. 1914), jazz performer, composer. His first exposure to jazz on recordings in the late 1920s led to his tinkering on the piano, but it was exposure to the recordings of Duke Ellington in the 1930s that consolidated his interest. With the addition of trombone to his repertoire he became active in Adelaide, assuming leadership of the Southern Jazz Group in 1946, transforming its…