Garbutt, Maurie

Garbutt, MaurieGarbutt, MaurieMaurie Garbutt (* Melbourne, 29 May 1941), jazz trumpeter. He joined the Port Melbourne Brass Band in 1954, then began attending jazz functions including those of the Melbourne New Orleans Jazz Band with bassist Bob Brown, with whom he formed his first band in 1958. Since taking the name Yarn Yarra Jazz Band for a dance residency at Dantes Inferno, 1959, Garbutt's career has been coeval with bands bearing that name. Most New Orleans musicians emerging from…