Red Onions Jazz Band

Red Onions Jazz Band grew out of a Melbourne group centred on Allen Browne, Bill Howard and Brett Iggulden; Howard and Iggulden had been taught trombone and trumpet respectively by Ade Monsbourgh. They performed as the Gin Bottle Jazz Band until, when the name was proscribed for a television appearance, they changed to the Red Onions. Dedication to the classic Dixieland jazz canon and skilful television image projection brought them cult status that centralised them in the traditional jazz boom…