George Trevare was an Australian Jazz trombonist, orchestral arranger and conductor. He wrote a number of his own compositions. [1] Possibly well known for producing live radio dance band performances (escaping trade union bans on recording, due to the perceived threat to band members livelihood). [2] [3] Trevare also worked in a nationalist era, when he recorded Australian versions of popular content from overseas, to comply with domestic radio broadcasting quotas of local content [4] [5] and introducing local content in a style emulating popular imports [6]
George worked with a number of famous people. In 1945, his band included Wally Norman (trumpet), George Trevare (trombone), Rolph Pommer (saxophone), Pat Lynch (piano), Morgan McGree (guitar), Horrie Bissell (bass), Al Vincer (drums, vibraphone) and a young Don Burrows playing clarinet.
Singer Lawrence Brooks on one of the Trevare recordings, is the father of Pulitzer Prize winning author, Geraldine Brooks.
In the 1950s and 60s he produced two TV music shows, The Magic of Music (1961) and Look Who's Dropped In, a four part series about jazz (1957).
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