Warren Daly

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Warren Daly
OAM
Genres Jazz
Occupation(s)Drummer, bandleader
Website www.warrendaly.com.au

Warren Daly OAM was co-founder of the Daly-Wilson Big Band, named after Daly and trombonist/arranger Ed Wilson, and formed in 1968. In 1975, with corporate sponsorship, the band toured internationally including the Soviet Union. It has been described as "Australia's most commercially successful jazz orchestra". [1]

Following a later split with Wilson, Daly formed the Warren Daly Big Band. [2]

In the 1991 Queen's Birthday Honours, Daly was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) "for service to music as band leader and drummer". [3] [4]

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References

  1. "Daly Wilson Big Band on Apple Music". Apple Music.
  2. "Slight shift in emphasis for Jazz at the Cross". Canberra Times. 7 February 1984.
  3. "THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY 1991 HONOURS". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Special . No. S148. Australia. 10 June 1991. p. 1. Retrieved 27 September 2020 via National Library of Australia.
  4. "QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY HONOURS". The Canberra Times . Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 10 June 1991. p. 4. Retrieved 27 September 2020 via National Library of Australia.