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Australian Cotton Club Orchestra: Nice Work if You Can Get it

by Mike Neely
January 1, 2001

Swing music is alive and well in Melbourne, Australia. Nice Work If You Can Get It showcases a solid regional band playing a lineup of attractively arranged standards. Since 1986 the Australian Cotton Club Orchestra has focused on big band jazz of the 1930’s and 40’s, mostly arranged by alto saxophonist Adrian Duff and leader/trombonist Tim Harding.

A savvy rhythm section of Peter de Ryk on piano, Mark Twigden on guitar, Simon Starr on string bass, and Peter Arnold on ...