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Features veteran South Australian guitar and banjo player Johnny Malpas.

Now in his 83rd year, Johnny seems to have been an integral part of the Adelaide jazz scene forever! A foundation member of the Southern Jazz Group, he recorded with them in the pre-Memphis days and continued to record with Adelaide jazz bands right up until the 2000s.

Choosing the material for the CD was extremely difficult with a wealth of selections to go through. The producer had a hand in selecting which would be on the CD, but basically the selection of material was Johnny's.

The first track on the CD is by the Southern Jazz Group. 'Sweet Georgia Brown' was recorded in 1949 and originally issued on Bill Holyoak's Memphis label. The drummer on 'Sweet Georgia Brown' is Kym Bonython. A full listing of the tracks follows:

1.   Sweet Georgia Brown - Southern Jazz Group
2.   Winin' Boy Blues - Willy McIntyre Quartet
3.   Blues in E Flat - Keith Hounslow's Convention Jazzers
4.   One Sweet Letter From You - Bruce Gray Trio
5.   You Little, Sweet Little You - Dusty Rhodes and his Jackaroos
6.   Titanic - Paul Marks (folk singer)
7.   Little Brown Gal - Ron Acfield’s Hawaiians
8.   Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You - Southern City Society syncopators
9.   I May Be Wrong - Brian Porter (violin) / Peter Cassidy (bass) / Johnny Malpas (guitar)
10. My Monday Date - Campus Six
11. Get Out of Here - Friends of Jazz
12. Do You Know What It Means - Friends of Jazz
13. Weatherbird Rag - Dreamland Café Orchestra
14. Sweeping the Blues Away - Unity Jazz Band
15. Wallaby Revelry - Dave Dallwitz Jazz Band
16. Buddy Bolden’s Blues - Jazz Jesters
17. Sage Hen Strut - Golden Gate Jazz Orchestra
18. The Dream - Dave Dallwitz Ragtime Ensemble