Max van Gelder (12 February 1916 – 2 October 2004), professionally known as Max Geldray, was a Dutch jazz harmonica player. Best known for providing musical interludes for the BBC radio comedy programme The Goon Show, he was also credited as being the first harmonica player to embrace the jazz style.
Geldray was born in the Netherlands and played jazz in the United Kingdom, Belgium, France and his home country, before settling in Britain at the outbreak of the Second World War; he was wounded during the Invasion of Normandy. He appeared in nearly every episode of The Goon Show from 1951 until the end of the show's run in 1960, providing one of the musical interludes and the closing music for each programme, as well as sometimes taking brief speaking roles. After The Goon Show series ended, Geldray settled in the US, where he worked as an entertainer in the Reno casinos alongside performers such as Sarah Vaughan and Billy Daniels. Moving to Palm Springs, he eventually became a part-time counsellor at the Betty Ford Center. He was married twice and had one son. Geldray died in October 2004, aged 88.
Max van Gelder (12 February 1916 – 2 October 2004), professionally known as MaxGeldray, was a Dutch jazz harmonica player. Best known for providing musical...
of other changes occurred. The musical interludes were shortened, and MaxGeldray joined the lineup. Peter Eton, from the BBC's drama department, replaced...
Milligan, Michael Bentine, The Ray Ellington Quartet, The Stargazers, MaxGeldray and the BBC Dance Orchestra, conducted by Stanley Black. Announcer: Andrew...
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woman in 1970, at the age of 46. According to her friend and colleague MaxGeldray, she struggled with her gender identity throughout her life, and according...
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introduces MaxGeldray as follows: "Just before this show started, Mr. MaxGeldray died. His wife described his condition as: satisfactory." Geldray then plays...
raining at the time, I believe' (another Jewish reference – see Max 'Conks' Geldray). A strange sexless thing that continually changed its voice and...
the closing music for BBC's humorous The Goon Show, performed live by MaxGeldray or Ray Ellington, and is commonly associated with the show. Another notable...
archivist and cutman, member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. MaxGeldray, 88, Dutch jazz harmonica player often credited as the world's first...
Lewis. He worked in Europe late in the 1940s, including in Germany with MaxGeldray (1947), at the Paris Jazz Fair with Carlo Krahmer (1949), and at the...
Satterfield, Lucille Dixon Robertson, Malachi Favors, Mark Ledford, MaxGeldray, Michel Colombier, Milt Bernhart, Neil Ardley, Pete Jolly, Pete Strange...
the producer. Dixon had a further impact on the show as he introduced MaxGeldray and Ray Ellington into the format. Towards the end of the sixth series...
in bizarre and often surreal comedy sketches. Jazz harmonica player MaxGeldray had a music segment in the show, reprising his role from The Goon Show...
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"play back their account", which turns out to be a gramophone record. MaxGeldray - "Side by Side" Ray Ellington - "Bubble, Bubble, Bubble (Pink Champagne)"...
without them!" Sellers (giggling) : "Take your choice!" (both giggle) MaxGeldray : "When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob-bob-bobbin' Along" Ray Ellington :...
8 – Jimmy Skidmore, English jazz tenor saxophonist (died 1998). 12 – MaxGeldray, Dutch harmonica player (died 2004). 16 Bill Doggett, American pianist...
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