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Nat Gonella
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Background information
Birth name
Nathaniel Charles Gonella
Born
7 March 1908 Islington, London, England
Died
6 August 1998 (aged 90) Gosport, Hampshire
Genres
Dixieland, British dance band
Occupation(s)
Musician, bandleader
Instrument(s)
Trumpet, mellophone
Formerly of
Humphrey Lyttelton, Digby Fairweather, The Georgians
Musical artist
Nathaniel Charles Gonella (7 March 1908 – 6 August 1998) was an English jazz trumpeter, bandleader, vocalist, and mellophonist. He founded the big band The Georgians, during the British dance band era.
authors list (link) Gonella, Nat (1933). Modern Style Trumpet Playing – A Comprehensive Course. London, Henri Selmer & Co Ltd. "NatGonella". BBC. Retrieved...
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movie and television fame—and British dance band trumpeter and vocalist NatGonella whose scat-singing recordings were banned in Nazi Germany. Over the years...
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released in 1939. It was a US No. 1 hit. A recording was made in 1939 by NatGonella and The Georgians. It features in the compilation Children's Wartime...
contributions from band members NatGonella, Joe Ferrie, Tiny Winters, Joe Crossman, and American composer Al Hoffman. When Gonella left to concentrate on his...
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"capital" of the Swing Youth, and British jazz players like Jack Hylton and NatGonella were popular with the Swing Youth, through Willet wrote that they "....
during the 1920s and 1930s included Arthur Rosebery, Syd Lipton and NatGonella. The band was also noted for their African American trombonist and tap...
McQuator. In the later 1950s he was a member of Sonny Morris's and then NatGonella's bands; and from 1959 to 1961 Bob Wallis's Storyville Jazzmen, with whom...
at the age of six, turning professional at the age of 18 by joining NatGonella and his Georgians in 1944. In 1946, aged 20, he spent a year with Gordon...
secretary of the local branch in 1941. An ardent jazz fan she established a NatGonella fan club in her teens, before taking up the washboard and singing. Her...
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that encouraged musicians to come in and jam for drinks". The groups of NatGonella and Spike Hughes gained a profile within Britain early in the decade;...
Freeman, Wild Bill Davison, and home-grown giants of the genre including NatGonella, Vic Ash, Tommy Whittle, Tubby Hayes, Joe Harriott, Kenny Baker, Tony...
referred to Lyttelton as "that cat in England who swings his ass off") and NatGonella. He taught himself the instrument, and formed a quartet at the school...
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His band included Lew Stone, Bill Harty, Harry Berly, Sid Buckman, NatGonella and Al Bowlly. In 1932, he fell ill with pleurisy and travelled to Switzerland...
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Spell on You" – Screamin' Jay Hawkins (1956) "Skeleton In The Closet" – NatGonella & His Georgians (1937) "Look Out There's A Monster Coming" – Bonzo Dog...