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ALL THAT JAZZ Sad passing of recording industry giant Nevill Sherburn
● The Melbourne recording industry is mourning the passing of one of its pioneers, Nevil Sherburn, at age 84. Nevill was proprietor of Swaggie Records, and was responsible fo the recording and promotion of a wide variety of music - particularly jazz - over decades. A family tribute said “Nevil passed away at home in our family's loving care. He left us with no regrets and many cherished memories of his life with Maureen, his family, friends and Jazz music.”
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● Nevill Sherburn, proprietor of Swaggie Records, has died at age 84
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A private family service will be held. Mr Sherburn had been in ill health for some while and had undergone quadruple heart surgery in 2012. Members of the Minchinton family said Nevill was an “endlessly generous host” and “we will miss him and will not see his like again”. The Swaggie Records label was established in Australia in 1949 by the five members of the Graeme Bell co-operative band, Graeme and Roger Bell,Ade Monsbourgh, Don ‘Pixie’Roberts and Lou Silbereisen. The first recordings for the Swaggie label were made with the Graeme Bell Australian Jazz Band at the AWA Sydney studio on October 24, 1949. In late 1952 a decision was made to wind-up the co-operative band and the Swaggie business was sold to Nevill L. Sherburn. All the existing Swaggie 78 rpm masters issued and unissued, were transferred to magnetic tape masters by Nevill for release on 10inch LP and 7-inch EP albums with covers designed by Clement Meadmore. During its first decade Swaggie was devoted mainly to the documentation of Australian jazz especially the traditional revival, and continued this role into the 1980s. The label became more widely known internationally in the early 1960s when it issued the extensive Jazz Collector Series of vintage jazz reissues, on 7-inch 33 1/3 LPs. Nevill Sherburn’s contribution to the Australian music industry cannot be overestimated