Vancouver Jazz History Archive

In the spring of 1961, Jim Carney was a young producer at CBC-Televsion Vancouver (CBUT) collaborating with Cellar manager Dave Quarin in a cost-sharing arrangement whereby The Cellar was able to present outstanding West Coast musicians for a period…

Al Neil at Western Front

(L-R): Al Neil (piano); Bob Frogge (vibraphone); Freddy Schreiber (bass); Bill Boyle (drums); John Dawe (trumpet).

Al Neil (piano, zither)

(L-R): Dale Hillary (as); Al Neil (piano); Tony Clitheroe (bass); Jerry Fuller Jr. (drums).

Al Neil trio rehearsing at Intermedia studio. Al Neil (piano), Richard Anstey (bass), Gregg Simpson (drums).

Al Neil trio rehearsing at Intermedia studio. Al Neil (piano), Richard Anstey (bass), Gregg Simpson (drums).

New York. (L-R): Dale Hillary (as); Ornette Coleman (as); Spanky de Brest (bass); Don Cherry (tpt); Mel Lewis (drums).

(L-R): Bill Boyle (drums); Tony Clitheroe (bass); Jim Johnson (ts); Jack Feyer (tpt); John Dawe (tb).

Billy Higgins (drums).

Bob Frogge (vibraphone).

Charles McPherson (as).

Charles Mingus (bass).

Dale Hilary and unidentified friend. Likely 1957, could be earlier. There is a trumpet in the foreground, but Dale played alto sax. Dale Hilary (alto sax)

(L-R): Dale Hillary (Alto Saxophone), Michael Downs (trumpet), Eddie Kahn (bass), Benny Barth (drums), Merrill Hoover (piano)