Bob Wallis

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Robert Wallis (3 June 1934 – 10 January 1991)

For the third album, The Wallis Collection, Al Gay replaced Richford^[4] and, following an illness, Buckner left to be replaced by Alan Poston.

In 1963, Wallis and his band who had been television regulars, as well as having a summer season at the London Palladium, broke up. Wallis played with one or two other bands before moving to the Continent where he spent most of his remaining years, still playing with reconstituted versions of the Storyville Jazzmen (variously billed as Storyville Jazz Band). Occasionally these bands included former colleagues, such as Avison and Gresham. Poston was still playing with the band when it made its final recordings in the mid 1980s. Clarinettist Forrie Cairns was also with the band for much of this time.

In January 1963, the British music magazine, NME reported that the biggest trad jazz event to be staged in Britain had taken place at Alexandra Palace. The event included George Melly, Diz Disley, Acker Bilk, Chris Barber, Kenny Ball, Ken Colyer, Monty Sunshine, Alex Welsh, Bruce Turner, Mick Mulligan and Wallis.^[5]

Ultimately Wallis settled in

In 1990, Wallis returned to England with his wife, Joyce, where he died in hospital in 1991, at the age of 56.[2]

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