6/30/2023 0 Comments Dead to the World by L.E. BryceThey were bailed out by Buddle and the New Zealand drummer Don Varella, and settled in Windsor, Ontario, just across the border from Detroit. In 1953 he and the vibraphonist/drummer Jack Brokensha headed for Canada at the suggestion of the multi-reeds player Errol Buddle, only to be jailed upon their arrival in Halifax with no funds and no means of support. During the war he encountered jazz and after the war he joined the Adelaide-based Alf Holyoak Sextet a Benny Goodman-style band, and became a credible jazz pianist the old-fashioned way: on the job. They married in 1946, they had two sons, but the marriage was short-lived. During World War II, Rohde joined the army, and also met Barbara Coombe.
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