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Alf. Edwards - Biography

  

Although most well known as a concertina player, Alfred Edwards (usually known as Alf) was a multi-instrumentalist, playing trombone, saxophone, violin, drums and even ocarina and bagpipes. He became a professional musician in April 1918, joining his father in a duo. After his father retired, Alf was very much in demand, but fulfilled a longtime ambition to join a dance band by joining Jack Payne's Orchestra in November 1934, remaining with the Orchestra until it was disbanded in 1947. He was often featured on the concertina playing with the Orchestra's string section. He recorded on concertina for HMV before WW2 with both Jack Payne and Bonnie Monroe, and after the war was also featured on many records from the growing Folk movement, fronting on some Robert Farnon recordings with his concertina, and BBC broadcasts.

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