Original air date - Phantom Dancer :: 12:00pm 19th Apr 2022

The Ahad Duo, 1920s-30s Sydney Hawaiian Duo, is this week's Phantom Dancer feature artist. The Phantom Dancer is your weekly non-stop mix of swing and jazz from live 1920s-60s radio and TV every week. LISTEN to this week's Phantom Dancer mix (online after 2pm AEST, Tuesday 19 April) and two years of Phantom Dancer mixes online at, at https://2ser.com/phantom-dancer/ [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW4dKbjOxxY[/embed]

AHAD DUO

Ahad Duo, Victoria Ahad aka (Mim) and Jack Campbell, husband and wife played shows around Sydney Australia in the late 20s and early 30s. They were regular broadcasters over Broadcasters' Limited's 2BL station in Sydney (taken over by the ABC in 1932) from 1925-33, relayed to 2HL Newcastle and 4QG Brisbane. 'Snuggle' and 'Home' which you'll hear on this week's Phantom Dancer, and in the video above, is their only known recording to survive. It was recorded in 1932. Beryl Newell accompanied them on piano. This suggests to me that the record was made at the Columbia Graphophone studios in Homebush, Sydney, where Beryl was a session pianist. Here is a photo of Victoria Ahad from a 1931 edition of the Wireless Weekly...

Snuggle and Home are rare recordings remastered and sent to The Phantom Dancer by grandson of the Ahad Duo, Kristian Kriesel. In the Ahad Duo, Jack Cambell: Acoustic Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar and Electric Lap Steel (some years later) and Vocals Victoria Ahad Cambell: Piano, Piano Accordion, Ukulele, Vocals. Victoria was a classically trained opera singer. Her background was Lebanese. Ahad was her surname before she married Jack Cambell, who was Anglo-Australian. They jammed with Pacific islanders. They played mainly around Sydney in the late 20s - early 30s and were based in the Sydney inner city suburb of Balmain. Jack Cambell died in the late 1950s. Victoria died in the late 1960s. Music has been passed down through the generations, with one of Jack and Victoria's, Kristian Kriesel being an ambient musician who has performed live on 2SER. A photo album picture of Victoria Ahad... [gallery ids="10962,10961,10960,10959,10958,10957,10956,10955,10954" type="rectangular"]

19 APRIL PLAY LIST

Play List - The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney LISTEN ONLINE Community Radio Network Show CRN #541
107.3 2SER Tuesday 19 April 2022 12:04 - 2:00pm (+10 hours GMT) and Saturdays 5 - 5:55pm National Program 5GTR Mt Gambier Monday 2:30 - 3:30am 3MBR Murrayville Monday 3 - 4am 4NAG Keppel FM Monday 3 - 4am 2MIA Griffith Monday 3 - 4am 2BAR Edge FM Bega Monday 3 - 4am 2BRW Braidwood Monday 3 - 4am 2YYY Young Monday 3 - 4am 3VKV Alpine Radio Monday 6 - 7pm 7MID Oatlands Monday 6 -7pm 6GME Radio Goolarri Broome Tuesday 12am - 1am 2SEA Eden Tuesday 6 - 7pm 2MCE Bathurst Wednesday 9 - 10am 1ART ArtsoundFM Canberra Friday 10 - 11am 2ARM Armidale Friday 12 - 1pm 5LCM Lofty FM Adelaide Friday 1 - 2pm Denmark FM (West Australia) Saturdays 10 – 11am Repeat: Wednesdays 10 – 11pm 7LTN Launceston Sunday 5 - 6am 3MGB Mallacoota Sunday 5 - 6am 3BBR West Gippsland Sunday 5 - 6pm
Set 1	1948-59 Jazz Radio
Little Joe From Chicago + Boogie a la King	Nat King Cole Trio	Radio Transcription 1959
Night Flight	George Shearing	'Stars in Jazz' Birdland WNBC NBC NYC 2 Jul 1952
Mambo the Most	Woody Herman Third Herd	'All-Star Parade of Bands' Peony Park WOW NBC Omaha 1948
Set 2	1930s Radio
Sunrise Serenade	Freddy Monroe aka Frankie Masters Orchestra	'Streamlined Interlude' WJSV CBS Washington DC 21 Sep 1939
The More I Know + Robins and Roses	Clint Noble Orchestra (voc) Trio	WENR NBC Chicago 3 Jul 1936
I'll Remember	Louis Prima Orchestra (voc) Louis Prima	Hickory House WABC CBS NYC 22 Sep 1939
Set 3	Friendly Five
I've Got Five Dollars (theme) + It's The Girl + Sweet and Lovely	Freddy Rich Orchestra (voc) Freddy Rich	'Friendly Five Footnotes' Radio Transcription NYC 1931
Talk on Light Planes	Casey Jones	'Friendly Five Footnotes' Radio Transcription NYC 1931
It's Great To Be in Love + I've Got Five Dollars (theme)	Freddy Rich Orchestra	'Friendly Five Footnotes' Radio Transcription NYC 1931
Set 4	Ahad Duo
Little Fugue + Accordeana	Magnati Quartet	'Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street' WJZ NBC Blue NYC 23 Jun 1941
Fletcher's Folly	Henry Levine	'Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street' WJZ NBC Blue NYC 23 Jun 1941
Snuggle	Ahad Duo	Comm Rec Sydney 1932
Home	Ahad Duo	Comm Rec Sydney 1932
Set 5	Eddie Condon
Easter Parade	Eddie Condon	'Eddie Conlon Jazz Concert' WJZ Blue NYC 23 Sep 1944
Cricket Jumps	Eddie Condon	'Eddie Conlon Jazz Concert' WJZ Blue NYC 23 Sep 1944
Relaxin' at the Touro	Eddie Condon	'Eddie Conlon Jazz Concert' WJZ Blue NYC 23 Sep 1944
It's the Talk of the Town	Eddie Condon (voc) Red McKenzie	'Eddie Conlon Jazz Concert' WJZ Blue NYC 27 Jan 1945
Set 6	Fats Waller
Ain't Misbehavin'	Fats Waller	'Personally, It's Off the Record' WABC CBS NY 23 Sep 1943
There's a Girl in my Life	Fats Waller	'Personally, It's Off the Record' WABC CBS NY 23 Sep 1943
Honeysuckle Rose	Fats Waller	'Personally, It's Off the Record' WABC CBS NY 23 Sep 1943
Set 7	1930s English Dance Bands
Love is the Sweetest Thing	Ambrose and his Orchestra (voc) Sam Browne	Comm Rec London 28 Oct 1932
I'll Never Say "Never Again" Again	Billy Cotton Orchestra (voc) Chips Chipendall	Comm Rec London 17 Aug 1935
Let's Put Out the Lights and Go to Sleep	Ambrose and his Orchestra (voc) Sam Browne and Elsie Carlisle	Comm Rec London 28 Oct 1932
Every Little Tingle in My Heart	Billy Cotton Orchestra (voc) Chips Chipendall	Comm Rec London 17 Aug 1935
Set 8	1950s-60s Jazz radio
High Falutin'	Gene Krupa Trio	London House WBBM CBS Chicago 13 Mar 1959
Seventh Heaven	Oscar Pettiford	Birdland WABC ABC NYC 26 May 1957
I Want a Little Girl + Bernie's Tune	Charlie Shavers	London House WBBM CBS Chicago May 1962