JIVE BOMBERS SCORE AT APRA AWARDS
Sydney's swingingest band the JIVE BOMBERS are proud to announce their song Jungle Jive was named Most Performed Jazz Work at the 75th APRA (Australasian Performing Rights Association) Awards on May 28.

Which is funny because, while some of the band's rocker fans have accused them of being a jazz combo, jazz fans are in no doubt: the Jive Bombers ROCK!

Written by bass player Chris Stafford and trumpeter Pete Morand, Jungle Jive, with its throbbing tom-toms and a hot Nikki Doll vocal, seems to have struck a chord (or two) with Australia's most diverse radio audience: ABC listeners.

In fact the song appears on the ABC's annual Airplay CD -- compiled from listener requests -- alongside the works of such great artists as bluesman Taj Mahal and country siren Kasey Chambers.

As Angela Catterns said after playing Jungle Jive the other morning, "Love a drum solo for breakfast -- don't you?"