Jack Payne Band Leader & Orchestra Antique and 50 similar items

PFAS199 Antique circa 1930s hand signed 5.5" x 3.5" photo of Jack Payne which has been personally signed by the historic band leader where his signature rests perfectly above his portrait in mint condition - Shows the dancers caught in the middle of a uniformed stage move with Jack in the centre so you wont find a better souvenir anywhere and this seems very early origin too - From an extensive antique jazz and big band autograph collection - Please see all my others items at my store. He played with visiting American jazz bands at the Birmingham Palais during the early 1920s, including the Southern Rag-a-Jazz Orchestra in 1922, before moving to London in 1925. He played in a ten piece band which became the house band at London's Hotel Cecil in 1925. This ensemble regularly performed on the BBC in the latter half of the decade. In 1928, Payne became the BBC Director of Dance Music and the leader of the BBC's first official dance band.In 1929, the band was featured in the first ever BBC television broadcast, also appearing in the short film Jazz Time that same year. His signature tune was "Say it With Music", written by Irving Berlin