Mellymobile, 1970-1981

by George Melly

After all the years when jazz was driven from public view by pop and rock, a re-emergence started around 1970 - in pubs, in clubs, and dance halls across the country. And with the music, re-emerged George Melly, that veteran jazz singer from the great days of the forties and fifties.

167 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1982

About the author

Alan George Heywood Melly was an English jazz and blues singer, critic, writer, and lecturer. From 1965 to 1973 he was a film and television critic for The Observer; he also lectured on art history, with an emphasis on surrealism.