# Geoff Bull

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Australian jazz trumpeter and bandleader

**Geoffrey Randolph Bull** (born 26 May 1942, [Sydney](/source/Sydney)) is an Australian [jazz](/source/Jazz) trumpeter and [bandleader](/source/Bandleader).

Bull played with the Melbourne New Orleans Jazz Band in 1961, then formed his own group, the Olympia Jazz Band, in [Sydney](/source/Sydney); his sidemen included guitar/banjoist Geoff Holden, clarinetist Peter Neubauer, and bassist Dick Edser. The group played often at the Brooklyn and Orient hotels in Sydney. He toured internationally in 1966-67 and recorded with [Alton Purnell](/source/Alton_Purnell), [Barry Martyn](/source/Barry_Martyn), and [Captain John Handy](/source/Captain_John_Handy). He returned to [New Orleans](/source/New_Orleans) in 1974 and several times thereafter, recording with many local musicians. Additionally, he arranged for musicians such as Purnell and [Sammy Price](/source/Sammy_Price) to tour Australia.

## References

- Roger T. Dean, "Geoff Bull". *[The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz](/source/The_New_Grove)* online.

## Further reading

- B. Johnson, *The Oxford Companion to Australian Jazz*. Melbourne, 1987.

- W. Bebbington, ed. *The Oxford Companion to Australian Music*. Melbourne, 1997.

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