The Maori Troubadours were a Māori-based showband which performed in Australia and Southeast Asia, beginning in 1958 and continuing well into the 1960s.[1][2] The three original members were Prince Tui Latui (aka Tui Teka),[3] Matt Tenana and Johnny Kealoah (real name Johnny Nicol).[4] Drummer Neville Turner joined the band not long after its inception. They were a popular act, playing at Chequers and the Rex Hotel (Sydney), the Theatre Royal (Brisbane) as well as a host of centres on the Australian country show circuit. They also toured as support band with the Mickey Mouse Show and the Harlem Globetrotters.

Johnny Nicol became a solo performer, playing throughout the US and England in the late 1960s, and Southeast Asia in the 1970s. He is recognised as one of the finest jazz singer-guitarists in Australia. Originally from North Queensland he currently lives on the Gold Coast and is still performing regularly both solo and with various jazz/swing bands.

References

  1. ↑ "Maori Troubadours". Te Ao Hou. December 1964. p. 59. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "Māori Troubadours". dictionaryofsydney.org. 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "Prince Tui Teka". nzonscreen.com. 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  4. ↑ Tukaki, Matthew (2 January 2018). "Prince Tui Teka - our showman". maorieverywhere. Retrieved 22 May 2021.


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