Mart Kenney And His Western Gentlemen

Canada's leading dance band in the 1930s and 1940s. It was formed in 1931 for an engagement at Vancouver's Alexandra Ballroom by : Mart Kenney, alto and baritone saxophonist and clarinetist, the trumpeter-pianist Glen Griffith, the trumpeter Jack Hemmings, the saxophonist Bert Lister, and the bassist Hec MacCallum. The founding five were joined later in 1931 by the drummer Ed Emel and in 1932 by the vocalist-saxophonist-pianist Art Hallman.