Jazz Professional

Carmen Miranda with Woolf Phillips and the Skyrockets Dance Orchestra
Woolf has his hand on drummer George Fierstone's shoulder

In 1941, the line–up of the Skyrockets was Issy Duman, Billy Apps, Cliff Timms and Basil Skinner (reeds); Chick Smith, Les Lambert, Ted Allaby, Paul Fenhoulet and George Thorne (brass), Jack Cooper (guitar), Pat Dodd (piano), Jock Reid (bass) and Jock Jacobsen (drums). Other players who worked with the band at various stages were Harry Roche, Don McCaffer and Joe Cordell (trombones), Cyril Bass and George Fierstone (drums), and Joe Young (guitar).