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		Max Geldray was born Max van Gelder in Amsterdam in 1916.
		Max was wounded during the landing at Normandy, 4 months later he set foot again in Brussel, but had to wait untill May 1945 to go Amsterdam where he was unable to find his family.
		Max was still playing in 2002, but 2002 was not been a good year as it slowed him down quite a bit.
	www.geocities.com /artdaane/geldray.htm (1756 words)

	CMT.com : Max Geldray : Biography
		Whether the Dutch Max Geldray was the first jazz harmonica player in the genre's history is, like many such distinctions, a bit difficult to discern for sure.
		Born Max Van Gelder, Geldray traced his interest in jazz harmonica back to 1932, when he tried out the chromatic version of the instrument while taking refuge from a torrential rainstorm, an occurrence that could practically happen any day of the week in Holland; the rain, not the harmonica tryout.
		Enlisting in the army, the heroic Geldray was wounded during the landing at Normandy.
	www.cmt.com /artists/az/geldray_max/bio.jhtml (783 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Max Geldray
		Max Geldray, who has died in California aged 88, started out as a pioneer of the jazz harmonica, but became best known as a member of The Goon Show with Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe and Peter Sellers throughout the 1950s.
		Geldray got his first job as a harmonica player in a Los Angeles bar, moved to Reno, Nevada, which he did not like, and then came back to Los Angeles, where he met Susan Deforio, a divorced mother of three, whom he married and settled down with in the San Fernando Valley.
		Geldray, who died on October 2, was especially pleased that Sir George Martin had recently brought out a CD of his work, originally released in the 1950s, under the title Goon with the Wind.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/10/08/db0802.xml&sSheet= (975 words)

	Obituary: Max Geldray \| Global \| The Guardian
		Max Geldray, who has died aged 88, was a Dutch musician who found the atmosphere of Britain congenial when he visited the country as a youngster.
		Born Max van Gelder to a Jewish family in Amsterdam, Geldray was sometimes described as the world's first jazz harmonica player, having performed with the great Django Reinhardt in the 1930s.
		Geldray was sometimes given a few brief lines of his own to utter, only to be interrupted on air by the Goons' manic humour.
	www.guardian.co.uk /news/2004/oct/09/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries (860 words)

	Text for CD Insert
		Max and I soon became friends, which eventually led to my marrying his daughter.
		Because this album represents a tribute to Max Geldray, each song is first presented as it originally was recorded without any alteration.
		This album not only represents a musical legacy to Max Geldray, but is also being issued to provide a potential source of revenue for New Horizons Crisis Center, which is financed by government and private grants as well as individual donations.
	www.supraconsciousnessnetwork.org /Insert.htm (1408 words)

	Max Geldray - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
		Whether the Dutch Max Geldray was the first jazz harmonica player in the genre's history is, like many such distinctions, a bit difficult to discern for sure.
		Born Max Van Gelder, Geldray traced his interest in jazz harmonica back to 1932, when he tried out the chromatic version of the instrument while taking refuge from a torrential rainstorm, an occurrence that could practically happen any day of the week in Holland; the rain, not the harmonica tryout.
		Enlisting in the army, the heroic Geldray was wounded during the landing at Normandy.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/bio/0,,1710504,00.html (856 words)

	Max Reinhardt â“ FREE Max Reinhardt Information \| Encyclopedia.com: Find Max Reinhardt Research
		Max Reinhardt (nee Goldmann) was in his early...
		The shape of energy: geometry and gesture carry equal weight in the abstract paintings of Max Gimblett, a New Zealander who has lived in New York since the 1970s.
		Max Cole at haines and 871 fine arts.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1B1-376692.html (1018 words)

	Max Geldray: 1916-2004
		Max Geldray, Europe's and possibly the world's first jazz harmonica player, died at his home in Palm Springs, California, on October 2, 2004.
		As soon as Amsterdam was liberated, Max went to find his parents only to be told by neighbors that his parents and his twelve-year-old sister, Xaviere, had been sent to German death camps.
		Max always carried his harmonica in his pocket and loved to play wherever he found other jazz musicians.
	www.jazzhouse.org /gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=1104101414 (470 words)

	Max Geldray Obituary
		Max will be remembered as the first jazz harmonica player in the history of the harmonica.
		Max van Gelder was born to a Jewish family in Holland in 1919 and was always interested in jazz.
		Max had played on BBC variety broadcasts during his time in the army, and he got his big break when he was invited to take part in a pilot radio programme called Crazy People.
	harmonica.co.uk /goon.htm (609 words)

	Max and Susan Geldray
		Max kept working (part-time, as a substance abuse counselor) and playing his harmonica until early in 2002, when a series of illnesses slowed him down.
		Max Geldray, Europe's and possibly the world's first jazz harmonica player, has died peacefully at his home in Palm Springs, California.
		As soon as Amsterdam was liberated, Max went to find his parents only to be told by neigbours that his parents and his twelve-year-old sister, Xaviere, had been sent to German death camps.
	www.goon.org /usgoons/geldray.htm (520 words)

	Bully Says: Comics Oughta Be Fun!: London Song of the Day: There were angels dining at the Ritz ("A Nightingale Sang in ...
		The Ray Ellington Quartet filled the second musical spot and Geldray the first, and it's a tribute to his skill that I've never felt the need to fast-forward through a musical number to get back to the comedy faster.
		Geldray's one of my favorite harmonicists of all time: Larry Adler may be better technically, but did Larry Adler ever play straight man to Neddie Seagoon and get to say "ploogee" all the time?
		Geldray's version starts out slow and sweet and is butter-smooth all the way through; his playing was the inspiration for me wanting to learn to play the harmonica for many years.
	bullyscomics.blogspot.com /2006/12/london-song-of-day-there-were-angels.html (865 words)

	The Spike Milligan Tribute Site (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Max Geldray, one of the musicians on hit 1950s radio comedy The Goons, has died, a close friend has confirmed.
		Geldray, 88, known as "Conks" to listeners, performed alongside Goons Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Michael Bentine and Harry Secombe on the show.
		"Really, Max is the last of the Goons that were up front," she said.
	www.spikemilligan.co.uk /88701/212579.html?sessionidkey=sessionidval (170 words)

	Max Geldray: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com
		Whether the Dutch Max Geldray [+] was the first jazz harmonica player in the genre's history is, like many such distinctions, a bit difficult to discern for sure.
		In early 1938, Geldray met the great French jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt [+], beginning a friendship and musical collaboration that lasted until early 1940.
		One of the strangest aspects of this relationship is a record released by Reinhardt and harmonica virtuoso Larry Adler [+], on which the harmonica player is actually Geldray, not Adler.
	www.music.com /person/max_geldray/1 (822 words)

	[NZ-Folk] Max Geldray RIP/NewzBitz [Off Topic] (Site not responding. Last check: )
		He broadcast from Radio Hilversum, in Holland, and, in 1936, was invited to play as a soloist at Windsor castle for the British royal family.
		He was soon known as an unembarrassable comic fall guy, as well as a musician - whether it was being pictured eating chips with the cast of Idiot Weekly or playing the whipping boy for the Goons.
		On one occasion, the script had Harry Secombe bizarrely trying to auction off =A31 million, then finding no takers and announcing that Max Geldray would be auctioned off instead.
	www.earthlight.co.nz /pipermail/nz-folk/2004-October/008272.html (805 words)

	Max Geldray (Site not responding. Last check: )
		For those totally unacquainted, the Goon Show was to British radio audiences of the '50s what Monty Python's Flying Circus was to the TV audience in the late '60s and '70s.
		Ten or eleven LP's of Goon shows featuring these musical performances were issued in the '80s, and are starting to show up on CD, usually in the Comedy section of large record stores (uncollected shows turn up on the aforementioned radio stations).
		Geldray lives in Palm Springs nowadays, and I'm going to be talking to him sometime soon, but I'm wondering what other information about him might be known.
	www.harp-l.com /pipermail/harp-l/1994-May/msg00008.html (265 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| TV and Radio \| Goons musician Max Geldray dies
		Max Geldray, one of the musicians on hit 1950s radio comedy The Goons, has died, a close friend has confirmed.
		Geldray, 88, known as "Conks" to listeners, performed alongside Goons Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Michael Bentine and Harry Secombe on the show.
		"Really, Max is the last of the Goons that were up front," she said.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3717500.stm (221 words)

	Re: Max Geldray (Site not responding. Last check: )
		I believe that he was born in Belgium but lived in England for some time.
		what a time to be alive and learning harmonica) Max sort of dropped out of the scene after a while and went to America.
		Max was, and I presume still is, a lovely guy.
	www.harp-l.com /pipermail/harp-l/2004-July/msg00169.html (249 words)

	The Goons
		Other regulars in the show were Max Geldray, Wallace Greenslade and the Ray Elllington Quartet.
		As well as the Goon Show, the Quartet was featured in another BBC radio show, Mr Ray and Mr Ros (Mr Ros was bandleader Edmundo Ros.) He later formed the Ray Ellington Big Band.
		Max Geldray was a Dutch jazz harmonica player who had played with Django Reinhardt in Paris before setting in England.
	www.menziesera.com /people/goons.shtml (634 words)

	Max Geldray (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In the last couple of years I listened more carefully to Max and discovered that, as far as I heard, he never played in any other key than C on a C harp.
		I suspect, though I am of course not certain, that Max's solos were preconceived or arranged, rather than improvised.
		I doubt whether many people in the US heard Max, as I hardly think the Goon Show would have travelled well there.
	www.harp-l.com /pipermail/harp-l/2004-July/msg00206.html (169 words)

	Obituary: Max Geldray.(Obituaries) - The Independent (London, England) \| Encyclopedia.com
		Obituary: Max Geldray.(Obituaries) - The Independent (London, England)
		MAX GELDRAY was a fine harmonica player who could take a joke.
		He was a staple of the Goons' radio comedy show, where he was referred to as "Conk" because of his smartly groomed hair.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1G1-122899582.html (138 words)

	Jazz for Charity
		As stated on the insert, Dr. B developed this current CD by obtaining Max Geldray's previously-recorded album entitled, "World's Greatest Jazz Harmonica Player" and then dubbing himself onto each of the songs while playing his alto sax.
		If you would like more information on Max Geldray (Dr. Blomquist's Father-in-law), Dr. Blomquist, and this album, you may read the CD's insert by clicking on this
		Except that at this time, this link will just take you to a random "Max Geldray" page, because I just can't seem to figure out where the heck that page is that Dad showed to me so long ago.
	www.supraconsciousnessnetwork.org /Jazzcharity.htm (556 words)

	From Goons fall guy to jazz star - Obituaries - www.smh.com.au
		Max Geldray, who has died aged 88, was a Dutch musician who found the atmosphere of Britain congenial when he visited the country as a child.
		Indeed, in 1940, following the Nazi invasion of Belgium, where he had been playing his harmonica in nightclubs, he decided to flee to Britain, originally for "the duration" of the war.
		On one occasion, the script had Harry Secombe bizarrely trying to auction off £1 million, then finding no takers and announcing that Max Geldray would be auctioned off instead.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/10/20/1097951764358.html (798 words)

	The Daily Mail (London, England) : Harmonica's rising star.(Column) @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: )
		IN THE Fifties, at least four chromatic harmonica players were well known to radio listeners: Larry Adler, Tommy Reilly, Max Geldray and Ronald Chesney.
		Max lives in the U.S. but does not play much, while Ronald, who still lives in London, swopped harmonica playing for comedy scriptwriting in the Sixties with such successes as The Rag Trade and On The Buses.
		There are some players - in their teens at the time - who were inspired by them and who still play professionally to concert level, although there are few concerts these days.
	static.highbeam.com /t/thedailymaillondonengland/september192003/harmonicasrisingstarcolumn (229 words)

	The Last Goon Show of All (1972)
		All of the major characters are revived, such as Moriarty, Grytpype-Thynne, Bloodnok, Eccles, Bluebottle, Henry Crun and his wife Min, Little Jim and of course Neddy Seagoon.
		The announcer is the original announcer Andrew Timothy, not Wallace Greenslade who was the announcer on the shows from 1953 to 1960, but was excused from this programme due to death.
		Ray Ellington sings Tennessee Waltz, and Max Geldray plays some music on the harmonica with his band.
	www.michaeldvd.com.au /Reviews/Reviews.asp?ReviewID=5793&SID=2&PID=777899 (810 words)

	worship (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It was with great sadness that I read of harmonica player Max's death, at the age of 88, on October 2nd.
		It was only a few weeks ago that a musician friend and I had been enthusing not just about The Goon Show of glorious memory, but of the incredibly high standard of incidental music that that, and other radio shows of the 1950's attracted.
		So high was the regard in which Max Geldray was held, that in 1958, a move to axe him from the show led to a threat from Peter Sellers to quit if the threat was carried out.
	www.titchmarsh.info /worship.htm (689 words)

	The Goon Show Site - Cast - Max Geldray
		Born to a Jewish family in Amsterdam, Max was a jazz harmonica player who had played with Django Reinhardt in Paris in the 1930s.
		He was injured during the Normany landings and later discovered parents and sister had been sent to Nazi death camps.
		After the War, Geldray settled in England and obtained British citizenship.
	www.thegoonshow.net /cast/max_geldray.asp (166 words)

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		Max Geldray Milligan: [off] That's so much more than we got...
		Greenslade: That music was designed to give listeners in the Lake District, a mental picture of Max Geldray playing a nude mouth organ.
		With George Chisholm, Ray Ellington Quartet, Max Geldray, and the orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.
	minnie.tuhs.org /Goons/Scripts/dagenham.txt (1992 words)

	Amazon.com: "Max Geldray": Key Phrase page
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		With his bushy fl mane and beard, he looked, as the musician Max Geldray described him, "as though his parents had invented hair." Bentine's past was suitably shady.
		Max Geldray, Charles Hary, Danny Polo, Joseph Reinhardt, Jean Storne and Louis Vola.
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