Jack Brokensha

Jack was born in Adelaide, Australia, and began playing vibraphone at the age of six. At 14, Jack became the youngest member of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. During World War II, he served in the Royal Australian Air Force entertainment unit in the South Pacific.

As an internationally known jazz musician, Jack formed the Australian Jazz Quintet, toured the United States and recorded for Bethlehem records. Then on to Detroit, where he joined the house band for ABC/Channel 7 television.
During the '60s, Jack owned his own nightclub in Detroit, was a disc jockey on WQRS radio and worked as a studio musician for Motown with the "funk brothers."

He operated his own recording studio in Bloomfield Hills, producing music for industrial motion pictures and commercials. During this time, the Jack Brokensha Quartet performances included the Montreux Jazz Festival, concerts with symphony orchestras, nightclub engagements and concerts in the U.S. and Australia.

Jack and his wife, Shirley, retired to Sarasota in 1997, where Jack continued to perform concerts and produce shows.