Yep, I saw Champion Jack too. He was brilliant. The reason he was living in Halifax, was because he had married a lady from that town. In his earlier profession he contested 107 bouts in the lightweight division but after a title defeat in 1939/40, he decided to concentrate on pounding the ivories.
Don't remember these bands that they're on about, but I do remember the Riverside Jazzmen. Was never really into trad jazz, but it was great music for getting ratarsed to. "I scream, you scream, everybody loves ice cream..." Happy days!
