We are currently trying to find out more information about unsung Liverpool jazz pioneer, William Gordon Masters. Whilst William was born and raised in Eldon Place, Liverpool, we feel there maybe a Manchester connection to his fascinating story, which has been ignored for too long. Please read the article below - courtesy of Scottie Press - and contact us if you have any more information. AND ALL THAT JAZZ William Gordon Masters was born in Eldon Place, Liverpool in 1887, of Jamaican-Irish parents. He entered show business at an early age as a singer and dancer with The Eight Lancashire Lads whose members included the great Charlie Chaplin. By 1908, William was leading the native Jamaican choir at the Colonial Exhibition at St Georges Hall, Liverpool. Sir Alfred Lewis Jones brought this choir to Liverpool. The Jamaican Choir is photographed outside St George's Hall. William is seated front row nearest the door. He then went on to play with his orchestra for high society in London. He also appeared in London's West End shows. William was the toast of Paris Cafe Society during the Jazz Age of the 1920s with his orchestra, "Syncopated Six". William is listed in the publication 'Who's Who of Jazz'. Some time during the 1920s he relocated to Argentina where he continued his musical career with his 'Symphonic Jazz Orchestra". He was the first British-born jazz musician to take jazz to Argentina. He composed music with Argentina's Great Tango Artists' of the time. William was a British Jazz pioneer and was one of the jazz artists responsible for the internationalisation of Jazz. He was one of the first jazz artists to record on early disc. He was a member of one of the first jazz trios to play ‘music for dancing’ in Britain. His compositions and musical achievements are feted by institutions across the globe, but in Liverpool he is unknown. Not bad for the little black barefoot boy on Liverpool's famous Steble Fountain photograph.