Biography
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose, 15 September 1896, London, England, d. 11 June 1971, Leeds, Yorkshire, England. After learning to play the violin as a child, Ambrose went to New York in his teens and played in cinema orchestras for silent movies. From 1917-20 he led the band at the Palais Royal, New York, before returning to England to form an orchestra at the Embassy Club in London's Bond Street. Apart from another brief spell in New York City at the Clover Gardens, Ambrose was a fixture at the Embassy until 1927, when he moved to the prestigious Mayfair Club at a then incredible annual salary of £10,000. He stayed there for six years, assembling what was to become the finest dance band in the UK over the next 20 years. The band broadcast regularly from the club and recorded prolifically for Decca Records, one of the first bands to be signed to that label. In 1933 Ambrose returned to the Embassy Club, and then for the rest of the 30s played at Ciro's, the Cafe de...
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