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Further to my post in the Drums & Drummers section I found this photo in a magazine "The History of Rock" The Instrumental Groups giving the history of American and British intrumentalists .In the section called Purely Percussive it shows a picture of Tony Crombie and His Rockets.The man playing the double bass could well be Jet Harris, it has been documented that Jet did play bass for them and it was Tony`s suggestion that Jet should switch to the bass guitar, Jet was probably the first person to play bass guitar in this country .I am quite confident that it is Jet in the photo

Could be . . . Here's an excerpt from Wikipedia:

"In August 1956, Crombie set up a rock and roll band he called The Rockets,[3] which at one point included future Shadows bassist Jet Harris. The group was modelled after Bill Haley's Comets. Tony Crombie and his Rockets released several singles for Decca Records and Columbia Records, including "Teach You To Rock" produced by Norrie Paramor, which is regarded as the first British rock and roll record[citation needed] and which made the Top 30 in the UK Singles Chart in October 1956.[1] He is credited with introducing rock and roll music to Iceland, performing there in May 1957. By 1958 The Rockets had become a jazz group, including Scott and Tubby Hayes."

The line up of musicians would suggest a jazz band rather than a small rock&roll combo.This could be 1957 or 58.I assume before Jet took up the bass guitar .In 1958 played in The Vipers and later for Micke Most before joining the Drifters to replace Ian Samwell.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWxGBLVvLy8