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Tony Pitt All Stars – Having ‘served my time’ plying banjo over some 50 years in the bands of Alex Walsh, Mike Cotton, Acker Bilk, Kenny Ball, Alan Elsdon, Laurie Chescoe ... (click for more)
The Sussex Jazz Kings. Dave Stradwick, the well-known player of hot, traditional, jazz trumpet, leads the band. Early in 2000, Dave and Lesley Stradwick moved from their Londo... (click for more)
Storyville Jassband from Holland. Was formed in 1980 by musicians with great experience in the original New Orleans music style. This style, based on the “open” collective... (click for more)
New Orleans Heat A seven piece band playing the old style New Orleans jazz, recreating the music of the crescent city, be it stomp, blues, hymn, spiritual or pop song of the da... (click for more)
Matt Palmer’s Eagle Jazz Band – Matt Palmer had recently folded his Millennium Jazz Band in order to revise the Eagle Jazz Band, the original Eagle Jazz Band was formed by K... (click for more)
Bill Phelan formed the band in 2006 with two trumpets, a clarinet and trombone front line plus banjo, bass and drums rhythm section. The style is quite varied from early New Or... (click for more)
Barry Palser’s Savoy Jazz Men Back in 1959, when Barry Palser first formed the Savoy Jazz Men. It was ‘just for fun’. For the pleasure of making music, for the thrill of c... (click for more)
Chris Pearce's Frenchmen Street Jazz Band was initially formed in 2002 after Chris's first trip to New Orleans during which he and his brother in law, David Birt, stayed over a ... (click for more)
Les Handscombe’s Tailgate Jazz Band The band came about after I was asked to take over the band that played the last Sunday lunchtime in every month at The Bell Inn, Castle H... (click for more)
Red Beans ‘n’ Rice Formed by jazz enthusiasts in October 1992, the band began with practice sessions at the Kings Head Hotel in Beccles, Suffolk. Gradually the band attrac... (click for more)
The Golden Eagle Jazz Band. Tired of smooth, over rehearsed jazz and long for something more authentic? The “The Golden Eagle Jazz Band” is probably just what you’ve be... (click for more)
Bob Dwyer’s Bix and Pieces. One of London’s most versatile swinging traditional jazz bands, listening and dancing to the band is fun and most entertaining experience. The ... (click for more)
Goff Dubber’s “Dixieland Express”: the members of the band have all been around for some years, playing alongside many of the big names in the jazz world, and are all well... (click for more)
Hugh Rainey’s Jazz Band In the 1950’ and 1960’s Hugh played banjo professionally with Bob Wallis, Terry Lightfoot, Monty Sunshine and Cy Laurie, winning a Melody Makers p... (click for more)
Jackie Free’s All Stars In the 1980’s Jack formed his own band Jack Free and the Chicagoans. Over the years he has had the pleasure of having great musicians in his band t... (click for more)
George ‘Kid’ Tideman’s New Orleans All Stars’ Jazz Band. - George ‘Kid’ Tideman is a well-known freelance Trombone player and vocalist, with many years of experien... (click for more)
New Orleans Jazz Bandits – Back in 1956 Colin Kingswell, formed his first ‘Jazz Bandits’. Over the years the style of the band changed leading up to the inimitable New Orl... (click for more)
Doc Houlind’s Revival Band fro Denmark The band consist of younger as well as very experienced musicians all with a great passion for the real New Orleans style, as it was fi... (click for more)
The East Coast Jazz Wanderers – The band is a conventional six-piece group, originally formed by Tom Collins in the late fifties and grew out of a local jazz club group. From... (click for more)
Yerba Buena Celebration Band – In January 1966, Terry Hooper of the Town House Jazz Club at Enfield asked musician Mike Barry to organise a special band for a function at the ... (click for more)
The Sunshine Kings are collection of young musicians from in and around London, fronted by Graham Hughes on trombone. Their repertoire is built up from classics of the pre-bebop... (click for more)
Kevin Grenfell's Jazz Giants Last appearance at Colchester Jazz Club was on the 29th March 2015 with special guest on Saxophone and Clarinet Pete Allen. The brain child of int... (click for more)
The Road Runners Jazz Band – A well know trumpet player has formed a band of top-class musicians, some new to our club, who he has played with over the years, unfortunately on... (click for more)
Mike Barry “New Uptown Gang” – The band started life in 1998 to play one specific date, the musicians blended so well together and had so much fun, the “boys” agreed i... (click for more)
Dave Rance’s Rockin’ Chair Band. Dave Rance formed the band around 2000, started at The Bell pub in Westoning (Teddington junction 12 on the M1) where they perform fortnig... (click for more)
The Sussex Jazz Kings. Dave Stradwick, the well-known player of hot, traditional, jazz trumpet, leads the band. Early in 2000, Dave and Lesley Stradwick moved from their Londo... (click for more)