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Ironbridge

 

The Worlds First Iron Bridge which spans the River Severn
at Ironbridge in the County of Shropshire.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I hope you all have been able to enjoy as much Jazz as I have during these past twelve months.
I hope my efforts in promoting this music, with the many listed gigs, has helped to keep an improved attendances.
I have been privileged to listen to some very fine musicians, and my only regret is they do not have the recognition they deserve.
The BBC.Radio must be given credit both on a local and national basis for jazz coverage, but you do have to check the listings very carefully.
Hope to see you at another gig soon.
Geoff Inwood

 

 

 

 This is to advise that the jazz magazine
Jazz West Mids has now been aquired from Linda & Barry by
Stella Draper who is now the new editor . She can be contacted on 01788 553884 for advertising. Her web site will remain.
http://www.jazzwestmids.co.uk/
I wish her well with the new project and trust many of you will advertise in the magazine.

Please note my web is independent of the above
www.jazzwestmidlands.co.uk

Geoff Inwood


Here is a treat for Jazz Fans

http://ahsjazz.googlepages.com/youtubevideolinks

 The Bearwood Corks Club

The Home of Andy Hamilton
&
The Bluenotes
March 25th 9pm
ANDY HAMILTON’s
92nd Birthday Party
with Special Guest
ART THEMEN

 The Old Lion Tap
Wyle Cop
Shrewsbury

Sunday 21st March 8 p.m.

An Evening of Westcoastin,
featuring 50s Californian Jazz

John Williams baritone, Roy Johnson tenor,

Jim Mould trumpet, Stuart Goodhew keyboard.
Chris Bolton bass Andy Richards drums

Tickets £5-00 /£3-00 on the door

Biggin Hall Pub,
Binley Road,
Coventry
Thursday March 25th 8.30

Alan Barnes Quartet

Multi-award winning Alan Barnes needs no introduction to Jazz audiences. This quartet features the exciting combination of Jim Hart's vibes alongside extraordinary percussionist Paul Clarvis.

Alan Barnes – Saxes
Jim Hart – vibes, piano
Paul Clarvis – drums
Mark Hodgson - bass

Admission £10 Students £7

Stratford Jazz
No. 1 Shakespeare Street
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 6RN
tel 01789 264787

March14th
Bryan Corbett Quartet.

Bryan Corbett (t & fh) Levi French (p) Ben Markland (b) Neil Bullock (d)
Roy says,, "I cannot say anything about this most exhilarating band that you do not already know - everyone a star!"

The Four Oaks Big Band
at
TheToby Inn
Sutton Park
Birmingham
Town Gate entrance

11th March 8-30pm

Tickets at the door £4.00

Tel Day 0121 378 4195
Night 0121 355 1376

BBC Radio Stoke 94.6 fm
also on
Radio Shropshire 96fm

Wednesdays 7pm
two hours of jazz presented
by

Great news

The new presenter of The Jazz Show is
John Hellings.

Welcome John

Log in to
http://www.bbc.co.uk/stoke

for more info

Harmonic
Birmingham
10th - 13th March

Birmingham's cutting edge Jazz Festival

Featuring:
Claudia Quintet International Project, Paul Dunmall Trio, Soweto Kinch, Dave Holland presents Birmingham Conservatoire students, Sara Colman, Chris Mapp's Gambol, Moon Unit, Ben Markland Quintet, Lluis Mather, MC3 and more...

View full programme details on their website
http://www.harmonicfestival.co.uk/

Shrewsbury Jazz Network
The Hive
5 Belmont
Shrewsbury
01743 234970

      Saturday 13th March Jim Mullen Trio

Jim Mullen guitar
Mike Gorman organ
Matt Skelton drums

Tickets £10-00
Passport to Leisure Holders £8
Under 16s Free
Doors open 7 pm
Performance starts at 8 pm

 UK Jazz Radio

 http://www.ukjazzradio.com/index.html

Great News

We have a new Jazz Programme available to all Web users.
Listen on Line

Please give it all the support you can and lets's help make it a big success.

In association with the above you may like to check out this URL

www.radiobracknellforest.com

 

 

 If you like to see Jazz musicians playing your favorite music, then I am sure you will enjoy a visit to the following URLs

http://www.dailymotion.com/boberwig

http://www.webofjazz.net/

I was advised by my friend Frank Meeson of these details.

Bob Erwig, is a retired cornet player from The Climax Jazzband and I understand now lives in Canada. Some of you may know him ?

I must advise you that they are addictive and you may may spend a lot of time on your computer !

 The Birmingham Music Awards click here to go to their web page

http://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/entertainment/music/index.shtml

 

 

Roger Marks

 Roger Mark's Armada Jazz Band

Plymouth
Devon

If you go to Devon and need some good jazz then do try this fine trad band who play at
The Odd Wheel
Wembury nr Plymouth
most Thursday nights.
01752 862287

We have just had a very good evening with them at
The Foxhound
Brixton nr Plymouth

 

John Shillito

  Menorca The Jewel in the Med

Summers here again and time to book a holiday.

Click on my Menorca button for more details.

Jazz Fans and Jazzmen there is a great jazz club which meets once each week in the season

The Casino San Clemente
 

 Devon Glorious Devon.

A spacious 1 Bedroom apartment located in a beautiful country setting six miles from Dartmouth

For more details click here.

My personal recommendation

 Mid Wales

A delightful three bedroomed stone cottage (sleeps six) with all facilities inc Sky television. Set in a wonderful location on Cwm Nantcol, situated 2 miles from great sandy beaches nr Harlech. Also available a large static two bedroomed caravan in a private situation

Addtionally.
there is a caravan and camping site in stunning countryside with newly built washing and toilet facilities.
For more details click
here

Advise you book early.

 

Lots of info on the UKs biggest Jazz Site    http://www.jazzservices.org.uk/

I have been a Jazz fan nearly all my life from the early days of Geoffrey Everitt and Radio Luxemburg and the wonderful A.F.N. ( American Forces Network) in Germany. I even built a one valve radio so I could listen to this station late at night. At this time the disc jockey was Moff Moffat and his programme was Midnight in Munich. He played the greatest jazz of that time on V Disc. Woody Herman. Stan Kenton. Benny Goodman and of course Louis Armstrong. If there is anybody who remembers these times and programmes I would be interested to hear from them.
I recall going to a meeting in Sutton Coldfield some years ago and we had a lecture from a collector of V Discs.
If you know of this gentleman I would be pleased to hear from you
In those days we only had 78rpm records 10 or 12inch. My dad had a spring wound record player with needles that you had to change after a couple of plays. In time I bought an arm with a stylus which played through the radio. (wonderful).
It was a Guy called John Tims who started my interest in Jazz, he is a drummer and lives in Ellesmere and became a good friend. He had his own room with his kit in and a radiogram to play his records on! He invited us there on a Sunday afternoon's and we played his and our records. What a great time it was.
John was the drummer with The George Riley Band a local dance band located in Oswestry and resident at The Victoria Rooms but quite often they came to play at the Garrision Theatre. Park Hall Training Camp.

My earnings at that time were about £2-00 per week and after giving my mother twenty five shillings for my keep this left me with fifteen shillings of spending money! Records as I recall were around two shillings & sixpence so much care was needed before buying. As time progressesd LPs came onto the market and 3minutes of playng time became a thing of the past, of course it was not quite that simple as I had to aquire a record player to play at 33 RPM.

Most of the Jazz I went to live was with the Big Bands Ted Heath,Geraldo, Joe Loss and if very lucky Vic Lewis.
One great treat was the Dance Band Championships held at The Winter Gardens in Blackpool and if I remember correctly a band called Ken Mackintosh won in that year and went from strength to strength. The resident band for the show was Geraldo.
Over the years I have been fortunate to see and listen to many fine bands. Woody Herman. Buddy Rich and of course the great Ted Heath Band never to be forgotton. Then along came George Shearing, The MJQ, Stan Kenton etc
But the great change came with Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Miles Davies and of course our own Johnny Dankworth Seven who were leading lights in this change of style. It is good to see that for all these changes that the Trad /New Orleans jazz is still played throughout this country, and bands like Chris Barber, Kenny Ball, Acker Bilk and Phil Mason must take much credit for this.
As any Jazz fan knows the local musicians who form the many bands throughout the country and play for peanuts must also be given great credit for keeping this music alive. But dont forget it is our support that can keep them playing.

Geoff Inwood

 

 

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