Manchester Jazz Society

The Unicorn Hotel
Church Street (off Oldham Street)
Manchester
M4 1PW

 

December

 

4

Jim Hall (b 4-12-1930)  
“Paraffin Joe” part 2 : further Larkinisms on jazz 
Bruce Robinson
Don Lee

11

Bill Evans  Frank Gibson

18

Christmas party, including : Fletcher Henderson (b 18-12-1897)  John Reade

25

No meeting

 

 

January

 

1

No meeting (Unicorn closed)  

8

Annual General Meeting  

15

15 Billy Eckstine band 1944-1946 Sonny Criss  Frank Gibson

22

Charlie Christian  
Woody’s winners 
Eddie Little
Harry Fisher

29

Ben Webster : the early years  Harry Isaacs

 

February

 

5

Jelly Roll Morton Library of Congress recordings 
Kenny Baker : the Armstrong connection 
Alan Brown

12

Warne Marsh – part 1 
Artie Shaw’s last recordings 
Frank Gibson 
Alan Brown

19

David Murray (b 19-02-1955) George Russell sextet  Bruce Robinson

26

Caught in the act 
Glenn Miller : a jazz perspective 
Len DuNoyer 
Eddie Little

 

March

 

5

Monk, composer and pianist  Frank Gibson

12

54 years on, Bird Lives! (Charlie Parker d 12-03-1955)  Members’ memories

19

In memoriam : Humph’s “Best of Jazz” selections over the years  Mike White

26

My kind of jazz  
Billie Holiday on Verve, 1950s Jim Lowe
Deborah Little
Jim Lowe

 

Meetings every Thursday at 8:15 Recitals at 8:30 - 9:30 & 9:45 - 10:45

All jazz enthusiasts & friends welcome

Contacts -

 Secretary Peter Caswell - 01942 671938
Harry Fisher - 0161 740 7931