Manchester Jazz Society

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

 

November

 
12 Louis Armstrong, first hot five recordings (12-11-25) 
A Bruce Turner treat 
John Reade
Mike White
19 Not in my name : 50s and 60s sidemen deserving 
wider recognition 
Bruce Robinson
26 VIDEO NIGHT : Stan Levey, the "original original" Frank Gibson
 

December

 
The music of Billy Strayhorn  David Hardman
10  Ray Nance (born 10-12-1913)  Peter Caswell
17  Christmas VIDEO NIGHT party  
24 No meetings   
31 No meetings   
 

January

 
Benny’s bop (Goodman’s involvement with bebop 1948-49) Frank Gibson
14  Big Maybelle : woman boss of the blues
Basie’s back in town!
Chris Lee
Len Dunoyer
21 Annual General Meeting and members’ choice selections  
28 VIDEO NIGHT Art Pepper : notes on a survivor
Big George Coleman octet at the Round House 
Jeff Pritchard
 

February

 
The Jack Teagarden Story  Harry Isaacs
11 1961 : my favourite year in jazz  Bruce Robinson
18 Joe Zawinul 
Bix : the Wolverines and beyond 
Geoff Berry
John Reade
25 VIDEO NIGHT Jazz at Montreux : 
Ray Bryant solo Jazz at the Phil 
Jack Kinsey
 

March

 
 4  A tribute to George Russell  Alan Brown 
11 Under the radar  Harry Fisher 
18 Charlie Parker New York Dials, 1947  Frank Gibson
25 VIDEO NIGHT Jazz in black and white  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