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Re: Jazz Club
Was looking for info on the death of Ian Alveston and saw a reference to Accy Jazz Club on this forum.
Spent my formative years there. Wednesday folk Saturday Rock and Sunday Jazz. On Sunday couples danced hands together like they were arm wresting. All the top jazz bands appeared, Kenny Ball, Acker Bilk Chris Barber. Monty Sunshine, Ken Collier, and the local Riverside. I think the promoter was Ralf Smith. When the club closed he moved to Bold Street Working Men's Club. By then jazz was dead. Can't remember many Saturday bands (duttons 2bob a pint) but Up Town Go Go Band were great and a fab modern jazz duo from M/c called Roway Leyand. Folk as well as Paul Simon who I missed there were Martin Cathy, Hamish Imlack, the Taverners, spinners, Pendle Folk with Roger Westbrook, Mike Harding, Bernard Wrigley, Bob Whatmore, Tony Capstick, the great Jake Thackery
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