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REGISTERED CHARITY NO. 290465
 

AS YOU WILL HAVE HEARD, THE DEATH
HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED OF
HUMPHREY LYTTLETON
THE GREAT BAND LEADER, TRUMPETER AND
RACONEUR.

HUMPH PLAYED AT OUR CLUB ON
SEVERAL MEMORABLE OCCASIONS IN THE PAST
AND WE WILL ALL REMEMBER HIM FOR HIS
HUMOUR AND WIT NOT ONLY ON STAGE WITH HIS
BAND BUT ALSO IN HIS CARTOONS,
HIS JAZZ RECORD PROGRAM AND
HIS CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE RADIO SHOW
"I'M SORRY I HAVEN'T A CLUE"

Click here to visit his website

HUMPH'S RISE TO FAME STARTED WHEN HE WAS ASKED TO JOIN GEORGE WEBB'S DIXIELANDERS IN 1947


GEORGE IS STILL WITH US AGED OVER 90. HE HAS ALSO APPEARED AT OUR CLUB WITH HIS "DIXIELANDERS" AND IS STILL PLAYING!

THE PREDESESSORS OF OUR CLUB IN THE 1950'S WERE THE TUNBRIDGE WELLS JAZZ APRECIATION SOCIETY. THEY HELD RECORD EVENINGS AND ORGANISED COACH TRIPS TO JAZZ CONCERTS FOR THEIR MEMBERS. THEY ALSO SUPPORTED A LOCAL TRADITIONAL JAZZ BAND CALLED THE MEDWAY JAZZ BAND

WE HAVE ALSO TO INFORM YOU OF THE DEATH OF
DICK CHARLESWORTH
AT ONE TIME WELL KNOW FOR HIS "CITY GENTS".

IN THE LATE 1950S AND EARLY 1960S DICK OFTEN SAT IN WITH
THE MEDWAY JAZZ BAND

THERE THEY ARE- BUT WHO'S THAT ON THE BANJO?

THE MERSYSIPPI JAZZ BAND were formed in 1949- and are still going strong with several of the original musicians! Check out their web page

Sadly John Lawrence, the band's cornet player died in September 2007- but, so far as we know, the band carries on!

 
Our membership secretary sat in with them on the first night at their new venue at the
Liverpool Cricket Club in Aigburth Road, South Liverpool
 

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