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Five letters sum up Count Basie’s contribution to 1930s jazz - S-W-I-N-G - and for the next fifty years his bands not only swung, they made tunes such as April in Paris the evocative sound of celebration.

The man who gave jazz its indelible motto – “It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing” – will never be replaced.

Louis Armstrong is the most important, most influential figure in jazz history, he was one of the first jazz soloists and was largely responsible for transforming jazz from an ensemble-based vernacular music into an art form that championed individual expression, invention and virtuosity.

Hot 8 Brass Band release a new live video. Their press accolades include: “No band provides the fabled “fatback” groove like the Hot 8 Brass Band… superb”

The year 1917 is a landmark in jazz.

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We are delighted to announce the programme for 2017. Over 170 concert spanning the 100 Years of Jazz