Our first newsletter for a new year contains the latest update on our fundraising concerts for 2022 and an opportunity to hear Paul Kaufman, Chair of our Trustees, interviewed on The Jazz Show by musician and DJ Robin Phillips during his weekly Friday night show for Delux Radio, where he interviews a wide range of jazz personalities. You can li …
Elaine Delmar, singer and actress and a true ‘Weaver of Dreams’, brings along her good friends to conjure many of those dreams from the Great American Songbook on Saturday 9 April. In recent years Elaine has been the star vocalist in touring shows saluting the music of Cole Porter, and a musical celebration of George Gershwin. Her appearances …
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Saxophonist Johnny Griffin grew up in Chicago in the 1930s, and recalled: “… there was always music in the house, jazz, gospel, or whatever. Especially jazz records.” The invention of the phonograph enabled music to be preserved, reproduced and replayed for the first time. When wax cylinders were replaced by shellac discs, they could be manu …
