Events

Below are details of not only Society events, but those of especial interest promoted by others of which we have been informed.

Also note that many of these bands have gigs which, whilst not particularly Ellingtonia events, will feature Ellington music and are listed on their sites.

DESUK Events in London

We organise bi-monthly events in Central London, to which you and your friends are invited. Non-members always welcome.

Additionally, DESUK Members in the capital have formed the London Jazz Society to put on the complementary bi-monthly meetings with less or no focus on Ellington, in between those of DESUK and at the same venue. These meetings are marked LJS below.

Everyone is welcome to attend the events, and attendance to both Societies' meetings is free to all, with retiring collections to defray expenses. We meet from 1.30 or so for a 2pm start.

Meetings are at the Civil Service Club, 13-15 Great Scotland Yard, London SW1A 2HJ. Embankment Tube Station, Charing Cross or Waterloo Mainline stations and many buses! +Map+.

Why not come Along? Civilized and relaxed atmosphere. Sandwiches provided, full lunch available. Bar, etc.

Joint Programme, 1st Quarter 2012.

LJS ~Saturday 14th January 2012 (1.30 for 2pm) ~ “New Year's Special”

Your usual hosts entertain.

DESUK ~Saturday 11th February 2012 (1.30 for 2pm) ~ “Oscar Peterson - Incorporating OP and Me”

With Geoff Smith.

LJS ~Saturday 10th March 2012 (1.30 for 2pm) ~ “Spring Meeting”

Details to come...

Barbican Hall , London, Thursday February 9th

London Symphony Orchestra

JOHN ADAMS The Chairman Dances

BERNSTEIN Three Dance Episodes from 'On the Town'

COPLAND Clarinet Concerto

MILHAUD La création du monde

BERNSTEIN (orch. FOSS) Prelude, Fugue and Riffs

ELLINGTON (orch. HENDERSON) Harlem

Soloist in the Copland and Bernstein pieces is clarinettist Eddie Daniels, who will also perform with the David Rees-Williams Trio at St Edmunds School Canterbury on Sat Feb 11th.

Buck Clayton Legacy Band

Playing unrecorded Buck Clayton music.

11 Feb: Pinner Church

Playing charts by Buck Clayton AND the "Life is For Living - Peggy Lee '50s jazz songbook" programme (with Gwyneth Herbert, and featuring charts by Jack Marshall, Billy May and Quincy Jones).

21 March: Concorde Club Eastleigh

22 March: Pizza Express Dean St

23 March: Upton on Severn

24 March: Sage Gateshead

North Dorset Jazz Record Club

Meetings on the 2nd and 4th Friday of each month at the British Legion Hall, Shaftesbury, Dorset.

Manchester Jazz Society

Meetings every Thursday at 8.15. Recitals from 8.30 at the Unicorn Hotel, Church Street (off Oldham Road), Manchester, M4 1PW. All Jazz enthusiasts and friends welcome.

Kinda Dukish Big Band

Led by Mike Fletcher.

Friday July 8th 7.30pm:

TASCOS Club Bonded Warehouse
Hazelwell Lane 2 Canal St
Stirchley Stourbridge
Birmingham W. Midlands
B30 2PR DY8 4LU

£4/£3.50

Alan Barnes Octet

Frank Griffith Nonet

The New Delta Big Band

This Orchestra plays every first and third Thursday (and where appropriate the fifth Thursday) every month at the Lord Napier, 111, Beulah Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey, CR7 8JG. Admission Free.

Martin Litton & His Rhythm

Harmony In Harlem (Michael Kilpatrick's Duke Ellington Orchestra)

Please consult the Orchestra Website.

The Vo-De-O-Do Orchestra

London Vintage Jazz Orchestra

Dave Burman Allstars

Dave Burman (piano), Enrico Tomasso (trumpet), Ronnie Finden (clarinet), Chris Lowe (trombone), Graham Collicut (drums).

Harlem Jazz Orchestra

The Big Chris Barber Band

The Big Chris Barber Band: Chris Barber (trombone & bass), Bob Hunt (trombone), Peter Rudeforth (trumpet), Mike Henry (trumpet), Richard Exall (clarinet, alto sax & tenor sax), Zoltan Sagi (clarinet, sax), Trevor Whiting (clarinet, tenor sax), Joe Farler (banjo & guitar), John Slaughter (guitar), Dave Green (bass), Bernard Flegar (drums)