JAZZ CLUB

Farnham U 3 A: Jazz Club (2011-2012) 
The Jazz Club will provide an Introduction to the main periods and great artists of the Jazz age. Although Jazz began in New Orleans in the early C20th it quickly spread, and new styles emerged, in Chicago, New Orleans and the West Coast of the USA.  Jazz  became popular in the UK (and France), with an up-surge of enthusiasm for Traditional/New Orleans Jazz after WW II  led by Ken Collier, Chris Barber and others .
 Among the great figures of American Jazz were Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Duke Ellington, Ben Webster, Miles Davis, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, John Coltrane, and  Stan Getz. Most of these leading musicians will be featured during the year.
The first meeting this year (on Sept 15th) will play music from a range of periods and musicians. It will include music from the early, New Orleans, period as well as examples of music from the 1930s and the post-war period. The second half of the programme will cover Sir George Shearing.
Subsequent sessions will focus on musicians or styles or particular instruments. They will include presentations on Duke Ellington, Wynton Marsalis and Clarinet Virtuosi.
Although presenters for most of the sessions have been found it is hoped that new members will volunteer to run a session—that is play and discuss their favourite music/musician. Not as experts but as enthusiasts.
We look forward to seeing you on Sept 15th.
Good Listening!
Richard Thomas/Laurence Carter