What's On - and Where

12:52pm Saturday 12th April 2008

ART LESTER BIG BAND: The Pennine Suite, Horwich RMI Social and Recreation Club, Chorley New Road, Bolton. Every Tuesday. 8.30pm to 11pm. Free. Ballroom dancing in the main hall every second Tuesday in the month. £4 on the door.

Great vibes from Lionel Hampton and Gene Krupa

12:50pm Saturday 12th April 2008

MUSICIANS are often asked to name a favourite player or tune which have had a lasting effect on their life and career.

What's on - and where

9:32am Tuesday 18th March 2008

ART LESTER BIG BAND: The Pennine Suite, Horwich RMI Social and Recreation Club, Chorley New Road, Bolton. Every Tuesday. 8.30pm to 11pm. Free. Ballroom dancing in the main hall every second Tuesday in the month. £4 on the door.

All aboard for the Rhythm Station

9:31am Tuesday 18th March 2008

THE Rhythm Station at Rawtenstall, whose weekly Tuesday night concerts regularly draw jazz aficionados from Bolton, has announced details of forthcoming appearances of some of the most highly-regarded musicians in Europe.

Latest gigs

1:18pm Saturday 1st March 2008

ART LESTER BIG BAND: The Pennine Suite, Horwich RMI Social and Recreation Club, Chorley New Road, Bolton. Every Tuesday. 8.30pm to 11pm. Free. Ballroom dancing in the main hall every second Tuesday in the month. £4 on the door.

Bob Gill, a very special talent

1:17pm Saturday 1st March 2008

THOSE of you who remember The Beachcomber in Bank Street, Bolton, the club launched at the height of the pop boom in the 1960s by local entrepreneurs Norman Clements, Eddie Grindrod and Eric Eckersley, will hopefully have fond memories of the jazz sessions staged in the upstairs room every Sunday afternoon.

Swinging sounds for four days

11:49am Saturday 16th February 2008

ENTREPRENEURS prepared to put their money into musical productions, particularly jazz, are these days pretty thin on the ground, as the prospects of breaking even, let alone making money, have to be rated questionable, if not remote.

What's on - and where

12:33pm Saturday 2nd February 2008

ART LESTER BIG BAND: The Pennine Suite, Horwich RMI Social and Recreation Club, Chorley New Road, Bolton. Every Tuesday. 8.30pm to 11pm. Free. Ballroom dancing in the main hall every second Tuesday in the month. £4 on the door.

Orchestra is top class

12:32pm Saturday 2nd February 2008

WITHOUT exception, when Wigan Jazz Club puts on a show, it is well worth travelling to see.

Civic Hall date

1:01pm Saturday 22nd December 2007

Wigan Jazz Club will stage its annual Christmas concert on Thursday next, December 27, at the Civic Hall, in Hesketh Meadow Lane, Lowton, near Leigh.

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