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Website design specialising in sites for musicians and other practitioners of the arts |
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Judy Eames,
internationally acclaimed jazz singer whose repertoire covers a wide range of 20th century popular music, from the earthy blues of Bessie Smith to the sophisticated love songs of the 1940s. |
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Tony Davis,
jazz trumpeter, computer veteran and amateur genealogist, who created these sites. |
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Kaminsky Connection,
a band which combines the hard-hitting, free-wheeling spirit of the Condon bands of the 30s and 40s with the sensitive and lyrical backing needed for the Lee Wiley repertoire as interpreted by Judy Eames. |
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Dave Moorwood,
guitarist, banjoist and vocalist, leads the Rascals of Rhythm, a band dedicated to the swinging jazz
of the 1930s, and the Big Bear Stompers - see below! |
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The Big Bear Stompers
are back! Under the leadership of Dave Moorwood and featuring singer Judy Eames, this two-trumpet band
takes as its models both the early 1923 King Oliver Creole Jazzband and the 1940s revivalist Lu Watters Yerba Buena Band. |
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Shaun McCarthy
is a playwright and author whose play Beanfield, commemorating the 1985 confrontation between police and new-age travellers near Stonehenge, was nominated for the 2010 Peter Brook Empty Space/Rent Subsidy Award.
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Gerry Brown
and the Mission Hall Jazz Band have a pedigree stretching back as far as 1962, when they accompanied Louis Armstrong’s All Stars on their tour of the UK and are hugely popular both in their home territory of Dorset and further afield. |
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The New Washboard Syncopators
play a variety of traditional jazz incorporating the classic styles of Armstrong, Oliver and the less common tunes from the repertoire of the bands led by Clarence Williams featuring, of course, the authentic sounds of the washboard and other percussive novelties. |
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