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Jazz Groups in Dorset

List jazz groups who perform in the Dorset region, on this web site of music groups

Use the drop down box to select Dorset Jazz Groups

Below are a few of our jazz groups across the UK. For jazz in Dorset choose your county from the drop down box to see the jazz groups that play in your area.

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History is reflected in the names of jazz numbers, some of which are played by jazz bands

In A Sentimental Mood; I'm Beginning To See The Light; Autumn Leaves - Johnny Mercer; Back In Nagasaki - Harry Warren; Basin Street Blues - Spencer Williams; Begin The Beguine - Cole Porter; Bernie's Tune - Bernie Miller; Bewitched - Rogers And Hart; Black Orpheus - Luiz Bonfa 1959; I'm Getting Sentimental Over You; Just Friends; Lady Be Good; Lady Is A Tramp *; Laura; Blue Moon - Rogers And Hart; Blue Skies - Irving Berlin;

Jazz has inspired many quotable comments: Dorset

Much has been written about jazz and jazz groups. Here are some quotations:-

This excruciating medley of brutal sounds is subordinated to a barely perceptible rhythm. Listening to this screaming music for a minute or two, one conjures up an orchestra of madmen, sexual maniacs, led by a man-stallion beating time with an enormous phallus. Maxim Gorky

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in Dorset

Weddings - Whether foot stomping, or dark and smokey, you can set create the right atmosphere with one of our Jazz Bands

Hear and see our jazz groups, on our web site

Parties & Corporate events - Enjoy music from Sinatra, Gershwin, Armstrong, Rat Pack, Porter & more.

Here are just a few of the unusual or traditional names of jazz groups

Duke Ellington And His Memphis Men; Viola McCoy accompanied by the California Ramblers; Viola McCoy accompanied by the Choo Choo Jazzers; Viola McCoy and the Dixie Trio; Viola McCoy accompanied by Fletcher Henderson's Jazz Five; Viola McCoy accompanied by the Kansas City Five; Duke Ellington and his Orchestra; Elgars Creole Orchestra; Empire Jazz Band ; Wally Erickson and the Coliseum Orchestra; Europe's Society Orchestra; Jim Europe's 369th Infantry Hell Fighters Band; Feathers and Frogs; Viola McCoy accompanied by Bob Rickets Band; Hattie McDaniels accompanied by Lovie Austin's Serenaders; Hattie McDaniels accompanied by Richard M. Jones's Jazz Wizards; McKenzie's Candy Kids; McKenzie-Condon Chicagoans;

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