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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.

Tony Davis , jazz trumpeter, computer veteran and amateur genealogist, who created these sites.

Kaminsky Connection , a band which manages to combine 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.

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, who take as their models both the 1923 King Oliver Creole Jazz Band and the 1940s revivalist Lu Watters Yerba Buena Band.

Harlem , the 11-piece jazz orchestra led by Paul Munnery, was founded in 1981. It re-creates the big band sounds of the 1920s and 30s with transcriptions of the recorded performances of the great classic bands like those of Duke Ellington, Benny Carter, Fletcher Henderson, Luis Russell, Count Basie etc.

Janice Day has sung with the Piccadilly Dance Orchestra and Keith Nichols' Cotton Club Orchestra, and developed a one-woman cabaret act presenting comic and romantic songs and monologues from the 1930s.

Bude Jazz Festival - New Orleans comes to Cornwall! Eight days filled with music ranging from blues and ragtime to mainstream and bop, with an especially rich choice of old style New Orleans and classic jazz.

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.

The Big Bear Stompers are back! Under the leadership of Dave Moorwood and featuring fiery young trumpeter Ben Cummings and singer Judy Eames, they take as their models both the early 1923 King Oliver Creole Jazzband and the 1940s revivalist Lu Watters Yerba Buena Band.

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.