1961 Aylesbury Jazz Club

1961 saw the Aylesbury Jazz Club continue to thrive on Tuesday evenings – but there were some changes. Toward the end of the year it was announced that the jazz club was changing venue, from the Grosvenor Ballroom to the Town Hall. One artist of note to appear during the year was the Temperance Seven. […]

1959 Aylesbury Jazz Club

On 13th January 1959, the Chris Barber Jazz Band played at the gala opening night of the Aylesbury Jazz Club at the Grosvenor Ballroom. The formation of the new jazz club was the idea of Eddie Friday, manager of the Grosvenor, and Ron Lesley, who had run the Harringay Jazz Club, Ron and his wife […]