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Welcome to the gallery, this page features a few pictures from recent gigs and from days gone by.

 

On stage at North Cotswolds Jazz Club, Shipston-on-Stour - 28th Oct. 2011

Stars of British Jazz at Shipston-on-Stour

 

Germany - February 2012

Osterode am Harz with Andy Cooper

 

Weisenheim am Berg with John Crocker and Maggie Reeday

 

Carlsberg Jazz Tour
Carlsberg Jazz Tour - Late 1980s - The Bands of Acker Bilk, Kenny Ball & Humphrey Lyttelton.

Left to right: Hugh Ledigo, Stan Greig, Colin Wood, John Bennet, Micky Cooke, Pete Strange, Kenny Ball, Richie Bryant (behind Kenny), Adrian Macintosh (behind Humph), Ron Bowden, Colin Smith, Acker Bilk, Tucker Finlayson (leaning forward), Andy Cooper, John Fenner, Alan Barnes, John Rees-Jones, Kathy Stobart, John Benson.

Carlsberg Jazz Tour
Carlsberg Jazz Tour - Early 1990s - The Bands of Acker Bilk & Kenny Ball plus an all-star line-up.

Left to right: Andy Cooper, Hugh Ledigo, Brian Lemon, Acker Bilk, Colin Wood, Kenny Baker, John Benson, George Chisholm, Mike Cotton, Promoter?, Kenny Ball, Ron Bowden, John Bennet, Richie Bryant, John Fenner, Jack Parnell, Tucker Finlayson, Micky Cooke.

Ball & Bilk in Australia
The Ball & Bilk bands during a tour of Australia (1990).

Left to right: Ron Bowden, John Benson, Tucker Finlayson, Andy Cooper, Les Squires (tour manager), Micky Cooke, Hugh Ledigo, John Bennet, John Fenner, Kenny Ball, Colin Wood, Richie Bryant, Mike Cotton, Acker Bilk.

Bass players unite! - John Benson, Vic Pitt and Tony Bagot (1997).
Lonnie Donegan with Kenny Ball and John Benson (1997).


John Benson - During his 25 years with Kenny Ball And His Jazzmen


Richie Burns with the Pete Allen Jazz Band and the Kenny Ball Band whilst deputising.
Left - John Benson, Richie Burns and Kenny Ball


(left to right) Colin Wood with Acker Bilk at Sylvie's Place, Colin - Taken at Wiltshire Jazz Festival with Acker Bilk - 2008,
Colin with Pete Allen, also Richie and John (Germany 2010).


With the Pete Allen Jazz Band, Graham Woodhouse and John Benson
 

Graham Woodhouse pictured on 'Monarch Of The Sees' during his time working cruise ships (Left).
On the right, Graham is pictured with his good friend John Tyler (also a great trombone player, from Las Vegas)
aboard 'Legend Of The Seas' with the World Trade Centre in the background, New York City 1995.


Simon Nelson - with DixieMix 2010



Photos taken at Rock Lobster Studio, Southwold, (01502 724722)
during the recording of our first CD all together. The recording engineer is
Kevin West, looking a lot like Brian May in this picture!

 

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