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Performance TitleIs This Jazz? Cyril Stapleton and His Orchestra
Performance Date25 January 1953
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersJean Richards - vocal
Secondary PerformersPat Brand - chairman,
Steve Race,
James Asman,
Ernest Bornemann,
Maurice Burman - panel
Orchestra or BandCyril Stapleton and His Orchestra,
Christie Bros. Stompers,
The Modern All-Stars,
Freddy Randall and His Band,
Norman Burns Quintet
ConductorsCyril Stapleton
Set List'Panama Rag' (Christie Bros. Stompers),
'Joplin Sensation' (Christie Bros. Stompers),
'St.James Infirmary' (Christie Bros. Stompers),
'Jersey Lightning' (Christie Bros. Stompers),
'Mood Indigo' (Christie Bros. Stompers),
'Lover Come Back To Me' (Christie Bros. Stompers),
'Hindustan' (Christie Bros. Stompers),
'Goldrush' (Modern All-Stars),
'Portland Place' (Modern All-Stars),
'Lover' (Modern All-Stars),
'Laura' (Modern All-Stars),
'The Champ' (Modern All-Stars),
'Doctor Jazz' (Freddy Randall),
'Da Da Strain' (Freddy Randall),
'Someday Sweetheart' (Freddy Randall),
'That's A Plenty' (Freddy Randall),
'Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down' (Freddy Randall),
'Albert Hall Blues' (Freddy Randall),
'Pick Yourself Up' (Norman Burns Quintet),
'I'll Be Around' (Jean Richards, Norman Burns Quintet),
'Moon Glow' (Norman Burns Quintet),
'I'll Remember April' (Norman Burns Quintet),
'Slow Train Blues' (Norman Burns Quintet),
'Consternation' (Norman Burns Quintet),
'I Get A Kick Out of You' (Norman Burns Quintet)
Performance NotesThe event featured debate based on selected questions, which were written on the reverse of the programme and submitted by patrons on the subject 'Is This Jazz?'
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1953/13)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1953/13Is This Jazz?25 January 1953
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Cdoxowkoog_BcfIs This Jazz? Cyril Stapleton and His Orchestra1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/8590Stapleton; Cyril (1914-1974); English violinist, jazz bandleader
DS/UK/7308The Christie Brothers' Stompers; 1951-1953; British band
DS/UK/7407Randall; Frederick James 'Freddy' (1921-1999); English jazz trumpeter, bandleader
DS/UK/2952Race; Steve Russell (1921-2009); OBE; British composer, pianist, radio and television presenter
DS/UK/8593Burns; Norman (1920-1994); British jazz drummer, bandleader
DS/UK/8595Asman; James (fl 1950s); British music critic
DS/UK/8596Burman; Maurice (fl 1950s); British voice coach, businessman
DS/UK/8592Bornemann; Ernest Wilhelm Julius (1915-1995); German author, film-maker, anthropologist, ethnomusicologist, jazz musician, jazz critic, psychoanalyst
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