Jazz in Leeds, 1940s–50s

Michael Meadowcroft

doi:10.1386/9781789388053_15

Jazz in Leeds, 1940s–50s

By Michael Meadowcroft
Source: Popular Music in Leeds , pp 205-213
Publication Date: November 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/9781789388053_15
Language: English

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Carr, Ian, Fairweather, Digby and Priestley, Brian (eds) (1987), Jazz: The Essential Companion, London: Grafton Books.
[Google Scholar]
Chilton, John (ed.) (2004), Who's Who of British Jazz, 2nd ed., London: Bloomsbury.
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Clayton, Peter and Gammond, Peter (eds) (1986), The Guinness Jazz A-Z, London: Guinness Books.
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Godbolt, Jim (1984), Jazz in Britain 1919–1950, London: Quartet Books.
[Google Scholar]
Godbolt, Jim (1989), Jazz in Britain 1950–1970, London: Quartet Books.
[Google Scholar]
Godbolt, Jim (2014), All This and Slowly Deteriorating Fast – The Memoirs of a Geriatric Jazz Buff, London: Proper Music.
[Google Scholar]
Harris, Rex (1952), Jazz, London: Penguin Books.
[Google Scholar]
Matthew, Brian (1962), Trad Mad, London: Souvenir Press.
[Google Scholar]
Parsonage, Catherine (2017), The Evolution of Jazz in Britain, 1880–1935, London: Routledge.
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Traill, Sinclair, Lascelles, Gerald and Davies, Peter (eds) (1957), Just Jazz, London: Peter Davies.
[Google Scholar]
Traill, Sinclair, Lascelles, Gerald and Davies, Peter (eds) (1958), Just Jazz 2, London: Peter Davies.
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Traill, Sinclair, Lascelles, Gerald and Davies, Peter (eds) (1959), Just Jazz 3, London: Peter Davies.213
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Anon. (1930), ‘The origin of jazz – Vicar of Leeds tells a tale of the Mississippi’, Yorkshire Evening Post, 24 February, p. 9.
Anon. (1934a), ‘Jazz band wanted, 2 nights weekly, for public house’, Yorkshire Evening Post, 4 September, p. 2.
Anon. (1934b), ‘The first Leeds Rhythm Club’, Yorkshire Evening Post, 26 November, p. 2.
Anon. (1941), ‘Also in Arcadian Ballroom, Leeds Rhythm Club evening session’, Yorkshire Evening Post, 9 January, p. 2.
Anon. (1942) ‘All hot instrumentalists are invited to take part in jam sessions held each Sunday evening at the Leeds Rhythm Club’, Yorkshire Evening Post, 25 February, p. 7.
Bond, Chris (2011), ‘The golden days when jazz brought colour to a grey city’, Yorkshire Post, 30 June, https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/golden-days-when-jazz-brought-colour-grey-city-1928564. Accessed 21 February 2022.
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Leeds Libraries (2021), ‘The Blue Aces jazz band, c1930s’, Media Library, 19 August, https://news.leeds.gov.uk/resources/kmdn1-l2bbz-jhne6-c59y3-9bhiw. Accessed 21 February 2022.
Leigh, Spencer (2015), The Cavern Club: The Rise of the Beatles and Merseybeat, Carmarthen: McNidder and Grace Limited.
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Meadowcroft, Michael and Bee, Liz (n.d.), ‘Jazz’, Liz Bee and Michael Meadowcroft, https://www.beemeadowcroft.uk/jazz. Accessed 21 February 2022.
Melly, George (2006), Owning Up: The Trilogy, London: Penguin Books.
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The Newsroom (2014), ‘Ed O'Donnell’, Yorkshire Post, 8 March, https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/obituaries/ed-odonnell-1844133. Accessed 21 February 2022.
Noble, Alan (2007), Jazz Charts, Shipley: Alan Noble.
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O'Shaughnessy, J. P. (1934), ‘More thoughts on jazz’, Leeds Mercury, 12 May, p. 6.
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Vacher, Peter (2009), ‘Dick Hawdon’, The Guardian, 14 September, https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/sep/14/dick-hawdon-obituary. Accessed 21 February 2022.
Vacher, Peter (2010), ‘Diz Disley obituary’, The Guardian, 15 April, https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/apr/15/diz-disley-obituary. Accessed 21 February 2022.
Wilmer, Val (2017), ‘Terry Cryer obituary’, The Guardian, 21 January, https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/jan/20/terry-cryer-obituary. Accessed 21 February 2022.

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