Jazz breaking news: BBC Big Band get Fairfield Halls swinging at 50

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Currently celebrating their 50th anniversary as a major music venue, the Fairfield Halls, Croydon, last Friday played host to BBC Radio 3’s Jazz Line-Up and Radio 2’s Big Band Special with a special concert featuring the BBC Big Band performing music associated with the many great big bands that have appeared there in the past half-century, ranging from Harry James, Duke Ellington and Woody Herman to Buddy Rich and Maynard Ferguson.

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