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Hejira is a British jazz-band that celebrates Joni Mitchell's jazz period. The group was created by Pete Oxley of The Spin jazz club in Oxford for a one-off Joni Mitchell Christmas special concert in 2022, and has since carried on touring and performing. [1]
The Oxcentrics is a Dixieland jazz band founded in 1975 at Oxford University. [1] The band's name was derived from The Oxontrics, [2] an original 1920s jazz band. [3] Several (although by no means all) members were from University College, where many of the rehearsals took place.
The Oxford University Jazz Society, also known as JazzSoc, is the focus of jazz music at the University of Oxford, England; [1] the place to be for players and listeners, dancers and drinkers. [2] Formerly known as the Oxford University Jazz Club , the society now provides the main arena for student players to interact musically, whilst also ...
Celebrity Ball in London, and the Bull's Head jazz venue in Barnes, west London. [1] From 1999 to 2002, the band was led by cardiologist and saxophonist Euan Ashley. During his tenure, the band appeared at the Glasgow International Jazz Festival and performed Kenny Wheeler's Sweet Time Suite at St Barnabas Church, Oxford.
The Kansas City Jazz Orchestra was founded by Jim Mair and Gene Hall in Kansas City in May 2003 after being inspired by similar jazz orchestras across the United States, though it was primarily modeled after the Columbus Jazz Orchestra. [2] Jim's wife, Mary Mair, was also integral in getting the orchestra started. [1]
The band has performed at venues such as Ronnie Scott’s, Wilderness Festival, Jazz Café, Vortex Jazz Club, Shoreditch Town Hall, Rough Trade and the Vaults Festival. They have also hosted their own Mardi Gras events in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 and have produced their own events at The Peckham Liberal Club and the Dalston Pond.
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The Oxford University Music Society (OUMS) [1] is one of the oldest societies in the University of Oxford, England, tracing its origins back to 1872. The Society was formed in 1916 by the merger of the Oxford University Musical Club , founded in 1872, and the Oxford University Musical Union , founded in 1884.