New Musical
Express
6 November 1953
Butcher, Mike
No more barber shop chords for Monty Norman
Johnny's Mecca date [Johnny Dankworth]
Music publishing surprise - three big firms Plan merger
Four way Mecca switch takes Kirchin to Belfast [Mecca
Circuit]
American offers for show bands Bill McGuffie [BBC]
Kenny Baker in Great disc demand
Chacksfield recieves hearty US welcome [Frank Chacksfield]
British jazz for German radio
Lyttleton, Humphrey
Utopian Jazz Dreams [recording]
13 November 1953
Ray Burns up the US trail
Foster band for US visit [Teddy Foster]
Heath rides US crest [Ted Heath]
Clubs federation plan
Hall, Tony
Derek Smith [bio]
Here come the bands on TV at last [BBC]
20 November 1953
Butcher, Baverstock
Dankworth's great London concert [Johnny Dankworth, review]
Promoter loses action against Geraldo
Ronnie Scott Band for the air [radio]
Dinah Kaye lands her own US TV show
27 November 1953
Frank Chacksfield
The pace is killing, the reward is rich [US]
Evans, Leslie
We want more dance music on the BBC
How about a new time and new life for Jazz Club, BBC?
BBC launching series of Ted Heath's Swing Sessions [Ted
Heath]
British MU rejects US offer of free interchange of bands
[Musicians Union]
Dutch MU bands British band tour [Musicians Union]
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