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  • Mart Rodger Manchester Jazz at Mottram St Andrew Village Hall

    Sunday 13th November: Special Charity Concert at Mottram St. Andrew Village Hall near Macclesfield assisting St. Ann’s Hospice and East Cheshire Hospice.  There was a great enthusiastic audience there and we raised £1,160 from ticket sales and the raffle.   This concert was in Memory of Pauline Browne, our pianist Roger’s late wife and Ian Price…

  • John Mayall at The Bridgewater Hall

    Friday 4th November: Mart’s close friend is John Mayall The Blues Singer, Pianist, Guitarist and outstanding harmonica player. Mart, Janet and the family went to see John at The Bridgewater Hall in Manchester this evening and the singing and music was superb as always. The music friendship goes back to teenage years when they played…

  • Newsletter No. 66 – August 2011

    THE BAND SEEN ON TV: Mart, Eric, Colin, Chris and Charlie had to be at the studios at 7.00 a.m. on 25th January for the filming of an episode of Channel 4’s “Shameless”, when they appear as a New Orleans marching band, accompanying a funeral. They were on the set almost all day and were…

  • Welcome to Mart Rodger Manchester Jazz

    Welcome to Mart Rodger Manchester Jazz

    Mart Rodger Manchester Jazz was formed in 1982. To this day they play their jazz based on the Traditional (TRAD) or Dixieland style. Four of the original  founder musicians are still members of the band. Manchester is included in the title of the band because most of the players spent their young days performing at…