JCUK presents Colin Hickman's Blue Room 7

Colin Hickman brings his Blue Room 7 to the JCUK today for the first time. Playing baritone sax, he is joined in a rousing 4-horn front line by Martin Shaw on trumpet, Michael Coates on alto, and David Black on tenor; John Pearce is at the piano, with Paul Morgan on bass and Bobby Worth on drums.

When the swing era came to an end after the second world war, a lot of the big bands were reduced in size to smaller units for various reasons such as expenditure and personnel displacements. This helped bring about a change of jazz styles through fresh ideas from younger players. This gave rise to a less restrictive platform for improvisation and to the eventual introduction to Bebop and West Coast Cool School. The Blue Room 7 tries to emulate the best of this very important mix whilst still keeping to a swing genre.…