Notes and references
Notes
- ↑ Pee Wee Russell toured the United Kingdom October and November 1964. He performed at MSG October 16–18, 22, and November 1. ("Souvenir Programme: Pee Wee Russell UK Tour, October & November 1964" (No. 2522), accessible via National Jazz Archive)
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References
- ↑ "The Manchester Sports Guild (M.S.G.)," by Jack Swinnerton, reproduced by kind permission of Jack Swinnerton & Just Jazz Magazine (2002)Part 1: "Beginnings ... "
Part 2: "'Opening Night'"
Part 3: "Tenth Anniversary"
Part 4: "Red's Final Night ... and the Aftermath"
Part 5: "Pee Wee Russell on Tour"
Part 6: "George Lewis and the Promotional Society For New Orleans Music"
Part 7: "Wild Bill Davison and others ... "
Part 8: "Earl 'Fatha' Hines ... 57 Varieties"
Part 9: "Nothing is Easy"
Part 10: "Buck Clayton, Vic Dickenson, and Others"
Part 11: "The End of the Story by Jack B. Swinnerton" - ↑ "Sportsmen's Own Club: Jazz—and Bars," The Guardian, March 9, 1961, p. (accessible via Newspapers.com , subscription required)
- ↑ "Manchester is a City of Live Music and Good Times. That’s Why This Hurts so Much," by Carol Birch, The Guardian, May 29, 2017
- ↑ "Family Notes: Jack Barker Swinnerton" (obituary), by John Pye (ex-Chairman of MSG), The Swinnerton Saga, Journal of the Swinnerton Society, Vol. 13, No. 6, December 2008, p. 163)
- ↑ Collection of Articles about Red Allen and the Manchester Sports Guild, Rainer-Jazz – The Jazz Archive Site (site registered May 9, 2001, by Dr. Rainer Schneider, Buxtehude, Germany) (retrieved June 24, 2019)"Jazz Archive, Jazz Research, Jazz Photography and Jazz Records Site, Jazzforschung und Jazzfotos"
- ↑ "Briefing / Who & Why – Beating the Retreat?" The Observer, October 25, 1964, p. 23 (accessible via Newspapers.com , subscription required)
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