The Little Theatre in Valvona & Crolla is proud to host Dr Lee's Music Academy! Two 10-week courses running on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons from the end of April, Giants of Swing and The Story of Jazz.

£180 for the full 10 weeks
or
£18 per class
email dicklee462@gmail.com to book

Giants of Swing
Tuesdays from 29th April 16:00 - 17:45

29th April: The Andrews Sisters, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie
6th May: Sidney Bechet, Cab Calloway, Jimmy Dorsey
13th May: Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald
20th May: Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Coleman Hawkins
27th May: Fletcher Henderson, Woody Herman, Billie Holiday
3rd June: Earl Hines, Jack Hylton, The Ink Spots
10th June: Jimmie Lunceford, Glenn Miller, Bennie Moten
17th June: Sid Phillips, Django Reinhardt, Buddy Rich
24th June: Artie Shaw, Art Tatum, Joe Venuti
1st July: Fats Waller, Lester Young, Chick Webb

The Story of Jazz
Wednesdays from 30th April 16:00 - 17:45

April 30th: An Overview, 1880 to 2025
May 7th: Marching bands, ragtime, the blues
May 14th: Buddy Bolden, The Original Dixieland Jazz Band et al.
May 21st: WWI and aftermath, James Europe, Sidney Bechet et al.
May 28th: A Golden Age of Jazz: The 20s and 30s and 40s
June 4th: Jazz in Europe
June 11th: Bebop and the Birth of the Cool
June 18th: A Broad Church: the late 20th century
June 25th: Jazz Fusions
July 2nd: 21st and 22nd century Jazz