Enjoy an evening with the Guildhall School of Music & Drama's Guildhall Big Band, who will be performing a selection of post-war jazz entitled: "Chicago: A South Wind Blows". Following the performance will be an exclusive festive reception.
Under the direction of Matt Skelton and featuring narration from Kevin Le Gendre, the concert tells the story of musicians such as King Oliver, Armstrong, Bix Biderbecke and Kid Ory migrating north from New Orleans and the southern states to Chicago, Illinois, of Earl 'Fatha' Hines, and the nucleus of the post-war evolution in jazz. The nightlife at 35th and Grand Boulevard has rarely been eclipsed.