PeteLong'sAllStar GoodmenOrchestra featuringAmericanvocalistJoanViskant Saturday11thJuly• SouthStandSuiteJJBStadium Time8.00pm• FullPrice£ 18, Concession£ 16 Thisconcertisa' notefornote'recreationofthe1938CarnegieHallConcertbyBennyGoodman. January16th1938- MakingMusicalandPoliticalhistory! WhenJohnHammondandotherspresentedtheBennyGoodmanOrchestraofmixedracesat CarnegieHallin1938theyweretakingahugegamble. Theirmainaimwastoelevateswing musicfromthedancehallsandclubstotheconcertplatformbutthiswasatatimewhenracial segregationinAmericawasrifeandlynchingswerecommonplace. ThisblatantminglingofracesinamusicalconcertwastherealstartofbreakingAmerica's segregationpolicy, evenbeforeblackandwhitesportsmenmixedandbeforeblackservicemen weregiventhesamerightsastheirwhitecounterparts. ThankyouBennyGoodman, JohnHammondandthosefamousmusiciansforestablishingthe mostsensationaljazzconcertofalltime, andforbravelybreakingdownracialbarriers. Andthank youPeteLongforrecreatingtheentire1938concertwithexcitementandflair. 4www. wiganjazz. net TheConcertSeries

AlWoodBigBand Sunday12thJuly• SouthStandSuiteJJBStadium Time12.30pm• FullPrice£ 12, Concession£ 10 Backbypopulardemand, afterasell- outconcertatWiganJazzClub! TheNorthWest'smostpopularbigband. AlbeganhismusicalcareerinBlackpoolin1959. Britain'sfinestmulti- instrumentalist, heplays saxophone, tromboneandtrumpet. Infactheplaysalmosteverything! Overtheyearshehas workedwithmanybandsincludingMaynardFerguson, JohnnyHoward, KenMackintosh, theBBC BigBandandwithsuchartistsasRobMcConnell, DerekWatkins, NatAdderleyandDionne Warwick. BeforejoiningthestaffofLeedsCollegeofMusic, hewasteachingwiththeBBC NorthernRadioOrchestra. HehastwicebeenwinneroftheBBCBigBandcompetitionprizefor bestsoloist. ThebandwasformedwhenabunchofgraduatejazzstudentsfromLeedsCollegeofMusic naggedhimto' enrich'hisretirementbyrecreatingthebandtheyhadintheirlastyearatcollege. Aftersomedeliberationherelentedandheretheyare. Telephone019428256775