Previous Birmingham Jazz Festival bands

A Selected list of bands who have appeared in the Birmingham Jazz Festival

• Miles Davis [USA]
• Dizzy Gillespie Big Band [USA]
• BB King [USA]
• Count Basie Orchestra [USA]
• The Blues Brothers Band [USA]
• Cab Calloway Cotton Club Orchestra [USA]
• Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers [USA]
• Buddy Rich Orchestra [USA]
• Maynard Ferguson Orchestra [USA]
• C J Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band [USA]
• Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings
• Clarence Gatemouth Brown [USA]
• Earth Wind & Fire [USA]
• George Melly [USA]
• Hugh Masekela [South Africa]
• Humphrey Lyttelton
• Jamie Cullum
• Jimmy McGriff/Hank Crawford [USA]
• Jimmy Smith [USA]
• Kenny Baker’s Dozen
• Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames
• John McLaughlin
• Ramsey Lewis Trio [USA]
• Tony Bennett [USA]
• Tower of Power [USA]
• Albert King [USA]
• Albert Collins and The Icebreakers [USA]
• Harry Gold and His Pieces Of Eight
• Morrissey-Mullen
• Champion Jack Dupree [USA]
• Clark Terry [USA]
• Harry Sweets Edison [USA]
• Modern Jazz Quartet [USA]
• Michel Petrucciani [France]
• Martin Taylor
• Nat Pierce [USA]
• Plas Johnson [USA]
• Red Holloway [USA]
• Teddy Edwards [USA]
• Acker Bilk & The Paramount Jazz Band
• Kenny Ball Jazzmen
• Chris Barber Jazz & Blues Band
• Alan Barnes
• Val Wiseman
• Simon Spillett
• Big Bad Voodoo Daddy [USA]
• Bill Allred’s Goodtime Jazz Band [USA]
• Bill Perkins [USA]
• Bob Kerr & His Whoopee Band
• Bruce Adams
• Byron Stripling [USA]
• Chick Willis [USA]
• Digby Fairweather
• Gene The Mighty Flea Connors [USA]
• Hal Cornbread Singer [USA]
• Harold Ousley [USA]
• Warren Vache [USA]
• Ruby Braff [USA]
• Al Casey [USA]
• Claude Fiddler Williams [USA]
• Lighthouse All Stars [USA]
• Arturo Sandoval [Cuba]
• Magic Slim & The Teardrops [USA]
• Robert Cray [USA]
• Buddy Guy/Junior Wells Band [USA]
• Spencer Davis Group
• James Morrison [Australia]
• Bud Shank [USA]
• Bo Dollis & The Wild Magnolias [USA]
• Rebirth Brass Band [USA]
• Ted Heath Orchestra
• Charlie Byrd [USA]
• Howard Alden [USA]
• Bireli Lagrene [France]
• George Shearing [USA]
• Shorty Rogers [USA]
• Slim Gaillard [USA]
• Marty Grosz [USA]
• Shuggie Otis [USA]
• Tokyo Hot Club Band [Japan]
• Mundell Lowe [USA]
• Oliver Jones Trio [Canada]
• Carol Kidd
• Pete And Conte Candoli [USA]
• Mose Allison [USA]
• Jacques Loussier [France]
• Roy Ayres [USA]
• Mark Knopfler
• Urbie Green [USA]
• The Skatalites [Jamaica]
• Cleo Laine and John Dankworth