Tommy Melville obituary

The jazz tenor saxophonist Tommy Melville, who has died aged 85, was invited in 1997 to become promoter and musical director at the Rhythm Station in Rawtenstall, Lancashire, and start a jazz club. Over the next decade, my friend Tommy, leading a quartet, slowly built up the club into a nationally renowned jazz venue. A steady stream of outstanding jazz musicians appeared there, such as Bud Shank, Herb Geller, Pete and Conte Candoli, Art Farmer, Stan Tracey, Bobby Wellins, Don Weller, Don Rendel...

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